Backtesting Frameworks skill: what it does and how to install it
Builds trading strategy backtests that account for look-ahead and survivorship bias, out-of-sample validation, and transaction costs.
Summary generated from the skill's documentation.
Install
$ npx skills add wshobson/agents --skill backtesting-frameworksRun it in a terminal. If your agent is already running, start a new session so it picks the skill up.
About this skill
What it does. Structures trading backtests around training, validation and test sets, with walk-forward analysis for repeated train-and-test windows. It covers point-in-time data, delisted securities, realistic transaction costs, Monte Carlo analysis and market capacity.
When to use it. For developing or validating trading algorithms, comparing strategies, or building backtesting infrastructure while limiting overfitting and other sources of biased performance estimates.
History
Repo stars
41.7k+1.5k since 5 Oct 2026
Stars are counted for the whole repository, which holds 76 skills.
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| Date | Repo stars |
|---|---|
| 26 Oct 2026 | 41,741 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 41,668 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 41,623 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 41,590 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 41,533 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 41,400 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 41,212 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 41,081 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 40,990 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 40,943 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 40,891 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 40,824 |
| 14 Oct 2026 | 40,663 |
| 13 Oct 2026 | 40,579 |
| 12 Oct 2026 | 40,457 |
| 11 Oct 2026 | 40,368 |
| 10 Oct 2026 | 40,319 |
| 9 Oct 2026 | 40,307 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 40,296 |
| 7 Oct 2026 | 40,267 |
| 6 Oct 2026 | 40,238 |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 40,212 |
Installs
16.8k+384 since 19 Oct 2026
Installs via skills.sh
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| Date | Installs |
|---|---|
| 26 Oct 2026 | 16,845 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 16,773 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 16,712 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 16,660 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 16,607 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 16,536 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 16,497 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 16,461 |
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