list_strategies

List the strategy templates available for backtesting and comparison (name, title, one-line description). Use the returned `name` value as the strategy identifier in other tools.

Parameters

No parameters.

Raw schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {},
  "additionalProperties": false
}

get_coin_signals

Today's daily-bar indicator readings for crypto coins, computed by a real backtesting engine from Binance closes: price, RSI-14, MACD state, SMA 50/200 posture, SuperTrend, Bollinger position, ATR volatility, 52-week range. Pass a coin ticker (e.g. 'btc') for one coin, or omit for the whole 50-coin board.

Parameters1

coin

string

optional

Lower-case ticker, e.g. btc, eth, sol. Omit for all coins.

Raw schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "coin": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Lower-case ticker, e.g. btc, eth, sol. Omit for all coins."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

get_buy_hold

What a $1,000 buy of a coin on Jan 1 of each available year would be worth today — ROI, peak value and date, and the maximum drawdown endured along the way. Real Binance data, refreshed daily.

Parameters1

coin

string

required

Lower-case ticker, e.g. btc, eth, sol.

Raw schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "coin": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Lower-case ticker, e.g. btc, eth, sol."
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "coin"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false
}

get_overfitting_index

The Crypto Overfitting Index: the monthly share (%) of default-parameter strategy configurations (10 templates × 50 coins) whose out-of-sample Sharpe turned negative — how much of what backtests promise fails on unseen data. Returns the current reading and full history.

Parameters

No parameters.

Raw schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {},
  "additionalProperties": false
}

compare_strategies

Head-to-head comparison of two strategy templates from real monthly engine runs across ~50 coins: per-coin win count, median out-of-sample Sharpe, survival counts, median return and drawdown. Use strategy names from list_strategies (e.g. 'super_trend', 'ema_crossover').

Parameters2

strategy_a	string	required	First strategy name, e.g. super_trend
strategy_b	string	required	Second strategy name, e.g. ema_crossover

Raw schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "strategy_a": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "First strategy name, e.g. super_trend"
    },
    "strategy_b": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Second strategy name, e.g. ema_crossover"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "strategy_a",
    "strategy_b"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false
}

search_answers

Search Noon Barbari's Q&A knowledge base of direct, data-grounded answers about backtesting, overfitting, validation, indicators, risk management and crypto markets. Returns the top matching questions with their full answers.

Parameters1

query

string

required

Free-text query, e.g. 'why do backtests fail'

Raw schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Free-text query, e.g. 'why do backtests fail'"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "query"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false
}

run_backtest

Run a real backtest of a strategy template on BTC/USDT from a start date (public what-if engine; may take up to a minute on a cache miss; rate-limited). Returns net return, max drawdown, trade count, a robustness score with an overfitting verdict, and a shareable result URL.

Parameters3

strategy	string	required	Strategy name from list_strategies, e.g. super_trend
start_date	string	required	ISO date, e.g. 2022-01-01 (2020-01-01 or later)
starting_cash	number	optional	Starting balance in USD (default 10000, max 1000000)

Raw schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "strategy": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Strategy name from list_strategies, e.g. super_trend"
    },
    "start_date": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "ISO date, e.g. 2022-01-01 (2020-01-01 or later)"
    },
    "starting_cash": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Starting balance in USD (default 10000, max 1000000)"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "strategy",
    "start_date"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false
}

Noon Barbari Backtesting

list_strategies

get_coin_signals

get_buy_hold

get_overfitting_index

compare_strategies

search_answers

run_backtest

Install

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