Replay Mode in EdgeProX

Replay Mode

Replay mode is a tool that allows you to go back in time and replay market data from a set time period. This enables you the ability to practice trading, and test studies and strategies. 

In order to enable this in EdgeProX read the below: 

1. There are two ways to enable replay mode. We will highlight both ways here: 

     You can enable the Replay mode by hovering over the, "View" section then clicking "Replay Mode".
            
      
          The other way to enable this is by clicking the replay mode icon on the top of the chart. 
            
            

2. Once this is enabled, you will see replay mode at the bottom of your EdgeProX platform. This will look like the following: 
            
             

3. The next step to activating replay mode is typing in the date that you would like to pull data from. You will then want to click the power button which will activate replay mode in EdgeProX. 

             

4. The below will go over all the buttons in Replay Mode and their functionality within replay mode. 

      a. Rewind Button: This button resets the data back to the start time set. 
      b. Play Button: This will play the data going forward on a tick by tick basis. 
      c. Skip Button: This is going to play all the ticks until one bar is filled. 
      d. Fast Forward Button: Plays data until the stop button is pressed. 
      e. Stop Button: This stops the continuous data from being played. 

             
            

Configuring Replay Mode 

To change settings of Replay Mode. press the "Cog" on the far right of the Replay Bar. From here you can configure the settings of the Replay being viewed. Be sure when finished to press "Update".

The following settings apply to the playback of data in replay mode:

  1. Source Data – Options for source data include:
    1. Minute Data – Minute data will be loaded from the data service to generate ticks (each minute bar will have 4 ticks: open, high, low and close
    2. Tick Data – If your broker/data service provides historical tick data, then this may be used
  2. Generate Ticks – If this is enabled EdgeProX will generate a set of ticks to (beyond OHLC) for playback. This option does not apply to the Tick Data option
  3. Step Until Price Change – If enabled it will keep playing ticks until the price changes when pressing the play button (instead of a single tick at a time).
  4. Real Delay – If this option is checked, EdgeProX will simulate the delay between ticks by using the tick timestamps. Use this if you would like to simulate the actual playback of ticks in real time
  5. Speed Factor – Applies to Real Delay option above. Allows you to speed up (or slow down) the play back of ticks in real time
  6. Tick Delay – this is the delay to add between the play of each tick.
  7. Bar Delay – this is the delay to wait between the playback of each bar.
  8. Replay Link – Use these options to link the replay mode across multiple charts.


Replay Account:

The replay account is useful if you intend to place trades in replay mode. If this is enabled, a special account will be created (see Account page in the Console) to track all orders, positions and historical trades for the replay session.

  1. Account ID – This is the name of the account ID that will track trades
  2. Base Currency – This will default to your base currency, but you can change it if you like
  3. Cash Balance – Opening cash balance when you enable replay mode
  4. Include Commissions – Check if you want trade commissions to be included in the P/L calculations.

Linking in Replay Mode

The linking feature in EdgeProX enables you to use replay mode across several different charts at the same time. Please follow the below steps to link your charts to the replay mode:

  1. Select the charts that you want to include and choose the instruments and bar sizes
  2. Choose the same link color for each chart (make sure the link type is “Replay”)
  3. Edit the Replay Settings
  4. Choose the link and press the “Update” button