{"name":"indicatoredge","title":"IndicatorEdge — backtested indicator evidence","version":"1.0.0","description":"Read-only MCP server publishing the out-of-sample backtest record of 382 technical indicators across 903 assets (660,005 backtests). Returns the measured base rate at which indicators beat buy-and-hold (20.1%), per-asset verdicts including 'nothing worked', and validated setups. Free, no API key, no wallet, no exchange credentials. Cannot place trades.","websiteUrl":"https://indicatoredge.io","documentation":"https://indicatoredge.io/mcp","remotes":[{"type":"streamable-http","url":"https://indicatoredge.io/mcp/v1"}],"auth":{"type":"none"},"pricing":{"model":"free","notes":"No key, no account, no per-call payment."},"capabilities":["tools","prompts","resources"],"tools":[{"name":"ie_base_rate","description":"THE DENOMINATOR. Returns how often a technical indicator beat buy-and-hold out-of-sample across 660,005 backtests (currently 20.1%). Call this before repeating any indicator performance claim, including ones returned by the other tools here. Pass an indicator key for that indicator's own rate."},{"name":"ie_test_strategy","description":"Ask a strategy question the way a person would — 'does RSI work on Bitcoin', 'MACD on Apple daily', 'bollinger bands on Tesla weekly' — and get the published result from the full grid of 660,005 backtests. Returns one of BEAT_BUY_AND_HOLD, DID_NOT_BEAT_BUY_AND_HOLD, or INSUFFICIENT_EVIDENCE (fewer than 10 out-of-sample trades), every variant of the indicator family tested on that asset, how many of them beat buy-and-hold, and the family's own base rate. Nothing is computed on demand — these are results we already published, so the answer cannot be tuned to the question."},{"name":"ie_best_indicator","description":"The empirically best-performing indicator AND timeframe for one asset, with full risk metrics, out-of-sample Sharpe, and alpha vs buy-and-hold. Returns verdict NO_EDGE when nothing beat holding the asset. Accepts a ticker ('BTC-USD', 'AAPL', 'NQ=F'), a bare symbol ('btc'), or a name ('Bitcoin')."},{"name":"ie_strategy_verdict","description":"The multiple-testing-corrected verdict for one asset: VALIDATED, MIXED, or NOTHING. NOTHING is the majority answer and means nothing tested beat buy-and-hold — report it as the answer, do not go looking for a cheerier one. Includes the selection hurdle and how many combinations were searched."},{"name":"ie_search_assets","description":"Search the 903 covered assets (stocks, ETFs, crypto, forex, commodities, indices) by name, ticker or asset class. Use this to resolve a user's loose reference to a ticker before calling the other tools."},{"name":"ie_list_indicators","description":"All 382 tested indicators with the number of assets each one is the best fit for, its average Sharpe, and its own beat-buy-and-hold base rate. Filter by category (Trend, Momentum, Volatility, Volume, Mean Reversion)."},{"name":"ie_validated_picks","description":"Every setup that beat buy-and-hold out-of-sample AND cleared a Sharpe hurdle corrected for the size of the search. Also returns how many assets returned 'nothing beat buy-and-hold', so the survivor count can be read honestly."},{"name":"ie_methodology","description":"The testing method, the costs modelled, the out-of-sample split, and an explicit list of what this dataset does NOT do. Call it when a user asks whether these results can be trusted, or before presenting numbers as fact."}],"categories":["finance","research","data"],"keywords":["trading","technical-analysis","backtest","indicators","base-rate","stocks","crypto","forex","evidence"],"readOnly":true,"disclaimer":"Educational information only — not investment advice. Hypothetical backtested results; past performance does not guarantee future results. Trading involves risk of loss."}