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tradermonty/claude-trading-skills

breakout-trade-planner

Generate Minervini-style breakout trade plans from VCP screener output with worst-case risk calculation, portfolio heat management, and Alpaca-compatible order templates (stop-limit bracket for pre-placement, limit bracket for post-confirmation).

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Installation

$ npx skills add tradermonty/claude-trading-skills --skill breakout-trade-planner
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Summary

  • Generate Minervini-style breakout trade plans from VCP screener output with worst-case risk calculation, portfolio heat management, and Alpaca-compatible order templates (stop-limit bracket for pre-placement, limit bracket for post-confirmation).
  • Use when user has VCP screener results and wants actionable trade plans with entry/stop/target levels and position sizing.

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License LICENSE
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Package contents

Files included with this skill beyond the listing page.

  • skill md SKILL.md 4,191 B
  • docs SUMMARY.md 3,968 B

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SKILL.md

Breakout Trade Planner

Generate trade plans from VCP screener output following Mark Minervini's breakout methodology. Calculate position sizes using worst-case entry prices, enforce portfolio risk limits, and output Alpaca API-compatible order templates.

When to Use

  • User has VCP screener JSON output and wants trade plans
  • User asks for breakout entry/stop/target calculation
  • User wants Alpaca order templates for VCP breakout candidates
  • User needs position sizing with portfolio heat management

Prerequisites

  • VCP screener JSON output with schema_version: "1.0"
  • No API keys required (works with local JSON files)
  • No external skill dependencies (position sizing is built-in)

Workflow

Step 1: Generate Trade Plans

Run the planner with VCP screener output:

python3 skills/breakout-trade-planner/scripts/plan_breakout_trades.py \
  --input reports/vcp_screener_YYYY-MM-DD.json \
  --account-size 100000 \
  --risk-pct 0.5 \
  --output-dir reports/

Step 2: Review Output

Read the generated JSON and Markdown reports. Present:

  1. Actionable Orders — Pre-breakout candidates with order templates
  2. Revalidation — Breakout-state candidates needing live confirmation
  3. Watchlist — Developing VCP candidates to monitor
  4. Rejected/Deferred/Constrained — Candidates filtered by Gate or portfolio limits

Step 3: Explain Trade Plans

For each actionable order, explain:

  • Entry levels (signal vs worst-case) and stop-loss placement
  • R-multiple targets and reward-risk ratio
  • Two execution modes: preplace (stop-limit) vs postconfirm (limit after 5min confirmation)
  • Portfolio risk contribution and cumulative heat
  • Broker and intraday constraints: these templates are planning artifacts, not broker permission. If the plan could create same-day round trips or use margin, confirm the user's broker-specific intraday/day-trading controls. FINRA replaced the old pattern-day-trader day-count and $25,000 minimum-equity requirements with intraday margin standards effective 2026-06-04, with broker phase-in allowed through 2027-10-20.

Minervini Gate (Filtering Criteria)

Candidates must pass ALL conditions:

Condition Pre-breakout Breakout
valid_vcp True True
rating_band good/strong/textbook good/strong/textbook
riskpctworst <= 8.0% <= 8.0%
breakout_volume — True
distancefrompivot — <= maxchasepct
current_price — <= worst_entry

CLI Parameters

Parameter Default Description
--account-size (required) Account equity in dollars
--risk-pct 0.5 Base risk % per trade
--max-position-pct 10.0 Max single position %
--max-sector-pct 30.0 Max sector exposure %
--max-portfolio-heat-pct 6.0 Max total open risk %
--target-r-multiple 2.0 Take-profit R-multiple
--stop-buffer-pct 1.0 Stop buffer below contraction low
--max-chase-pct 2.0 Max chase above pivot
--pivot-buffer-pct 0.1 Pivot buffer for buy-stop trigger
--current-exposure-json None Existing portfolio exposure

Output

  • breakouttradeplanYYYY-MM-DDHHMMSS.json — Structured plans with order templates
  • breakouttradeplanYYYY-MM-DDHHMMSS.md — Human-readable report

Exchange Calendar and Replay

Install requirements.txt before running the planner. --as-of accepts either YYYY-MM-DD (00:00 America/New_York) or an offset-bearing ISO-8601 timestamp. Plan validity uses the current not-yet-closed XNYS session or the next real session after a close, weekend, or exchange holiday.

Resources

  • references/minervinientryrules.md — Entry methodology and rules