Turtle Trading

Use when evaluating Richard Dennis / Turtle Trading-style breakout systems: Donchian channels, ATR/N-unit sizing, pyramiding, portfolio heat, and fully rule-based trend following.

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Turtle Trading

Use this skill to apply Turtle-style systematic breakout trading: buy/sell breakouts, size by ATR, add by N units, control portfolio heat, and follow rules without discretion.

When To Use

  • Donchian breakout strategy review
  • ATR/N-unit position sizing
  • Rule-based futures, FX, crypto, or stock trend system
  • Portfolio heat and pyramiding plan

Trigger phrases include Turtles, Richard Dennis, Donchian, ATR, N unit, 20-day breakout, 55-day breakout, and systematic breakout.

Process

  1. Define breakout system and lookback.
  2. Calculate ATR/N risk unit.
  3. Define initial stop and add levels.
  4. Limit portfolio heat and correlated markets.
  5. Exit by system rule, not opinion.

Output Format

# Turtle View: [Market / System]

## Verdict
Enter / Add / Hold / Exit / No Signal

## Breakout Rule
## N / ATR
## Unit Size
## Stop
## Portfolio Heat

Guardrails

  • Do not use discretionary excuses to skip rules.
  • Do not exceed heat limits.
  • Do not average down.

Questflow Use

In Questflow, this skill is best used as a rule-based trend-following execution template.

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Frequently asked questions

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