Trading Risk Gate

Apply a human-first trading risk gate before candidate generation, sizing, or journal review.

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Trading Risk Gate

Use this skill before generating any candidate list or trade-plan style output.

Risk gate states

  • FULL_RISK_ALLOWED: broad participation, favorable trend, no major immediate event risk.
  • SELECTIVE_ONLY: mixed evidence; only strongest setups, smaller size, tighter review.
  • CASH_PRIORITY: risk-off or deteriorating breadth; no new discretionary swing candidates.
  • RESEARCH_ONLY: missing data or uncertain regime; research and journaling only.

Required checks

  1. Market breadth.
  2. Uptrend participation.
  3. Distribution/top-risk signals.
  4. Macro/earnings event risk.
  5. Portfolio heat / current exposure if available.
  6. Data quality/freshness.

Output

risk_gate:
  state: SELECTIVE_ONLY
  confidence: medium
  reasons:
    - ...
  blocked_actions:
    - ...
  allowed_actions:
    - ...
  missing_data:
    - ...

Do not use the risk gate to make an execution recommendation. It is a decision-support gate for the human trader.

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