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Add NQ and ES Futures Support for Backtesting

Feature Request

Many futures traders in our community would greatly benefit from the addition of NQ (E-mini Nasdaq 100 futures) and ES (E-mini S&P 500 futures) to the backtesting platform. Currently, the available instruments such as NAS100 or NQ1! do not accurately reflect the real trading environment for futures traders, primarily due to differences in spread, tick size, margin requirements, and calculation methods.

Key Points:

  • Accurate Simulation: NAS100 and NQ1! are CFD or continuous contracts, which differ significantly from the actual NQ and ES futures in terms of spread, execution, and price movement.

  • Strategy Development: Many professional and prop traders rely on backtesting with real futures data to develop and validate their trading strategies. Without NQ and ES, the backtest results can be misleading.

  • Growing Demand: There is a large and growing group of traders focusing on US index futures, especially NQ and ES, due to their liquidity and volatility.

  • Educational Value: Providing access to these instruments in backtesting helps new traders learn the nuances of futures trading, including contract rollover, tick value, and order book dynamics.

How does this impact your experience?
Posted by User ·
Status: Completed2 comments

Comments2

  • Stanislav Voitsekhovskyi

    Team•

    Jul 4

    Dear @User,

    Thank you very much for your patience!

    We're happy to let you know that Futures are now available in our Beta version. We'd love to invite you to try them out and share your feedback with us.

    🔑 How to get access

    Go to: https://beta.forextester.com/auth/register

    Sign up using the same email address you use for your Forex Tester account.

    If you haven't been granted access yet, please let us know the email address you'd like to use, and we'll add you to the Beta whitelist.

    We look forward to hearing your feedback!

  • Andriy Cherniyenko

    Team•

    Jun 13, 2025

    Hello @User . Thanks for the suggestion. We know about the importance of adding historical data for these futures, we plan adding historical data for these and other symbols in the future program updates (I hope it will be done within a couple of months).