Tool Guide

Sharing to Community Backtests (FxBacktest Feature Guide)

Backtesting is usually a solo activity, but it does not have to be. Community backtests let you publish a strong result for feedback and study how other traders' strategies actually performed - stats and trade history included.

Community backtests are strategies traders publish for others to view, rate, and comment on, each showing its stats and trade history. It turns your private testing into a two-way channel: you can share your best work for feedback and learn from how others traded the same markets.

Why share and browse

  • Get feedback: other traders' eyes catch things your own review misses.
  • Learn from real results: shared backtests show the actual trade history, not just a claim - you can see how the strategy behaved.
  • Compare approaches: seeing different strategies on the same pair broadens how you think about a market.
  • Motivation: publishing a result you are proud of reinforces the disciplined testing that produced it.

How to publish your backtest

  1. Save the session you want to share.
  2. Choose to share it and add a title and description explaining the strategy.
  3. Meet the minimum trade count - shared strategies generally need enough trades that the stats are meaningful, not a lucky handful.
  4. Submit for review if a review step applies, then it appears in the community once approved.
Share in a few stepssave, describe, submit
Save session
first
Add details
title + desc
Submit
to review

The minimum-trades rule matters

Requiring a minimum trade count before publishing is not red tape - it protects the quality of the community. A strategy shared after twelve lucky trades would mislead everyone who studies it. The threshold ensures shared backtests carry enough of a sample to be worth learning from, which keeps the whole feed trustworthy.

Rating and commenting

You can rate shared strategies and leave comments or replies, turning the feed into a discussion. When you publish, that feedback helps you spot weaknesses; when you browse, rating and reading comments sharpens your own judgment about what makes a strategy sound. Treat it as a study tool, not a scoreboard.

Important: a shared backtest is still a backtest. A great community result is a starting point for your own testing, not a strategy to copy blindly - you still need to test it yourself and forward test before trusting it with money.

Share your first strategy

Once you have a saved session with a solid sample, publish it and see what the community thinks. Browsing others' backtests, meanwhile, is one of the fastest ways to expand your sense of what works. Start from the simulator, build a strong session, and join the conversation.

Community backtests FAQ

What are community backtests?

Strategies traders publish for others to view, rate, and comment on, each showing its stats and full trade history.

How do I publish a backtest?

Open a saved session, choose to share it, add a title and description, meet the minimum trade count, and submit - it may pass a review step before appearing.

Can I rate and comment on other strategies?

Yes. You can rate shared strategies and leave comments and replies, making the feed a place for feedback and learning.

Risk disclaimerTrading foreign exchange, CFDs, 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.