Backtest

Documents API endpoints that relate to backtesting

Foundry environments only. Endpoints for fetching historical tick data, managing environment state, and replaying market data for backtesting algorithmic trading strategies.

These endpoints are only available in Foundry environments and will return errors in Trading environments. See Backtesting Your Algo with Own Container for usage guide.

Endpoints

History Fetch

Tick History (trades and/or quotes):

• Start Tick History Fetch - Begin fetching tick history

• Is Tick History Fetch Running - Check fetch status

• Stop Tick History Fetch - Cancel ongoing fetch

Trade History (trades only):

• Start Trade History Fetch - Begin fetching trade history

• Is Trade History Fetch Running - Check fetch status

• Stop Trade History Fetch - Cancel ongoing fetch

Quote History (quotes only):

• Start Quote History Fetch - Begin fetching quote history

• Is Quote History Fetch Running - Check fetch status

• Stop Quote History Fetch - Cancel ongoing fetch

State Management

• Reset State - Clear all backtest state across all datasets

Tick Replay

• Start Tick History Replay - Begin replaying tick history

• Is Tick Replay Running - Check replay status

• Stop Tick History Replay - Stop ongoing replay