Trading harnesses for AI agents
36 open-source Trading harnesses an AI agent can use — MCP servers, SDKs, and adapters. Browse them on Loadbay. An agent can search these over Loadbay's MCP:
claude mcp add --transport http loadbay https://loadbay.xyz/api/mcp
→ Best Trading harnesses (top picks, ranked)
- freqtrade — A mature, free crypto trading bot with strategy backtesting, hyperopt, and live trading across major exchanges. The base a lot of trading agents build on.
- ccxt — Unified cryptocurrency trading API covering 100+ exchanges with REST and WebSocket support across JS, Python, PHP, C#, and Go.
- QuantConnect LEAN — Open-source event-driven algorithmic trading engine (Python and C#) for backtesting and live trading across asset classes.
- Hummingbot — Open-source framework for building and running high-frequency market-making and arbitrage bots across 50+ CEX and DEX.
- NautilusTrader — Production-grade, Rust-native event-driven trading platform with a Python API for backtesting and live multi-asset trading.
- rig — Rust framework for building modular LLM agents, widely used for on-chain crypto research and DeFi automation.
- intentkit — Self-hosted platform for autonomous agents with blockchain and DeFi skills for on-chain transactions and wallets.
- Jesse — Python crypto trading framework for defining, backtesting, optimizing, and live-trading strategies with built-in indicators.
- x402 — Coinbase open HTTP-native payments protocol that lets AI agents and APIs make autonomous stablecoin payments; multi-chain SDKs.
- Polymarket/agents — Polymarket's official toolkit for trading prediction markets with AI agents: market discovery, research, and order placement.
- artemis — Fast modular Rust framework from Paradigm for writing MEV bots that collect events and submit on-chain actions.
- solana-agent-kit — Toolkit that connects any AI agent to Solana protocols for swaps, lending, token launches, and NFT actions.
- hyperliquid-python-sdk — Official Python SDK for Hyperliquid covering perpetuals, spot orders, and account data for automated agents.
- agent-toolkit — Official Stripe toolkit and MCP server letting AI agents create payments, invoices, and billing through the Stripe API.
- uAgents — Fetch.ai framework for decentralized agents with crypto wallets that coordinate and run autonomous on-chain tasks.
- agentkit — Coinbase CDP toolkit that gives AI agents an on-chain wallet to trade, transfer, and interact with EVM contracts across frameworks.
- mev-bot — Jito Labs backrun MEV bot for Solana that listens to mempool transactions and submits bundles for arbitrage.
- goat — Agentic finance toolkit giving AI agents on-chain wallet access and 200+ DeFi tools for swaps, transfers, and trading across chains.
- alpaca-mcp-server — Alpaca's official MCP server. Trade stocks, ETFs, crypto, and options and pull market data in plain English. Its paper account makes a real dry run easy.
- daydreams — TypeScript toolset for building agents focused on crypto commerce and autonomous on-chain execution across chains.
- metatrader-mcp-server — MCP server that lets LLMs place orders and read market data on the MetaTrader 5 platform.
- ai-trading-agent — An AI trading agent for Hyperliquid: it reads the perp markets and places orders on the on-chain exchange.
- Hyperliquid Rust SDK — Official Rust SDK for trading on the Hyperliquid perps DEX: orders, positions, and info endpoints for low-latency bots.
- kalshi-ai-trading-bot — Toolkit for building AI-automated trading strategies on Kalshi prediction markets.
- CloddsBot — A self-hosted agent that scans 1000+ markets — Polymarket, Kalshi, Binance, Hyperliquid, Solana — for edge and executes while managing risk.
- agent-trade-kit — Official OKX MCP server connecting AI agents to spot, swap, futures, options, and grid bot trading.
- kalshi-trading-bot-cli — AI-native CLI for trading Kalshi prediction markets with Kelly sizing and a five-gate risk engine over live order books.
- Prediction-Markets-Trading-Bot-Toolkits — Trading bots running ten strategies on one execution core across Polymarket, Kalshi, and Limitless prediction markets.
- Coinbase CDP SDK — Official libraries for programmatically creating and managing EVM and Solana wallets via Coinbase Developer Platform (MPC keys).
- interactive-brokers-mcp — MCP server exposing the Interactive Brokers API so AI agents can access accounts, market data, and trading operations.
- IB_MCP — Interactive Brokers API interface built on the Model Context Protocol for AI-driven account and trade access.
- open-autonomy — Valory framework for building autonomous multi-agent services that run on-chain DeFi and trading logic with consensus.
- robinhood-ai-trading-bot — An AI-driven trading loop for Robinhood: read positions, ask a model for a decision, place equity orders. A readable reference for the Robinhood adapter.
- game-python — Virtuals Protocol GAME SDK in Python for building autonomous on-chain agents that act and transact across crypto.
- ccxt-mcp — An MCP server that exposes 100+ crypto exchanges through one tool surface, so an agent reaches all of them without per-exchange glue.
- claude-trading-skills — Collection of 62 trading, DeFi, and quantitative finance agent skills compatible with Claude Code, Cursor, and Gemini CLI.