Idea search
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- Searches eight free research sources, from Google Scholar and SSRN to NBER and arXiv
- Reads the papers and labels each source peer-reviewed or not
- Turns every usable finding into an idea you can test
Free pack3 Claude skills for traders
I passed two prop firm evaluations with rule-based systems, and my AI-built bot now trades two funded accounts. This is the process I use to research and test every system, packed into three Claude skills: a literature search, a feature table, and a six-step backtest with validation. Free, and no coding needed.
You get a confirmation email, then the download link, a short series of emails on how I build and test systems, and news about my courses. Unsubscribe with one click at any time. Details in the privacy policy.
Where it ledMy prop accounts, as of November 2026
What it cost to get there: 17 bot evaluations for $4,848.50, 13 of them failed. I show those numbers too. Results not typical. Past results do not predict future results.
The process
Most trading ideas fail a fair test. The skills make that test the default: every step is fixed, Claude asks before each decision, and you see why an idea passes or fails.
What's in the pack
You add each ZIP to Claude once. Then you describe what you want in plain words and Claude leads you through the steps with one question at a time.
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IncludedWorked example
An NQ mean-reversion idea for the Asian session, taken through the whole process. Every file is in the pack: the strategy, the grids, the validation, the filter test and the final PDF report.
| Validation | Whole | In-sample | Out-of-sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trades | 834 | 498 | 336 |
| Sharpe (daily) | 1.15 | 1.27 | 1.06 |
| Profit factor | 1.22 | 1.24 | 1.19 |
| Win rate | 39% | 40% | 38% |
| Max drawdown | −5.6% | −5.6% | −5.1% |
| Costs, share of gross | 33% | 36% | 29% |
| t-stat, average trade | 2.49 | 2.11 | 1.46 |
MNQ micro futures, 1-minute bars from Massive, 15 Nov 2021 to 10 Nov 2026. 0.50 USD commission per side, 1 tick slippage on market orders, 2 on stops. Monte Carlo P90 drawdown −11.9%. The years are uneven: 2023 and 2025 are close to zero. Hypothetical results from a backtest.
Who it's for
What you need
Skills work on every Claude plan, the free one included. Code execution (“Create and edit files”) must be switched on in the settings; the idea search also uses web search.
For the feature table and the backtest. Claude writes the files; you click Run in PyCharm or paste one command into a terminal.
From Massive (formerly Polygon), Databento, or your own CSV or Parquet file. Your API key stays in your own files; the pack contains none.
Who builds this
I'm an engineer and a maths guy, and I'm not a programmer. For more than 12 years I optimised industrial processes, data first. A trading system is the same job on a different machine.
So I build my trading the same way: an idea, a fair test, a validated system, and only then a prop account. That path took me to two passed evaluations by hand, a payout, and a bot that trades two funded accounts. Claude closed the coding gap: it does the research, the backtests and the bots with me.
In 2027 I run 16 systems on two prop firms in public, with every result on the channel. Later I'll teach the whole method in a course, and the people on this list hear about it first.
Questions
Yes. You give your email address, you get the three skills and a short series of emails on how I use them. You can unsubscribe with one click and keep the skills.
No. Claude writes the Python files and tells you how to run them. You need Python installed and you need to read the results; the skills explain every figure they show.
Any market with bar data: futures such as NQ, ES, YM and RTY, stocks, forex and crypto. The worked example uses MNQ micro futures.
Skills are available on the free plan. Long research runs and large backtests use a lot of messages, so a paid plan is more comfortable for regular use. Plans and limits change; Anthropic's help pages have the current state.
The backtests run on your own computer. Your price data and API keys stay in your files. Claude sees what you share in the chat.
Yes, later. The course will teach the whole method: building systems with Claude, testing them, and running them on prop accounts. The free pack is the first part of it. People on the list hear about the course first.
No one honestly can. I show you what happened on my own accounts and in my tests, with every cost. What you get out of it depends on your systems, your risk and your discipline.
Free pack3 Claude skills
Three Claude skills and one worked example, free for your email address.