ai-trader

Overview

AI Trader is a professional backtesting framework for algorithmic trading built on Backtrader. It features a robust MCP server integration that enables AI assistants like Claude to interact with the trading engine through natural language commands. The framework supports multiple markets including US stocks, Taiwan stocks, cryptocurrencies, and forex, with over 20 built-in strategies and extensive customization options.

Try asking AI

After installing, here are 3 things you can ask your AI assistant:

• run_backtest

  Run a backtest with specified strategy and parameters

  Try:Run a backtest of the CrossSMAStrategy on TSM data from 2020-2022Try:Execute a backtest with cash=1000000 and commission=0.001425
• fetch_market_data

  Download historical market data for specified symbols

  Try:Fetch Apple stock data from 2021 to 2024Try:Get Bitcoin-USD crypto data starting from 2020-01-01
• list_strategies

  List all available trading strategies

  Try:Show all available trading strategiesTry:List the built-in strategies in the ai-trader framework
• manage_data_storage

  Manage cached market data storage

  Try:List all cached dataTry:Clean old data from before 2020-01-01

Note: Tools were inferred from the MCP server documentation and CLI examples. The actual MCP tool names and signatures are not explicitly documented in the provided text.

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Installation

pip install ai-trader

git clone https://github.com/whchien/ai-trader.git
cd ai-trader
uv sync

python -m ai_trader.mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ai-trader": {
      "command": "python3",
      "args": ["-m", "ai_trader.mcp"],
      "cwd": "/path/to/ai-trader"
    }
  }
}

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