Tick data backtesting on FX Backtest replays US30 on every bid and ask quote since 2016, so your stop-loss and take-profit settle on the exact tick instead of a guess from the candle. Real spreads and 5-second charts, right in your browser.
We replayed 526,771 random trades on the Dow Jones from 2016 to 2025, at a 1:2 reward-to-risk. Random entries have no edge, so the honest answer is zero. Here is what each method reported.
per trade on H1. Every candle that touched both levels was booked as a win, so random trades looked like a profitable system.
per trade. Settled on the real tick order, the same trades came out at practically break-even, which is what random entries should show.
| Setup | Trades | Both levels in one candle | Stop hit first | Win rate (candles) | Win rate (ticks) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M15 · 1:2 | 418,549 | 13,685 (3.3%) | 66.7% | 35.7% | 33.5% |
| H1 · 1:2 | 108,222 | 5,991 (5.5%) | 66.8% | 37.1% | 33.4% |
| M15 · 1:1 | 418,548 | 7,332 (1.8%) | 50.0% | 50.9% | 50.0% |
| H1 · 1:1 | 108,222 | 3,524 (3.3%) | 50.0% | 51.6% | 50.0% |
Method: US30 bid ticks, January 2016 to December 2025 (371,267,078 ticks). A long and a short at every candle open; stop and target sized from the previous 14 candles' average range (1:2 = stop 0.5 ATR, target 1 ATR; 1:1 = stop and target 1 ATR). The first candle reaching either level decides the trade; where it reaches both, candle rules book the target and the ticks are scanned for which level traded first. Costs excluded so only fill order is measured; "got wrong" counts the 1:2 double-hit trades where the stop traded first. The same test on all five markets we ran is on the tick data overview.
You replay candles and trade with the mouse the way you always have, in the same chart as the free FX Backtest simulator. The tick layer sits underneath and settles the moments candles cannot.
Every stop and target settles on the first tick that trades the level. Longs exit on the bid, shorts on the ask, just as a broker fills them.
Measured on every 2025 weekday tick, the median US30 spread was 2.41 points in the New York afternoon and 5.44 at rollover, with one tick in ten at 5.56 or more. Market entries pay the spread quoted on the candle's last tick, not one flat number.
S5, S15 and S30 timeframes built straight from the ticks. Zoom into the busiest minutes of the day and see the order the moves came in.
370M quotes and counting. Through the 2020 crash, the 2022 bear market and the 2025 tariff selloff. Test across regimes, not one quiet year.
No tick downloader, no CSV import, no MetaTrader history settings. Each day's ticks stream into the chart the moment the replay needs them.
Win rate, expectancy, profit factor and drawdown from tick-settled trades, plus the full Ultra suite: sessions, MFE, tags and stress tests.
An M1 bar at the New York cash open hides a whole fight on the Dow. S5 shows it: the first spike, the stop run, the reversal. US30 moves in big points, so a stop a few points too tight is the difference between a loss and a win, and the ticks decide which. See how index gaps behave around the open.
If you already backtest US30 on candles, run the same rules again on ticks. An edge that survives is one you can size with confidence.
With Ultra active, the tick layer switches on for the Dow Jones automatically and the seconds timeframes appear in the switcher.
S5 for scalping, M15 or H1 for intraday swings. Everything after your start date stays hidden.
When price reaches your stop or target, the day's ticks decide which traded first, and the report is built on those fills.
Tick backtesting has meant installing a terminal, downloading history and writing an EA. Not here.
| Candle bar replay | MT5 tester (real ticks) | FxBacktest Ultra | |
|---|---|---|---|
| SL and TP in one candle | Target assumed | Real order | Real order |
| Spread | Fixed number | Broker history | Real, per tick |
| Seconds timeframes | No | Custom symbols only | S5 / S15 / S30 |
| Manual bar-by-bar trading | Yes | EA-driven | Yes |
| Dow Jones 30 history | Varies | Depends on broker | Every day since 2016 |
| Setup | Browser | Install, account, EA | Browser |
One plan, the full analytics suite, and every US30 tick since 2016.
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What traders ask before switching US30 to ticks.
No. The ticks stream into the backtesting chart, where they settle your trades and draw the seconds timeframes. They are not offered as a file download. If you need raw CSV files for your own code, use a tick downloader; if you want to replay and trade the Dow Jones on those ticks, this is the tool.
To January 2016 - every trading day of US30 bid and ask quotes since then, more than 370M ticks in total.
Stop-loss and take-profit exits are settled on the first tick that trades the level, longs on the bid and shorts on the ask. Market entries take the real spread on the last tick of the candle. Pending limit and stop entries still fill on candle rules, and if a day's ticks are incomplete that candle falls back to candle rules too.
No. US30 is on the free plan with candle data on every timeframe; minute bars cover the most recent months on the free plan. Ultra adds the tick layer: tick-accurate exits, real per-tick spread and the S5, S15 and S30 seconds timeframes.
Yes. Ultra tick data covers 20 markets: the major forex pairs and yen crosses, gold, silver, US100, US30, US500, GER40, Bitcoin, Ethereum, Apple, Nvidia and Tesla. See the full tick data list, or XAUUSD tick data and US100 tick data.
Run your strategy on the ticks that actually printed. If the edge holds, trade it with confidence. If it does not, you just saved your account.