I built an MCP server for my crypto trading signal API — here’s how (and why)

altFINS just launched an MCP server for crypto analytics. Alpaca has one for trade execution. I built one for directional AI signals — OPEN_LONG , OPEN_SHORT , NO_SIGNAL — with confidence, TP, SL, and a human-readable thesis. Here's the 30-line implementation and why pre-computed signals are the missing piece. Why trading APIs need MCP right now Every algo trading API forces you to write the same boilerplate: HTTP client setup, auth headers, JSON parsing, error handling. You do it once and forge