# pre-trade-discipline-gate

Scores a local pre-trade checklist before manual order entry and blocks planless, oversized, or revenge-risk entries.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 2700 installs · ★ 3267
- Author: tradermonty
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/tradermonty/claude-trading-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/pre-trade-discipline-gate/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/pre-trade-discipline-gate

## What it does

The skill reads a local JSON or YAML answers file with candidate-level checklist answers and decides whether a manual order may proceed. Only actionable intents are gated: `ENTRY_READY`, `ACTIONABLE`, `ACTIONABLE_DAY1`, `MANUAL_ORDER`. Watchlist and rejected ideas get journaled as `NO_ACTIONABLE_ORDERS` and never produce an order permission.

A candidate is blocked when the entry is not confirmed in the written plan, the stop is not predefined, the size is not within plan, or `actual_risk_dollars` exceeds `planned_risk_dollars`. Revenge risk is caught too: a losing exit or partial loss inside the revenge window stops the entry. So do `REDUCE_ONLY` and `CASH_PRIORITY` from exposure-coach, and `COOLDOWN`, `HALTED`, `TRADING_HALTED` from drawdown-circuit-breaker.

You need Python 3.9+ and both risk-dollar fields for every actionable candidate. Missing values, booleans, `NaN`, infinities, and negatives come back as `REVIEW_REQUIRED` — review them before placing anything. The gate is offline on purpose: it does not place or cancel orders, call a broker API, or fetch market data. Output is a JSON decision file, a matching markdown report, and a JSONL journal row; with `--state-dir` the report is linked into the thesis, and review dates stay where they were.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add tradermonty/claude-trading-skills --skill pre-trade-discipline-gate -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/pre-trade-discipline-gate/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/pre-trade-discipline-gate/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add tradermonty/claude-trading-skills --skill pre-trade-discipline-gate -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/pre-trade-discipline-gate/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add tradermonty/claude-trading-skills --skill pre-trade-discipline-gate -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/pre-trade-discipline-gate/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install tradermonty/claude-trading-skills pre-trade-discipline-gate
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/pre-trade-discipline-gate/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add tradermonty/claude-trading-skills --skill pre-trade-discipline-gate -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/tradermonty/claude-trading-skills --path skills/pre-trade-discipline-gate
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/pre-trade-discipline-gate/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add tradermonty/claude-trading-skills --skill pre-trade-discipline-gate -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/tradermonty/claude-trading-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/pre-trade-discipline-gate/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- check a manual entry against the written plan before the order goes out
- catch an entry whose actual risk dollars exceed the planned amount
- stop a trade during the cooldown window after a loss
- respect a `REDUCE_ONLY` or `CASH_PRIORITY` recommendation
- journal each candidate decision for a later trader-memory-core review

## Example prompts
- run the discipline gate on state/manual-entry-checklist.json before I place the order
- check my pre-trade checklist with --fail-on-non-go and show the decision per candidate
- link the report to thesis th_aapl_gm_20260703_0001 using --state-dir state/theses

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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# Pre-Trade Discipline Gate

## Overview

Evaluate whether a planned manual order should proceed before it is placed at the broker. This skill reads a local checklist plus optional market-regime, circuit-breaker, and trader-memory-core artifacts. It produces a `pre_trade_discipline_decision` artifact and can link that artifact back to the related thesis without changing the thesis review schedule.

The gate is intentionally offline. It does not place orders, cancel orders, call a broker API, or fetch market data.

## When to Use

- Immediately before placing any manual entry order
- When a candidate has passed chart validation and position sizing
- After a recent loss, to avoid revenge trades during the cooldown window
- When the workflow has an upstream `exposure_decision` and `circuit_breaker_decision`
- When you want checklist adherence to be visible in later trader-memory-core reviews

## Prerequisites

- Python 3.9+
- A local JSON or YAML answers file with candidate-level checklist answers
- Optional trader-memory-core thesis state under `state/theses/`
- Optional `exposure_decision` JSON from market-regime-daily / exposure-coach
- Optional `circuit_breaker_decision` JSON from drawdown-circuit-breaker

## Workflow

### Step 1: Prepare the Checklist

Create a JSON or YAML file with candidate answers. Only actionable manual-order intents are gated. Watchlist and ignore intents are journaled as `NO_ACTIONABLE_ORDERS`.

```json
{
  "candidates": [
    {
      "symbol": "AAPL",
      "thesis_id": "th_aapl_gm_20260703_0001",
      "order_intent": "ENTRY_READY",
      "entry_in_written_plan": true,
      "stop_predefined": true,
      "size_within_plan": true,
      "planned_risk_dollars": 500,
      "actual_risk_dollars": 500,
      "notes": "Entry matches the journaled breakout plan."
````
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