compare_backtests
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Run several strategies on the same data and compare side by side.
One quota-counted call, but compute scales with the number of
strategies. If the wall-clock compute budget is exceeded, the call
fails with a tool error (504) instead of returning partial results —
narrow the request (fewer strategies, shorter date range, coarser
frequency) and retry.
Args:
data_source: Shared data source (same shape as run_backtest).
strategies: List of {"label": str, "strategy": {...},
"execution": {...}?} entries. Labels need not be unique or
id-safe — they are echoed back verbatim in the result.
include_benchmark: Add a buy-and-hold benchmark to the comparison.
response_detail: Shaping level applied to each strategy's result.
trades_limit: Max trades per strategy when detail is 'full'.
Returns:
{"strategies": [{"label", "result"}, ...], "equity_curves": {...},
"alignment"?}, each result shaped at the requested detail. When a
benchmark is included, non-benchmark entries also carry
"relative" (beta, alpha, information ratio, etc.). A 400/422
rejection returns {"accepted": false, "error": ...};
capacity/timeout/permission failures raise a tool error.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| data_source | object | yes | |
| strategies | array | yes | |
| include_benchmark | boolean | no | |
| response_detail | string | no | |
| trades_limit | integer | no |
Raw JSON schema
{
"properties": {
"data_source": {
"additionalProperties": true,
"title": "Data Source",
"type": "object"
},
"strategies": {
"items": {
"additionalProperties": true,
"type": "object"
},
"title": "Strategies",
"type": "array"
},
"include_benchmark": {
"default": false,
"title": "Include Benchmark",
"type": "boolean"
},
"response_detail": {
"default": "summary",
"enum": [
"summary",
"stats",
"full"
],
"title": "Response Detail",
"type": "string"
},
"trades_limit": {
"default": 50,
"title": "Trades Limit",
"type": "integer"
}
},
"required": [
"data_source",
"strategies"
],
"title": "compare_backtestsArguments",
"type": "object"
}