Launching the backtest procedure (using the example of a demo file from the MoonBot terminal collection):
On the main window of the MoonBot terminal, click on “Menu – BackTest”, the “BackTest” window will open.
Click on the “Download Examples” button, and examples from the MoonBot terminal collection will be downloaded to the BackTest folder.
Click on the “Select file” button, Explorer opens, and select the demo file in the BackTest folder.bin, for example Demo_LA 11-08-2025 00-39.bin and click Ok. The name of this file will appear in the BackTest window.
Prepare and activate the strategies that will participate in the backtest, turn on the general “EMULATION” mode in the terminal via the “Menu – Emulation mode” and the Autodetect: ON button.
Click the “Play” button in the BackTest window.
The recording of historical data trades from the Demo_LA file 11-08-2025 00-39 will start playing.bin and the graph of the LA coin will immediately open, the data for which was recorded in this .bin file. If this coin is no longer on the market, then the recorded graph will always be played on the graph of the ETH coin.
Follow the progress of the file playback .The bin can be tracked on a scale under the file name in the BackTest window.
Playing the file .bin can be stopped at any time by clicking the “Stop” button in the BackTest window.
When you click on the “Play” button again in the BackTest window, the previously selected file.The bin will be played first.
During the playback of the file .bin will trigger strategies that were active and passed the filters. After the end of the file playback .bin you can click the “Reports” button on the main window of the MoonBot terminal, open a Table with reports and evaluate the results of these strategies. If necessary, you can adjust the strategy settings you need and run the file.bin again. Continue the testing cycle until you get the results you need.