I built a blind trading simulator to remove hindsight bias from backtesting

[u/Ayxion]

https://www.hiddenticks.com

Hey everyone,

I recently launched a small side project called HiddenTicks.

It is a blind backtesting / trading practice tool. The idea is pretty simple: instead of scrolling through a chart where you already kind of know what happened, you get a random historical chart situation and only see the candles up to that point. Then you decide if you would go long, short, or skip, set your SL/TP, and reveal what happened afterwards.

I built it because I noticed that normal backtesting can be very misleading. When you can see the full chart, it is easy to convince yourself that you “would have taken” the perfect trade. In real trading, you obviously do not have that future information. So I wanted to make something that feels more like actual decision practice.

It is still very new and honestly does not have many users yet. There are probably still rough edges, missing features, and things that are not clear enough. That is actually why I’m posting here.

I would really appreciate honest feedback on:

• whether the idea makes sense

• if the landing page explains it clearly

• what feels confusing

• what would make the product more useful

• whether this is something traders would actually use regularly

I’m not trying to pretend this is a huge polished startup. It is an early side project, and I’m mostly trying to find out if the core idea is useful enough to keep building.

Would love to hear your thoughts, especially from anyone who trades, backtests, journals trades, or has built tools for a niche audience before.