Step through historical price action candle by candle with full control over playback speed and direction. Practice reading charts, test your trading decisions against real market data, and study how price unfolded at any point in history — all without risking a single dollar.
Bar Replay lets you rewind any chart to a historical date and then play it forward one candle at a time. The chart renders exactly as it would have appeared at that moment in time, so you can practice making trading decisions with zero hindsight bias. Every indicator, overlay, and drawing tool works in replay mode just as it does on a live chart.
Navigate to any symbol and timeframe, then click the Bar Replay button in the toolbar. A date picker appears — choose the exact date and time where you want the replay to begin.
All candles after your chosen starting point disappear. Your indicators recalculate based only on the data available up to that point, just as they would have in real time.
Press the step-forward button to reveal one candle at a time, or hit play to auto-advance at your chosen speed. Each new candle appears and indicators update in real time.
At any point, pause the replay to add drawings, check indicator readings, or simply reflect on what the chart is telling you before revealing the next candle.
Bar Replay is one of the most effective tools for improving your chart-reading skills. Here are the most common ways traders use it.
Paper trading on live markets is slow — you have to wait for setups to develop in real time. With Bar Replay, you can compress weeks of price action into minutes. Rewind to a volatile earnings week, a breakout from a consolidation range, or a major trend reversal and practice making entry and exit decisions as though you were there live. You build pattern recognition faster because you control the pace.
It is easy to look at a historical chart and say "I would have bought here." But would you really? Bar Replay removes hindsight bias by hiding future candles. You see only what was available at the time and make your call before revealing the outcome. Over dozens of replays, you develop an honest understanding of your strengths and weaknesses as a chart reader.
Want to understand how Tesla behaved during its 2020 run? How Bitcoin traded around its all-time high? How the S&P 500 collapsed and recovered during COVID? Rewind to the start of any major move and step through it candle by candle. Watch how indicators like MACD, RSI, and moving averages behaved at each stage. This kind of deliberate study is how professional traders refine their edge.
When Bar Replay is active, a dedicated control bar appears at the bottom of the chart. It gives you precise control over how the replay advances.
Every indicator on your chart recalculates in real time as each new candle is revealed. Moving averages extend, MACD histogram bars appear, RSI oscillates — exactly as they would on a live chart. This means you can practice reading indicator signals without any shortcuts or cheating.
Bar Replay supports every timeframe available in ChartingLens. Whether you trade on 1-minute scalping charts or weekly swing charts, you can replay historical price action at your preferred resolution.
You can also switch timeframes mid-replay. If you start on the daily chart and want to zoom into the 1-hour view for a specific day, the replay state is preserved — you will see only the candles up to your current replay position on the new timeframe as well.
Bar Replay is not limited to a specific asset class. Use it on US stocks, ETFs, crypto pairs, forex — anything available in ChartingLens. The historical data depth depends on the asset, but most major tickers have years of intraday data and decades of daily data available for replay.
Bar Replay is a Premium-exclusive feature designed for serious traders who want to accelerate their learning curve.
| Feature | Free | Premium |
|---|---|---|
| Bar Replay access | - | Premium |
| All timeframes in replay | - | Premium |
| Step forward / backward | - | Premium |
| Adjustable playback speed | - | Premium |
| Indicators during replay | - | Premium |
| Drawing tools during replay | - | Premium |
Rewind any chart and practice trading against real historical data.
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