Backtesting Arena vs Coinrithm Agent Trading

In-depth architectural comparison of the Backtesting Arena and Coinrithm Agent Trading MCP servers. Compare execution transports, security boundaries, tool capabilities, quality scores, and ready-to-paste client installation snippets for Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, and VS Code.

Which MCP Server Should You Choose?

Choose Backtesting Arena when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Finance & Fintech domain.
• You prefer remote streaming HTTP/SSE transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: API Key required (Freemium).
• Primary tools included: Bitcoin and crypto cycle scoring, On-chain indicator access, Aggregated strategy insights.

Explore Backtesting Arena Details

Choose Coinrithm Agent Trading when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Finance & Fintech domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: API Key required (Free / Open Source).
• You have access to required keys: COINRITHM_API_KEY.
• Primary tools included: Paper trading for crypto spot, futures, and prediction markets, Scoped CoinRithm API-key authentication, Idempotent order writes with retry support.

Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	Backtesting Arena Finance & Fintech	Coinrithm Agent Trading CoinRithm Finance & Fintech
Summary	Crypto backtesting & Bitcoin cycle analytics. Point-in-time, DSR-corrected, look-ahead-aware.	Paper-trade crypto spot, futures & prediction markets on CoinRithm with a user-minted API key (simulated funds, 21 tools, public Agent Arena).
Category & Scope	Finance & Fintech

Tools & Capabilities Breakdown

Ready-to-Paste Client Configurations

Paste either (or both) of these JSON server blocks into your client config file (e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json).

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "backtesting-arena": {
      "url": "https://tradingstrategies.work/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "coinrithm-coinrithm-agent-trading": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@coinrithm/mcp-trading"
      ],
      "env": {
        "COINRITHM_API_KEY": "YOUR_COINRITHM_API_KEY_HERE"
      }
    }
  }
}

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