Backtesting Arena

Name: Backtesting Arena
Author: schoasch

@schoaschMCP server · External

Crypto backtesting & Bitcoin cycle analytics. Point-in-time, DSR-corrected, look-ahead-aware.

Crypto marketsv1.12.0MIT

Freeno charge per call

One address for any MCP client. No sign-in needed on this server.

What it does

41 read3 act5 other

Grouped by tool name. At most: creates or changes data: records, files, settings.

What it costs

Free

Odel charges nothing per call. The publisher may charge for its own service.

Tools

49 · grouped by tool name · checked 26 Sep 2026

Read · 41Look things up

arena_get_pulse
arena_get_cycle
arena_get_spot_price
arena_get_stablecoin_supply
arena_get_etf_flows
arena_get_altcoin_season
arena_get_fear_greed
arena_get_bullmarket_ampel
arena_get_funding_rate
arena_get_macro_regime
arena_get_btc_market_structure
arena_get_key_levels
arena_get_iv_snapshot
arena_list_onchain_series
arena_get_onchain_latest
arena_get_sth_cost_basis
arena_get_onchain_history
arena_get_max_pain
arena_get_max_pain_history
arena_list_strategies
arena_list_universes
arena_get_universe
arena_get_strategy_insights
arena_get_strategy_performance
arena_get_strategy_filter_effect
arena_get_strategy_performance_by_regime
arena_get_edge_reports
arena_list_backtests
arena_get_backtest
validate_strategy
arena_compare_strategies
arena_get_job_status
arena_get_gem_scores
arena_get_volatility_history
arena_list_knowledge
arena_get_knowledge
arena_get_historical_analog
arena_get_robustness_field
arena_get_indicator_snapshot
arena_get_signal_context
arena_get_asset_snapshot

Act · 3Change something

arena_run_backtest
arena_run_universe_backtest
arena_run_grid_backtest

Other · 5Neither hinted nor named

arena_status
arena_dip_decision
arena_is_distinguishable
arena_batch
arena_call_extended

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Backtesting Arena — Agent Skill

Battle-tested market intelligence for AI agents — every claim backtested, versioned, and explainable. Evidence and base rates, never financial advice.

Skill package for AI agents and LLMs that need programmatic access to the Backtesting Arena API: daily Bitcoin / crypto cycle scoring, on-chain indicators, aggregated strategy insights, and on-demand backtests.

Three channels, one product:

Channel	Auth	Use case
Public	none, fair-use cache	quick reads, no signup
REST + MCP	Bearer API key (Free tier available)	full surface, higher quotas
x402 pay-per-call	EIP-3009 wallet signature (USDC on Base)	autonomous agents, no account

The full capability descriptor an agent should load is SKILL.md.

Install for Claude Code / Claude Desktop

# Coming soon when /install-skill GA's; for now clone + reference manually:
git clone https://github.com/Schoasch/skill-backtesting-arena.git

Reference skills/backtesting-arena/SKILL.md as a context document in your agent runtime, or use the MCP server directly (see below).

Quick start

1. Cycle-aware trading bot (Bearer)

bash

curl https://tradingstrategies.work/api/arena-pulse/today
# → { "score": 35, "band": "risk-off", ... } — no API key required

Want higher quotas + full surface? Get a free Bearer key.

2. Autonomous agent with USDC wallet (x402)

bash

# First call returns HTTP 402 + payment instructions:
curl -i https://tradingstrategies.work/api/v1/agent/btc-cycle/latest
# → 402 Payment Required, body has accepts[] with payTo, asset, amount, network

# Discovery descriptor lists all paid endpoints + pricing:
curl https://tradingstrategies.work/.well-known/x402

Full Python client showing the EIP-3009 sign + retry pattern: examples/python-x402-client.py.

3. MCP server (Claude Desktop, Cursor, etc.)

Two transports — HTTP (recommended, requires Bearer key) or stdio.

HTTP variant (drop into claude_desktop_config.json → mcpServers):

json

{
  "backtesting-arena": {
    "url": "https://tradingstrategies.work/api/mcp",
    "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer sk-arena-…" }
  }
}

Full example incl. stdio variant + Cursor config: examples/claude-desktop-config.json.

Examples folder

File	What
`examples/curl-snippets.sh`	Bash snippets for public + Bearer endpoints
`examples/python-x402-client.py`	Python EIP-3009 signing + retry for x402 endpoints
`examples/typescript-mcp-client.ts`	Connect to MCP server, list 89 tools, call one
`examples/claude-desktop-config.json`	Drop-in config for Claude Desktop / Cursor

Discovery files (machine-readable)

For AI tooling that auto-discovers APIs:

/openapi.json — full OpenAPI 3.1 spec, ~70 paths, x-x402 extension on agent endpoints
/skill.md — this skill (canonical, kept in sync with this repo)
/llms.txt — LLM-friendly summary
/.well-known/api.json — cross-tool discovery hub
/.well-known/x402 — Bazaar-v2 descriptor of paid endpoints (alias .json)
/.well-known/ai-plugin.json — OpenAI-style plugin manifest