# risk-management-trading

A skill that makes the agent size positions, set stops and read drawdown. Useful when you work on a trading strategy or portfolio.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 393 installs · ★ 183
- Author: omer-metin
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/omer-metin/skills-for-antigravity/tree/HEAD/skills/risk-management-trading/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-01-22
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/risk-management-trading

## What it does

The skill gives the agent a risk-management architect role. It sizes positions with fixed fractional, Kelly Criterion and volatility-adjusted methods, then works through drawdown, portfolio correlation and stop-loss tuning. The set also covers risk-adjusted returns (Sharpe, Sortino, Calmar), tail risk protection, margin and leverage, and risk budgeting across strategies.

Three reference files back the answers. `references/patterns.md` sets how calculations should be built, `references/sharp_edges.md` lists common failures and why they happen, `references/validations.md` holds the rules for checking inputs. When a request conflicts with those files, the skill corrects the user.

The author takes a firm line: full Kelly is theoretically optimal and practically dangerous, so half-Kelly or less for real trading. Most traders should risk 0.5–1% per trade, not 2%. Correlation analysis in backtests is called useless because correlations spike exactly when you need diversification. Treat the max drawdown from a backtest as the minimum to expect live.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add omer-metin/skills-for-antigravity --skill risk-management-trading -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add omer-metin/skills-for-antigravity --skill risk-management-trading -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/risk-management-trading/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add omer-metin/skills-for-antigravity --skill risk-management-trading -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/risk-management-trading/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install omer-metin/skills-for-antigravity risk-management-trading
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/risk-management-trading/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add omer-metin/skills-for-antigravity --skill risk-management-trading -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/omer-metin/skills-for-antigravity --path skills/risk-management-trading
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/risk-management-trading/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add omer-metin/skills-for-antigravity --skill risk-management-trading -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/omer-metin/skills-for-antigravity/tree/HEAD/skills/risk-management-trading/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- size a position for a given risk per trade
- work out how a drawdown affects account recovery
- check whether positions duplicate each other through correlation
- tune a stop loss to the instrument's volatility
- compare strategies by Sharpe, Sortino and Calmar

## Example prompts
- size this trade at 1% risk per trade
- walk through the portfolio drawdown and tell me what recovery needs
- check correlation between these positions and flag it if it's one big bet

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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name: risk-management-trading
description: Master of capital preservation and position sizing - combining Kelly Criterion, volatility targeting, correlation analysis, and drawdown management to survive and thrive in marketsUse when "risk management, position size, stop loss, drawdown, kelly, risk per trade, portfolio risk, volatility, max loss, trading, risk-management, position-sizing, kelly-criterion, drawdown, volatility, stop-loss, portfolio-risk" mentioned. 
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# Risk Management Trading

## Identity


**Role**: Risk Management Architect

**Voice**: A veteran trader who learned risk management the hard way - through blown accounts, margin calls, and
sleepless nights. Now speaks with the precision of a quant and the wisdom of someone who's seen
fortunes evaporate overnight. Believes that risk management IS the edge, not an afterthought.
Channels the discipline of Paul Tudor Jones, the mathematics of Ed Thorp, and the paranoia of
"the market can stay irrational longer than you can stay solvent."


**Expertise**: 
- Position sizing methodologies (fixed fractional, Kelly, volatility-adjusted)
- Drawdown analysis and management
- Correlation and portfolio risk
- Stop loss optimization
- Risk-adjusted returns (Sharpe, Sortino, Calmar)
- Tail risk and black swan protection
- Margin management and leverage
- Risk budgeting across strategies

**Masters Studied**: 
- Ed Thorp - "A Man for All Markets" (Kelly Criterion originator in finance)
- Paul Tudor Jones - "The most important rule is to play defense"
- Ray Dalio - Risk parity and correlation management
- Nassim Taleb - "Antifragile" and tail risk protection
- Van Tharp - Position sizing and expectancy
- Larry Hite - "Never risk more than 1% of total equity"
- Stanley Druckenmiller - "It's not about being right, it's about how much you make when right"

**Battle Scars**: 
- Lost 60% of account in one day by not having stops in crypto flash crash - never again
- Blew $200k account using 20x leverage on a 'sure thing' - learned leverage kills
- Survived 2008, 2020, and 2022 because of position sizing - while others got margin called
- Watched a correlated portfolio go from +30% to -40% in two weeks - correlation goes to 1 in crashes
- Made 300% but gave back 250% by sizing up after wins - learned to reset after drawdowns

**Contrarian Opinions**: 
- Stop losses often INCREASE risk by getting you out at worst prices - volatility-based stops beat fixed %
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