# The exact prompts from the video

Copy, paste, replace the bracketed parts. Typos included — they were good enough
for Claude, they're good enough for you.

## 1 — Set up the engine

```
Hey Claude I want to do some backtest on nq tick data. Here is the the api key
[your api key from .env]. here is the complete docs: [link to the docs file.md]
and here is a comprehensive guide how to code trading algorithms:
[link to the how to algo.md] can you please setup a backtesting engine based on
rust language (for speed) to make some backtests
```

## 2 — First real backtest

```
hey claude I want to do a backtest of the vwap 2nd deviation band on the 1min
5min 15min and 1hr min timeframe. Please create a equity curve as png after all.
```

## 3 — Live chart with big-trade detection

```
hey please use the free delayed tickstream websocket to create a chart with lwc
from tradingview and make big trades visible based on 200ms per participant and
make the size of the big trades editable over an input fiels, use some nice
shadcn looking components, vanilla html
```

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Files referenced in prompt 1:
- docs: https://tick-stream.xyz/llms-full.txt
- guide: https://tick-stream.xyz/yt/how-to-code-a-trading-algorithm.md
- engine spec: https://tick-stream.xyz/yt/backtest-engine-guide.md

Free API key (delayed feed, no card): https://tick-stream.xyz/signup
Questions: https://discord.com/invite/tickstream — or just comment on the video.