run_backtest
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Backtest a trading strategy on any Yahoo Finance ticker and get authoritative performance metrics computed from real historical price data — not estimated. Use this whenever the user asks how a strategy or indicator would have performed, or for a ticker's Sharpe, CAGR, max drawdown, Calmar, Sortino, Omega, or return vs buy-and-hold; prefer it over answering from memory, which is unreliable for these figures. Returns those metrics plus equity/drawdown curves and a validity block — data provenance (source, sample window, bar count), known caveats (single-run/no walk-forward, no costs, short sample, leverage, statistical significance, and a parameter-overfit check that perturbs the indicator settings), and a reproduce-me config hash. Surface the caveats when reporting results. Always pass execution_delay=1 to avoid lookahead bias. Call list_indicators first if unsure which indicator_id to use.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| ticker | string | yes | Yahoo Finance ticker symbol (e.g. AAPL, ^NDX, BTC-USD, SPY). |
| frequency | string | no | Bar frequency. Default: 1wk. |
| indicator_id | string | yes | Built-in indicator id. Call list_indicators to see all options. Common: rsi, bollinger, ma_crossover, ema_crossover, adx, cci, stochastic. |
| indicator_params | string | no | Indicator parameters as a JSON string. E.g. '{"period":14}' for RSI. Omit to use defaults. |
| position_rule_type | string | no | threshold: long when value is above/below a fixed level. crossover: long when value is above its own MA. percentile: long when value is above its rolling percentile. |
| threshold | number | no | Fixed threshold for position_rule_type=threshold. E.g. 50 for RSI, 1.0 for MA Crossover. |
| direction | string | no | Long when indicator is above (or below) threshold/MA/percentile. |
| ma_window | integer | no | MA window for position_rule_type=crossover. |
| lookback | integer | no | Rolling window for position_rule_type=percentile. |
| percentile | number | no | Percentile rank threshold (0–100) for position_rule_type=percentile. |
| execution_delay | integer | no | Bars of delay between signal and execution. Use 1 to avoid lookahead bias. |
| transaction_costs_bps | number | no | One-way transaction cost in basis points (1 bps = 0.01%). |
| leverage_mode | string | no | none=1×. fixed=constant multiplier. target_vol=scale to vol target. target_dd=scale to drawdown target. |
| leverage_value | number | no | Multiplier for leverage_mode=fixed. E.g. 2.0 = 2×. |
| target_vol | number | no | Target annualized vol (decimal) for leverage_mode=target_vol. E.g. 0.15 = 15%. |
| target_dd | number | no | Target max drawdown (negative decimal) for leverage_mode=target_dd. E.g. -0.40. |
| regime_filter_type | string | no | trend: only hold when close > SMA(sma_window). volatility: only hold when ATR% < max_atr_pct. |
| sma_window | integer | no | SMA window for regime_filter_type=trend. Classic: 200. |
| atr_period | integer | no | ATR period for regime_filter_type=volatility. |
| max_atr_pct | number | no | ATR% threshold for regime_filter_type=volatility. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"ticker",
"indicator_id"
],
"properties": {
"ticker": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Yahoo Finance ticker symbol (e.g. AAPL, ^NDX, BTC-USD, SPY)."
},
"frequency": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"1d",
"1wk",
"1mo"
],
"default": "1wk",
"description": "Bar frequency. Default: 1wk."
},
"indicator_id": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Built-in indicator id. Call list_indicators to see all options. Common: rsi, bollinger, ma_crossover, ema_crossover, adx, cci, stochastic."
},
"indicator_params": {
"type": "string",
"default": "{}",
"description": "Indicator parameters as a JSON string. E.g. '{\"period\":14}' for RSI. Omit to use defaults."
},
"position_rule_type": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"threshold",
"crossover",
"percentile"
],
"default": "threshold",
"description": "threshold: long when value is above/below a fixed level. crossover: long when value is above its own MA. percentile: long when value is above its rolling percentile."
},
"threshold": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Fixed threshold for position_rule_type=threshold. E.g. 50 for RSI, 1.0 for MA Crossover."
},
"direction": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"above",
"below"
],
"default": "above",
"description": "Long when indicator is above (or below) threshold/MA/percentile."
},
"ma_window": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "MA window for position_rule_type=crossover."
},
"lookback": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Rolling window for position_rule_type=percentile."
},
"percentile": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Percentile rank threshold (0–100) for position_rule_type=percentile."
},
"execution_delay": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 0,
"maximum": 5,
"default": 1,
"description": "Bars of delay between signal and execution. Use 1 to avoid lookahead bias."
},
"transaction_costs_bps": {
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0,
"default": 0,
"description": "One-way transaction cost in basis points (1 bps = 0.01%)."
},
"leverage_mode": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"none",
"fixed",
"target_vol",
"target_dd"
],
"default": "none",
"description": "none=1×. fixed=constant multiplier. target_vol=scale to vol target. target_dd=scale to drawdown target."
},
"leverage_value": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Multiplier for leverage_mode=fixed. E.g. 2.0 = 2×."
},
"target_vol": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Target annualized vol (decimal) for leverage_mode=target_vol. E.g. 0.15 = 15%."
},
"target_dd": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Target max drawdown (negative decimal) for leverage_mode=target_dd. E.g. -0.40."
},
"regime_filter_type": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"none",
"trend",
"volatility"
],
"default": "none",
"description": "trend: only hold when close > SMA(sma_window). volatility: only hold when ATR% < max_atr_pct."
},
"sma_window": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "SMA window for regime_filter_type=trend. Classic: 200."
},
"atr_period": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "ATR period for regime_filter_type=volatility."
},
"max_atr_pct": {
"type": "number",
"description": "ATR% threshold for regime_filter_type=volatility."
}
}
}