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Feature Request: Netting Mode for Futures Trading

Hello Forex Tester Online team,

First of all, I would like to congratulate you on your platform. I believe Forex Tester Online is an excellent tool for backtesting trading strategies, and I really appreciate the possibility of trading futures with the Lifetime Pro version.

However, I have noticed an important limitation when backtesting futures strategies that involve averaging into a position.

Currently, when adding contracts to an existing position, the platform seems to use a hedging system, keeping individual trades separate instead of consolidating them into a single position. This differs from how futures trading works in platforms and brokerage environments that use the netting model.

For futures traders, this is particularly important when:

  • Adding contracts to an existing position (averaging in).

  • Managing a single consolidated position with a unified average entry price.

  • Calculating the overall position's stop loss, take profit, and profit/loss.

  • Accurately simulating futures trading strategies that rely on scaling into positions.

My feature request is to implement a netting mode for futures trading, where additional orders in the same direction are merged into the existing position, updating the total contract size and average entry price accordingly.

Ideally, users could choose between hedging and netting modes, depending on their trading strategy and market.

I believe this improvement would make Forex Tester Online significantly more realistic and useful for futures traders, particularly those using averaging, scaling, or position-building strategies.

Thank you for your time and consideration. I hope this feature can be considered for a future update.

Best regards,
A Forex Tester Online Lifetime Pro user

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  • Diana Zhoshko

    Team•

    Nov 9

    Hello Alejandro,

    I've replied to your email and am duplicating my response here just in case:

    I am currently clarifying this with our development team to determine whether netting functionality for futures is planned for a future update and whether there are any related plans on the product roadmap.

    As soon as I receive feedback from the developers, I will get back to you with an update.

    Thank you for your patience and for helping us improve Forex Tester Online.