- Open the simulator and pick ETH/USD from the instrument list - or Bitcoin, Litecoin, Cardano, Bitcoin Cash and the rest of the 105.
- Choose a start date and timeframe. The chart hides everything after it, so you read the same bars a trader had at the time rather than a chart you already know the answer to.
- Replay bar by bar and place trades with the mouse. Drag the stop and target on the chart and the lot size follows from your risk percent.
- Read the report. Win rate, expectancy, profit factor, Sharpe and drawdown across the session, saved to your trading journal so the sample accumulates.
Ethereum · ETH/USD
Backtest Ethereum free, in your browser.
Replay ETH/USD bar by bar from December 2017 to this week, weekends included, place trades with the mouse, and get win rate, expectancy, profit factor and drawdown at the end of the session. No download, no exchange account, no card - Ethereum is unlocked on the free plan along with all 105 instruments.
The data
Nine years of Ethereum, seven days a week.
Tick-derived OHLC bars from the same archive our published research is computed on. Lower timeframes cover shorter windows because the underlying data is far denser - the table is exactly what you can replay today.
| Timeframe | History starts | Roughly | Plan |
|---|---|---|---|
| D1 / W1 / MN | December 2017 | 9 years, 3,000+ bars | Free |
| H4 | December 2017 | 9 years, 17,000+ bars | Free |
| H1 | December 2017 | 9 years, 69,000+ bars | Free |
| M30 | October 2020 | 6 years, 100,000+ bars | Free |
| M15 | September 2023 | 3 years, 100,000+ bars | Free |
| M5 | August 2025 | 13 months, 100,000+ bars | Free |
| M1 | May 2026 | 4 months, 155,000+ bars | Free |
Coverage as of October 2026 and growing nightly. Saturday and Sunday replay as real sessions, not as a gap.
Measured
Ethereum is Bitcoin with the volume turned up.
Median ETH/USD daily range as a percentage of price, against Bitcoin on the same days, weekends included, from 2018 to September 2026.
| Year | Ethereum: median daily range | Bitcoin: median daily range | ETH ÷ BTC |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 6.44% | 4.53% | 1.42× |
| 2019 | 5.00% | 3.55% | 1.41× |
| 2020 | 5.45% | 3.88% | 1.40× |
| 2021 | 7.16% | 5.70% | 1.26× |
| 2022 | 5.52% | 3.96% | 1.39× |
| 2023 | 3.14% | 2.69% | 1.17× |
| 2024 | 4.28% | 3.65% | 1.17× |
| 2025 | 4.96% | 2.95% | 1.68× |
| 2026 (to Sep) | 3.93% | 2.97% | 1.32× |
| All years | 4.95% | 3.78% | 1.31× |
3,063 ETH/USD daily bars, 2017-12-11 to 2026-09-25, FxBacktest archive, all seven days. Weekend coverage in the archive is thinner before 2021, so treat the early rows as indicative.
Ethereum has out-ranged Bitcoin in every year of the archive: the median ETH day moved 4.95% of price against 3.78% for Bitcoin. The ratio is not stable, though. It dropped to 1.17× in 2023 and 2024 and jumped to 1.68× in 2025. A Bitcoin strategy run on Ethereum unchanged takes on a third to two-thirds more risk per trade, depending on the year.
Half of all Ethereum days - 49.2% - range more than 5% from high to low, against 33.1% on Bitcoin. A 2% stop that fits a quiet forex pair sits inside an ordinary Ethereum hour. Size from the range, and read weekday and weekend trades separately: Sunday is the quietest day of the week on both coins.
When Ethereum movesmedian hourly range by 3-hour block, UTC, 2021-2026
49,759 Ethereum hourly bars, 2021-01-01 to 2026-09-25, FxBacktest archive. Each block is the average of its three hourly medians. Values are in US dollars per coin. There is no exchange open, so the profile is flatter than on an index or currency pair.
Before you test
Three things that break a forex strategy on Ethereum.
Each links to a longer read.
Market page
Bitcoin's weekend
The Bitcoin page measures weekend against weekday range since 2021 - the same split applies to Ethereum, and it decides which days a breakout can work.
See Bitcoin Original researchSize in percent, not dollars
Ethereum has traded from under $100 to over $4,000 in the archive. Compare it with anything only as a share of price.
Read the study GuideDrawdowns come faster
With half of all days ranging more than 5%, a losing streak arrives quickly. Check risk of ruin before win rate.
Read the guideHow it works
Four steps, about a minute.
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Questions
Ethereum backtesting FAQ
Is Ethereum backtesting really free here?
Yes. ETH/USD and all 105 instruments are unlocked on the free plan, with every timeframe, full trade execution and the session report. Nothing to download, no card. Paid plans add more saved sessions, more simultaneous indicators and deeper analytics - not the Ethereum chart or its history.
How much Ethereum history can I replay?
Daily, 4-hour and hourly bars from December 2017. 30-minute data starts in October 2020, 15-minute in September 2023, 5-minute in August 2025 and 1-minute in May 2026.
Is Ethereum more volatile than Bitcoin?
Yes, in every year of the archive. The median Ethereum day ranges 4.95% of price against 3.78% for Bitcoin; the ratio has run from 1.17 to 1.74 times depending on the year.
Can I backtest other cryptocurrencies?
Yes. Bitcoin, Litecoin, Cardano and Bitcoin Cash are on the same free plan with the same replay engine and report, alongside forex, indices, metals and stocks.
Risk disclaimerTrading foreign exchange, CFDs, cryptocurrencies and other leveraged products carries a high level of risk and is not suitable for every investor - losses can exceed your deposits. Everything on this page is educational content, not financial advice. Backtest and simulator results are hypothetical: they do not represent live trading and past performance does not guarantee future results.