System and method for selection of backtesting time and region

A user device, comprising:

• an input device operable to receive an input from a user;
• an output device;
• a processor in communication with the input device and the output device;
• and
• a memory comprising a non-transitory processor-readable medium storing processor-executable instructions that when executed by the processor, causes the processor to:
• generate a backtesting session view for a backtesting session displayed on the output device and comprising a historic market instrument having a time-series data of a market instrument value and a timestamp mapped on a graph, the graph having an axis of abscissas corresponding to a time and an axis of ordinates corresponding to a value of the historic market instrument, the backtesting session view having a first simulation time and displaying the historic market instrument mapped on the graph up to the first simulation time, the backtesting session having a simulation timeframe;
• receive a first input, via the input device, indicative of the user selecting a goto jump being a price jump, the price jump having a target price;
• advance the first simulation time until the value of the historic market instrument reaches the target price, and selecting the timestamp of the historic market instrument as a second simulation time;
• and
• draw, in the backtesting session view on the output device, the historic market instrument mapped on the graph up to the second simulation time.

A user device, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory comprising a non-transitory processor-readable medium storing processor-executable instructions that when executed by the processor, causes the processor to:
• generate a backtesting session view for a backtesting session comprising a historic market instrument having a time-series data of a market instrument value and a timestamp mapped on a graph, the graph having an axis of abscissas having a time and an axis of ordinates having a value, the backtesting session view having a first simulation time and displaying the historic market instrument mapped on the graph up to the first simulation time such that the market instrument value for each timestamp on the axis of abscissas through the first simulation time is provided on the graph, the backtesting session having a simulation timeframe;
• receive a first input indicative of a user selecting a goto jump being a position close jump, the position close jump being associated with a position taken in the historic market instrument, the position being associated with at least one position value;
• advance the first simulation time until a particular market instrument value of the historic market instrument meets the at least one position value, the particular market instrument value being associated with a particular timestamp, and selecting the particular timestamp of the historic market instrument as a second simulation time;
• and
• draw, in the backtesting session view, the historic market instrument mapped on the graph up to the second simulation time such that the market instrument value for each timestamp on the axis of abscissas through the second simulation time is provided on the graph.