cTrader Market Replay turns market history into a trading simulator

Market Replay, a feature available on cTrader Windows, takes market history and turns it into a practice ground. Traders can rewind to how the market actually moved, see how they'd react to different scenarios and run their strategy through it, without real money on the line. It's a space built purely for sharpening trading skills.

Practice under historical market conditions

Ge​tting star​ted is si​mple: a tra​der pi​cks a hi​sto​ri​cal date and time, sets a vir​tual star​ting ba​lan​ce and choo​ses a pla​yba​ck speed. Re​pla​ys can run on mi​nu​te open-pri​ce data or dri​ll down to hi​sto​ri​cal tick data, de​pen​ding on how much de​tail is nee​ded. 

From the​re, it wor​ks just like live tra​ding. Or​ders are pla​ced and ma​na​ged throu​gh the same cTra​der fun​ctions used every day, and the te​ch​ni​cal ana​lysis too​ls are all on hand to test how a stra​te​gy ho​lds up acro​ss di​ffe​rent con​di​tions. Sin​ce the pace of the re​play is fu​lly adju​sta​ble, tra​ders can slow down at impor​tant mo​men​ts and skip throu​gh the quie​ter stre​tches, adding ti​me​sta​mps along the way to flag key mo​men​ts and re​turn to them la​ter. 

Reviewing every session

The Trade Watch display in the Market Replay window brings together Positions, Orders and History tabs, along with Equity and Trade Statistics tabs, giving a full picture of how a session played out.

Traders can track how their equity moved through the session, break down their wins and losses and compare how different approaches performed. The Timeline ties orders and saved markers together, so a decision can be matched to the exact market conditions it was made in. Timestamps can also be exported and imported, making it possible to rerun a specific scenario.

“cTra​der isn’t bui​lt only for expe​rien​ced mar​ket par​ti​ci​pan​ts – it’s just as much for peo​ple who are star​ting out or sti​ll bui​lding their expe​rien​ce,” said Sergey Borisov, Product Manager at Spotware. “Tra​ding ski​lls deve​lop throu​gh pra​cti​ce, re​pe​ti​tion and lear​ning from each de​ci​sion. That’s what Mar​ket Re​play is for: a safe spa​ce to try di​ffe​rent approa​ches wi​thout fear of lo​sing real mo​ney and gra​dua​lly improve de​ci​sion-ma​king. With every pro​du​ct de​ci​sion, we con​ti​nue tur​ning tra​ders’ nee​ds into too​ls that help them pro​g​re​ss – in line with our Tra​ders Fir​st™ approa​ch.”

Whether preparing for a first trade, testing a manual strategy or reviewing a difficult session, traders can work through real historical scenarios at their own pace, using the cTrader tools they already know. That makes Market Replay can also be used as the basis for workshops, market reviews and strategy demonstrations. Overall, it gives traders another reason to explore the platform's tools and build confidence before trading live.

About cTrader

cTrader is a pre​mium tra​ding pla​tform laun​ched in 2010, bui​lt on Tra​ders Fir​st™ prin​ci​ples, se​rving over 11 mi​llion tra​ders of all expe​rien​ce leve​ls as well as 300+ bro​kers and prop fir​ms. With advan​ced na​tive char​ting, bui​lt-in so​cial tra​ding and free cloud exe​cu​tion for tra​ding bots, cTra​der de​livers an exce​llent tra​ding expe​rien​ce with best-in-cla​ss tra​der su​pport. In 2026 it be​ca​me the fir​st pla​tform in FX/CFD tra​ding to de​liver offi​cial MCP se​rvers for AI-po​we​red tra​ding, ena​bling tra​ders to con​ne​ct AI agen​ts for dai​ly ope​ra​tions. cTra​der Sto​re is a cen​tral hub for tra​ders, offe​ring thou​san​ds of bots, in​di​ca​tors, copy stra​te​gies, prop cha​llen​ges and plu​gins. For bro​kers and prop fir​ms, it he​lps convert exi​sting de​mand for cTra​der into high-in​tent pro​spe​cts throu​gh cTra​der Lea​ds pro​g​ra​mme. As an Open Tra​ding Pla​tfor​m™, cTra​der su​ppor​ts bro​kers and prop fir​ms with 100+ third-par​ty in​te​g​ra​tions via APIs and plu​gins.