Software for manually pacing saved price movement

Beginner Questions
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I am currently trying to learn but at the moment I have very little time.
Very often there was a situation in the chart where I think this would have been a good moment to open a position -but I am too late.

In pip school the author mentioned there is software where you can step through the price movement manually candle by candle.
Saved price movement of course - so it`s manual backtesting or whatever you want to call it.

Can I do this with MetaTrader somehow?
I figure that theoretically you could have a server-software on you PC simulating a broker accound and market. If youd connect MT4 to it you could make your trades as with a regular demo account but you could choose which previous days price data youd like to use and move through the day more quickly. I dont know if that exists.
Maybe MT4 can do this already. ?

What else is there?

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Metatrader can do this already.

Just make sure you untick the “auto scroll” button and then you can F12 or Shift + F12 your way through the charts.

For a demo may I suggest a FXPro MT4 demo account - they have a large amount of history on the charts so you can scroll far back into the past and then work your way forward.

There are also more advanced things you can do with MT4 such as using the strategy tester function.

Have a look at this post: 301 Moved Permanently

Anyway, just scrolling with F12 will usually get the job done.

Hope this helped

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That means I have to use pen and paper for any trades.
I was hoping for a solution where I can still make the trades in the box.

I noticed the strategy tester but didn`t look into it because I supposed that this is for automatic back testing (expert advisors).

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Yes, and, see below

If you check my link in the last post you’ll find that it does what you want.

There’s also Forex Tester - professional forex training software, simulator and backtester which I have no personal experience with, but I’ve seen people I consider to be skilled say that it’s a good product.

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I checked your link right after replying. From the description provided in the pdf I suppose it might be a little odd to use since you open and close positions by starting scripts…
On the other hand its free and appears to work so its better than nothing I guess.
Thank you for the 2 links provided.