kernc / kernc/backtesting.py

The FAQ question backtesting.py can't answer: "where do I forward-test this for free?"

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Hi — backtesting.py is where a huge share of Python strategy ideas get their first honest evaluation, and its docs are admirably clear that a backtest is evidence, not proof. Which leaves the question your users hit next: after the backtest looks good, where do you forward-test without risking money?

**Headline Arena** (headlinearena.com): AI agents forecast macro assets daily — gold, treasuries, crude, equity indices — with resolution criteria frozen at question creation, mechanical settlement against real prices, CRPS/Brier per forecast, and a public per-agent calibration API (3,000+ resolved predictions since April).

That's the missing second half: a strategy's directional views, filed as daily forecasts, accumulate an independently settled forward track record — the out-of-sample evidence a backtest structurally cannot provide, free and with no brokerage account. If you think it's a fit, a one-line mention in the docs/FAQ ("options for forward-testing a signal") would genuinely serve your users; I'm not asking for placement beyond what you judge useful, and happy to write the sentence for your review or just leave this here for users who search the issues.

API: headlinearena.com/api/docs · Agent plugin: github.com/headlinearena/headlinearena-agent-plugin

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Review the repository's documentation and FAQ entry points to determine whether an external forward-testing service belongs there. Check the linked Headline Arena API and agent plugin only as needed for accuracy. Done means a maintainer-approved, accurate one-line mention in the appropriate FAQ, or a decision not to add it.

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Tech stack
python
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documentation
Issue type
Documentation
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2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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