Most backtesting tools let you replay price action. None of them tell you whether the setup you're about to take has actually worked for you in that specific context before. That's the gap this guide addresses.
ICT methodology is built on context: the session (London open, NY kill zone), the higher-timeframe narrative (are we drawing to BSL or SSL?), the order block that was mitigated, the fair value gap that confirmed displacement. A backtester that just shows you a chart and a P&L number misses all of it.
The real edge in ICT is not the pattern — it's knowing which instance of the pattern to take. That requires correlating your entries against variables like liquidity sweep direction, BOS confirmation, volatility regime, and your own session-time win rate. Traditional backtesting tools don't record this. Tradexis does.
Tradexis generates a synthetic 1-minute candle feed (10,000+ candles per session) seeded from real volatility parameters for each asset. You pick a date, pick an asset — NAS100, SPX500, GER40, Forex pairs, Crypto — and the market replays from that open, bar by bar.
You control the replay speed. Drawing tools let you mark FVGs, order blocks, BOS lines, and liquidity levels directly on the chart. When you hover over BUY or SELL, the Pre-Trade Mirror fires — comparing your current setup fingerprint against your trade history to surface your actual win rate in that context.
After 20 trades, verdicts graduate to GREEN / YELLOW / RED tier, each backed by a minimum sample of similar setups from your own history. You're not trading against generic statistics — you're trading against your own edge.
Every closed position stores a fingerprint with the following variables:
| Trend direction | Bullish / Bearish / Ranging based on last 50 candles |
| FVG present | Was there an unmitigated FVG near entry? |
| BOS confirmed | Did structure break in trade direction before entry? |
| Liquidity sweep | Was there a sweep of BSL/SSL within last 20 candles? |
| Session bucket | Asia / London / NY / Overlap |
| Volatility regime | Low / Normal / High based on ATR percentile |
| Direction | LONG or SHORT |
| Outcome | WIN / LOSS + R-multiple |
Once the Pre-Trade Mirror identifies a setup context where your win rate is consistently below 40%, Drill Mode lets you run forced-rep sessions targeting exactly that context. Ten trades, no stakes, same setup conditions. The Mirror tracks whether your performance in that context improves across sessions.
This is the part most ICT traders are missing: deliberate practice on specific weaknesses, not random replay. You're not building screen time — you're building a measurable improvement curve on a specific pattern. The journal tracks this improvement automatically across sessions.
While you're backtesting, the AI Coach is available for mid-session questions: “I've taken 3 consecutive losses — should I continue?” or “Is this FVG clean enough?” It responds using your actual trade data for that session, not generic advice. On the free tier you get 5 messages per session; Pro has unlimited access.
After each session, Tradexis Scan runs a behavioral scan across your last 30 days of data — surfacing patterns like session-time divergence, revenge trading signals, and setup-specific regression. It's the equivalent of having a coach review your tape after every practice.
The free tier includes 5 backtesting sessions per day on all major indices (NAS100, SPX500, GER40, UK100, JPN225 and more), full drawing tools, AI Coach for the first 5 messages per session, and Mirror verdicts for your first 10 fingerprints. Pro removes every cap and adds Forex, Crypto, and Commodities. If you're also running a prop challenge, the Prop Tracker is included on both tiers.
5 free sessions per day. No credit card required. Mirror fires after your first 10 trades.
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