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Bar Replay vs FXAbsolute: Ticks and Breadth against Depth and a Journal

Checked 10 September 2026 · every competitor fact read from their own site on that date

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FXAbsolute Research Team
Published at fxabsolute.com · Checked 10 September 2026
Bar Replay is the wider net and FXAbsolute is the deeper one. Bar Replay replays more markets, at finer resolution, and asks for nothing at all. FXAbsolute replays fewer markets and then keeps a record of what you did in them.

Side by side

Bar ReplayFXAbsolute
Price Free, with no paid tier stated Free, with no paid tier above it
Instruments 70+ 15
Timeframes Not stated on the site 10
Historical data Not stated on the site 5 years of 1-minute bars, 2021 to 2026
Indicators Not stated on the site Unlimited — every indicator, at once
Saved sessions No stated limit Unlimited
Trades per session No stated limit Unlimited
Account needed None needed to start None on a first visit; a free account from the second
Download needed None — it runs in the browser None — it runs in the browser

Prices and limits change. Everything in the Bar Replay column was read from their own site on 10 September 2026. Check it there before you decide anything on the strength of this page.

Where Bar Replay is the better choice

Stated first, and plainly, because a comparison published by one of the two tools is worth nothing if it wins every row.

Breadth

70+ instruments against 15. If you want to replay something unusual, this is the one that has it.

Tick replay

Bar Replay advertises tick-by-tick as well as bar-by-bar. FXAbsolute replays one-minute bars and nothing finer, so it cannot show you the path price took inside a minute.

Nothing asked, ever

No account at any point. FXAbsolute asks for a free one from your second visit.

Where FXAbsolute is the better choice

A trade journal

Every trade is recorded with entry, exit, reason and result, and the analytics turn a run into a win rate, a profit factor and an expectancy. Replay without a record is practice you cannot learn from.

Published data provenance

Five years of Dukascopy one-minute bid data, with the SHA-256 of each file published beside the studies built on it.

Research you can read

Over 300 pages of measured studies on this site, including twenty trending gold strategies tested across 1.87 million candles, with every trade published.

An agent connection

An MCP server so a coding agent can read the charts and run the tests with you.

Which one should you use

Pick Bar Replay if breadth or tick resolution is the thing you cannot do without, or if you refuse to make an account anywhere. Pick FXAbsolute if you want the run to leave a record you can measure, and to read the research behind the data you are replaying.

What FXAbsolute costs

Nothing, and there is no tier above it. All 15 instruments, all 10 timeframes, every indicator and drawing tool, unlimited sessions, unlimited trades, the journal and the full analytics, at no cost and with no card. Your first visit asks for nothing at all; from the second you are asked for a free account, which unlocks nothing because nothing is locked — it exists so a returning trader can be reached.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is Bar Replay free?

Yes, as checked on 10 September 2026. Their site states the tool is free with no download and no account needed to start, and lists no paid tier.

Which covers more markets?

Bar Replay, by a distance: 70+ instruments against 15 here. Breadth is the reason to choose it.

Does FXAbsolute replay ticks?

No. It replays one-minute bars and builds every higher timeframe from them. If you need to see the price path inside a single minute, Bar Replay does that and this does not.

Which one keeps a record of my practice?

FXAbsolute. Every trade goes into a journal with the reasoning attached, and the analytics report win rate, profit factor, expectancy and drawdown across the run.

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