Data Sources

How Forex tick data can change your Forex vision for best

Forex Tester allows you to import an unlimited number of currency pairs and years of history data in almost any possible text format (ASCII *.csv, *.txt).

We strongly recommend importing 1-minute data for accurate testing (it is possible to import higher timeframes but testing results may not be as good).

Note: To increase the quality of testing, we recommend using specific M1 or even tick data, as it will give you almost 100% quality of testing. You can download data from our Data Service.

What are the advantages of our paid data services?

We offer two types of paid data services so that our users could select the best option that meets their trading needs: Standard data and Super data.

In comparison with our free historical data, both of these paid services provide you with:

a much bigger number of symbols for backtesting – as many as 860 different symbols, including currency pairs, stocks, indexes, commodities, futures, cryptocurrencies and metals. It is 50 times more than our free data package includes!
a wider range of options when using our Historical News service:

historical news for 9 main currency pairs (free data package provides users with historical news for the USD currency only)
ability to see more types of news: all the events of low, medium and high importance

more precise backtesting results: it is extremely important for trading strategies that depend even on small price fluctuations
daily updates: you can even backtest the yesterday’s data
5-digits historical data

On top of all these benefits, our Super data package provides you with the tick-by-tick data with floating spread. By purchasing this package, you receive the most detailed price rates as they are on the real market. It is the best decision for scalping and short-term strategies.

How to download our free historical data?

Price: Bid

Time: GMT (no Daylight Saving Time)

Quality: one of the best free sources

Here you can download free history data for the most common currency pairs (source: Basic (Forexite free data)):

Symbol	Data Range	Size
AUDJPY	Jan 2001 - 04/30/2023	33.2 MB
AUDUSD	Jan 2001 - 04/30/2023	30.4 MB
CHFJPY	Jan 2001 - 04/30/2023	37.5 MB
EURCAD	Jan 2001 - 04/30/2023	41.2 MB
EURCHF	Jan 2001 - 04/30/2023	35.4 MB
EURGBP	Jan 2001 - 04/30/2023	31.1 MB
EURJPY	Jan 2001 - 04/30/2023	41.4 MB
EURUSD	Jan 2001 - 04/30/2023	38.1 MB
GBPCHF	Jan 2001 - 04/30/2023	43.2 MB
GBPJPY	Jan 2001 - 04/30/2023	44.7 MB
GBPUSD	Jan 2001 - 04/30/2023	39.7 MB
NZDJPY	Jan 2003 - 04/30/2023	33.4 MB
NZDUSD	Jan 2003 - 04/30/2023	31.6 MB
USDCAD	Jan 2001 - 04/30/2023	35.1 MB
USDJPY	Jan 2001 - 04/30/2023	36.6 MB
USDCHF	Jan 2001 - 04/30/2023	37.6 MB
XAGUSD	Jan 2001 - 04/30/2023	17.6 MB
XAUUSD	Jan 2001 - 04/30/2023	32.2 MB

You can also find a simple instruction on how to import historical data here.