About TrueTest
TrueTest tests EAs, trading bots, indicators and trade records before people risk money on them, and says plainly when a result looks like luck.
Who we are
TrueTest is a trading name of a sole trader in England (the name and postal address are in section 1 of the Terms). It is run under the law of England and Wales. It is not VAT-registered. Contact: support@truetest.uk; we aim to answer within 2 working days (formal complaints: Terms section 11).
What we do not do
- We never sell EAs, indicators, signals or trading courses.
- We never manage money, copy trades or give investment advice.
- We never take payment from EA vendors or brokers for a verdict, or sell a better verdict.
- We never publish or sell your files.
- We never write or buy reviews, or show testimonials without written permission.
How we earn money
From the prices on the home page: the Strategy Lab is free; the full PDF report is GBP 49 (GBP 19 for a later version of the same lab within 30 days, twice a lab); the AI-search audits are a separate TrueTest service with their own prices. Partners who recommend us are paid a commission and must label it; that never changes a verdict.
How we test
The full method, with its version and changelog, is on How we test. A complete example is the demo lab.
How TrueTest compares with other kinds of tools
| Kind of tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| Report checkers | Read a Strategy Tester report you upload and score it: overfitting checks, synthetic paths, prop-firm rules. |
| Strategy builders | Generate and optimise strategies on your computer, with Monte Carlo and walk-forward tools. |
| Analytics sites | Show statistics of a live or demo account linked to a broker. |
| Platform testers | Backtest code you write on that platform, with its own data and settings. |
| Review sites | Publish opinions, stars or forward tests of products, often funded by those products. |
What TrueTest does, in five steps:
- Reads your code for known faults typically within seconds: a wrong server clock, functions that are never called, martingale or grid sizing.
- Writes the rules out as a plain-English rule card that you check before anything runs.
- Tests our own rebuilt copy on up to 16 years of market data and 8 symbols, with recorded spreads (partly estimated: see How we test), commission and swaps, and again with extra costs.
- Checks for luck by counting every version you tell us about or test with us, and by comparing the trades with the same trades shifted one day.
- Watches new prices every day: the version you confirm is frozen and run on new market data.
In our review of similar tools (November 2026) we did not find another service that does all five of these steps together. We looked at 16 tools and services in November 2026, on their own pages and listings, and checked each one for the five steps above. We keep the dated record, and we check it again before the month in this line is changed. If you know a service that does all five, please tell us at support@truetest.uk: we will check it and update this page.