Skill pack

Kill and hold rules

Mechanical lines the seat checks: valid while a close holds a level, killed by a close through another.

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Read https://theagentictrader.com/skills/kill-hold-rules.md and follow it.
Paper lane. Do not choose the levels.
VALID while [timeframe] closes hold [above or below] [level].
KILLED by a [timeframe] close [under or over] [level].
Decision close I am checking: [price, timeframe, time].
First line: HOLD, KILLED, or CAN'T TELL. Then the close you used. A wick is not a close unless my rule says wick.
Automated trading can lose money; start on paper and set hard limits.

The free starter is the questions and routines. The Desk Kit is the runnable Grok Bot set.

Raw markdown · Download Claude SKILL.md · Last verified 2026-10-16

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Claude

Download https://theagentictrader.com/skills/kill-hold-rules/SKILL.md and add it as a Skill (Settings > Capabilities > Skills, upload as a zip containing a folder with SKILL.md), or paste it into a Project's instructions. Then start with: "Use the kill-hold-rules-trading-desk skill for this conversation."

ChatGPT

Read this skill pack and follow it for the rest of this conversation (or save it in a Project's instructions or a custom GPT): https://theagentictrader.com/skills/kill-hold-rules.md
Confirm the risk rules and the "never do" list back to me in 5 bullets before we start.

Grok Bot

Load the trading skill pack at https://theagentictrader.com/skills/kill-hold-rules.md and save it to your persistent notes/memory as "Kill and hold rules desk skill". Apply its risk rules and "never do" list in every future session about kill and hold rules. Confirm what you saved.

OpenClaw

Install this as a skill: create a folder skills/kill-hold-rules-trading-desk/ in your OpenClaw workspace and save https://theagentictrader.com/skills/kill-hold-rules/SKILL.md into it, then reload skills. Use it for all kill and hold rules research, checks and journaling. Do not place orders beyond the autonomy stage the operator has armed.

Kill and hold rules: a mechanical valid line and a killed line

When to use this skill

Load this when a plan needs a mechanical line for "still valid" and a mechanical line for "dead." Check one close the operator pastes against lines they wrote before the session. Do not write the levels. Educational only. Not financial advice.

The two lines

The operator writes both lines before the session, in this shape.

VALID while [timeframe] closes hold [above or below] [level].

KILLED by a [timeframe] close [under or over] [level].

The shape to copy is: valid while hourly closes hold above X, killed by an hourly close under Y. X and Y are their prices. If either price is blank, the result is CAN'T TELL.

The check

Use one close: the close they pasted, on the timeframe they named. Record its time.

The VALID line still holds, and the KILLED line does not print: HOLD.
The KILLED line prints: KILLED.
The close, the timeframe, or a level is missing: CAN'T TELL.

A wick through a level is not a kill and not a hold, unless their written rule uses the word "wick." Do not promote a wick to a close.

HOLD means the written lines still stand. It does not mean a trade. KILLED means that plan is dead on their rule. It does not mean an order the other way.

Rules the agent applies

Do not tighten, loosen, or round their prices.
One check, one close. If they paste two closes, use the one they mark as the decision close. If they do not mark it, return CAN'T TELL and quote both.
A KILLED plan does not get a new level in the same reply. They write a new pair of lines, or they file a no-trade ticket.
Pass the result to the risk gate. A HOLD is not a CLEAR.

What the agent must never do

Never choose X or Y.
Never treat a touch, a wick, or a headline as a close.
Never suggest a flip, a hedge, or a new entry after a kill.
Never place an order. Automated trading can lose money; start on paper and set hard limits.

Output

First line: HOLD, KILLED, or CAN'T TELL.

Second line: the close, the timeframe, and the time.

Third line: their two rules, unchanged.

Stop.

Where it hands off

The close is theirs, or a page they name. If you did not open that page, mark the close UNVERIFIED and return CAN'T TELL.

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