Backtoast

99% of trading strategies fail.

The most rigorous backtest publicly available. Pass, and we offer you 30% of the profit we make trading it with our own capital.

$99 for two full tests. Full refund if we can't run it.

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Every full test comes with a contract offer if it passes.

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Tests for your venue

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License terms

We trade our own capital and license the strategies that pass.

Two traders, ten years across stocks, options, futures, forex and crypto, and we built this test to find strategies for our own book.

License terms

Capital
OursYou deposit nothing, and you never trade our account.
License
Non-exclusiveTrade it yourself, or take it to a prop firm too.
Trading
We decide if and howWe may never trade it.
Signing
The day you pass
Offered on a pass

Prop firms

Prop eval vs Backtoast

RowProp evalBacktoast
The workA few weeks of you clicking their simA complete backtest of your rules
The accountUsually a simulator, even after you passOur capital. You deposit nothing.
Getting paidAbout 7% of traders get a payout30% of the profit we make trading it
The costA fee for every try$99 for two full tests, refunded if we can't run it
Your strategyTheir rules, their accountStill yours. Take it to a prop firm too.

Payout figure from FPFX Tech, 100,000 traders across 10 prop firms, 2024.

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The test

It catches the pitfalls that fool most backtests, plus checks we keep private.

  1. Costs that eat the edge
  2. A lucky start date
  3. One big day carrying it
  4. Overfitting to the past
  5. Crowded trades
  6. Kept private
  7. Kept private
  8. Kept private

Strategies tested

60 free trading strategies. Same test as yours.

From the 60

Larry Williams volatility breakout

Futures · 1,081 trades

  • Money after costs+0.06% a tradePass
  • Beats holding the same market+2.5% a year, and holding made +7.5%Fail
  • A dead year failsIt stopped working this yearFail
  • One big day carrying itNo single day carried itPass

Drafts

Find the version of your trade that passes.

Drafts know what fails this test, so they fix the pitfalls, add sit-out rules that lift the whole result, and suggest related trades worth a full test.

Draft · Futures

Buy ES on a 20-day high, out after 10 days.

A breakout held 10 days on ES can trail just holding ES, so it may fail beats holding. I added a sit-out rule for falling markets and a stop at the 10-day low, and two related trades worth testing.

Run the sit-out version and the NQ one.

Both are in quick checks below. The sit-out rule clears all three, and NQ still trails holding it.

Draft

Buy 1 ES contract when it closes at a 20-day high. Stop at the 10-day low. Sell after 10 days if the stop hasn't hit.

When to sit out

When the 50-day average is falling, and on Fed decision days.

Could fail

  • Beats holding the same market. Time out of a rising market costs it.
  • One big day carrying it. A single long trend can make the whole result.

Worth testing

  • The same rule on NQ.
  • A 55-day high, to see if fewer, longer trends hold up.

Quick checks

VersionMoney after costsBeats holdingA dead yearAction
20-day high, out after 10 daysPassFailPass
Plus the sit-out rulePassPassPassUse in a full test
The same rule on NQPassFailFail

Improves the trade

Tightens the entry, the exit and the size, and adds sit-out rules, like a trend filter or a pause around Fed days, that lift the whole result.

Catches the common pitfalls

An edge smaller than the costs, a result that rides one big day, a rule that only fits the past. Drafts flag it and suggest the fix.

Suggests related trades

The same rule on another market, a longer lookback, a different exit. More ideas worth testing, from the one you brought.

Quick checks on every version

See which version holds up before it costs you a full test.

Versions side by side

See which version clears the checks, and where the others fell short.

Written so it runs

Every draft is specific enough for the test to run, and says what a market can't run before you pay.

$199 a month for drafts and five full tests. $499 a month for twenty, and your agent runs drafts and quick checks through MCP. See pricing →

Agentic trading

The test controls for agentic trading.

Agentic trading shifts markets. Other trades can overlap yours or move the price against you, whether it's the same trade or a different one.

On $499 a month, your own agent runs the test through MCP.

Agentic trading in 2026 →

Price

Questions

Before you pay

What can't you run?

Options at a clock time or 0DTE, a stock result that needs the dividend, a short stock book, adding to a winner or scaling out, two legs as one bet, futures options other than ES, and a price gap between two exchanges. If we can't run it, you get a full refund.

Do you trade every strategy that passes?

No. We decide if and how we trade it, and we may never trade it. You can still trade it yourself.

Can I take it to a prop firm too?

Yes. The license is non-exclusive, so the strategy stays yours to trade anywhere.

Who sees my strategy?

Only us, and only if you license it. It's never used to train a model.

How do I write the rules?

In plain English, the way you'd tell another trader: the entry, the exit, the size, and when it sits out.

Test yours.

$99 for two full tests, and a contract offer if one passes.

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