---
title: "Run Backtesting"
method: POST
path: "/backtesting/run-backtesting"
tags: ["Backtesting"]
---

# Run Backtesting

`POST /backtesting/run-backtesting`

Run a backtesting simulation with the provided configuration.

Args:
    backtesting_config: Configuration for the backtesting including start/end time,
                      resolution, trade cost, and controller config
                      
Returns:
    Dictionary containing executors, processed data, and results from the backtest
    
Raises:
    Returns error dictionary if backtesting fails

## Request body

- BacktestingConfig
  - `start_time` integer
  - `end_time` integer
  - `backtesting_resolution` string
  - `trade_cost` number
  - `config` union, required
    - object
    - string

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- unknown

## Other responses

- `422` — Validation Error

## Changes

- **2026-04-08** `92703f48a69e` — 2 info
  - added the optional property `detail/items/ctx` to the response with the `422` status
  - added the optional property `detail/items/input` to the response with the `422` status
- **2026-01-18** `2ad95b6a84b2` — 1 breaking
  - the response's body type/format changed from `object`/`` to ``/`` for status `200`
- **2026-01-18** `576ec8539f76` — 1 breaking
  - the response's body type/format changed from ``/`` to `object`/`` for status `200`
- **2025-12-20** `1005bcd47280` — 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/hummingbot/apis/hummingbot-api/changes/backtesting/run-backtesting/post.md)

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