alpaca-trading-backtest
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Execute deterministic, reproducible historical backtests from a start date, end date, and strategy concept using the Alpaca CLI plus agent-written workspace code. Use when the user wants to backtest a strategy, simulate historical trades, or return trades, diagnostics, and reproducibility artifacts.
Install
npx skills add alpacahq/alpaca-skills --skill alpaca-trading-backtest -a claude-code
Installs to .claude/skills/alpaca-trading-backtest/ · Each command fetches the skill straight from GitHub with the open skills CLI.
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