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Risk Management

  • 288 installs
  • 257 repo stars
  • Updated June 24, 2026
  • agiprolabs/claude-trading-skills

risk-management is a Claude Code skill that applies portfolio-level drawdown limits, exposure caps, and circuit breakers to crypto trading.

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risk-management is a Claude Code skill that applies portfolio-level risk controls to crypto trading. It defines maximum drawdown, daily/weekly loss limits, concentration and exposure caps, correlation handling, and time-, loss-, and volatility-based circuit breakers, plus VaR. A developer uses it to protect an account from ruin and manage drawdowns across positions and strategies.

  • Drawdown limits, daily/weekly loss limits, and concentration/exposure caps by token type
  • Time-, loss-, and volatility-based circuit breakers to halt trading automatically
  • Ships drawdown_analyzer.py and risk_dashboard.py with limit checking and status

Risk Management by the numbers

  • 288 all-time installs (skills.sh)
  • Ranked #338 of 1,106 Finance & Trading skills by installs in the Skillselion catalog
  • Data as of Aug 4, 2026 (Skillselion catalog sync)
At a glance

risk-management capabilities & compatibility

Free; runs in Python/numpy with no API keys.

Capabilities
risk management · drawdown analysis · exposure limits · circuit breakers · value at risk
Use cases
data analysis
Pricing
Free
From the docs

What risk-management says it does

Portfolio-level risk controls for crypto and Solana trading. This skill provides frameworks for drawdown management, exposure limits, circuit breakers, and crypto-specific risk considerations.
SKILL.md
Violating this hierarchy (chasing growth at the expense of survival) is the primary cause of account blowups.
SKILL.md
npx skills add https://github.com/agiprolabs/claude-trading-skills --skill risk-management

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Last updatedJune 24, 2026
Repositoryagiprolabs/claude-trading-skills

What it does

Apply portfolio-level risk controls, drawdown limits, exposure caps, and circuit breakers to crypto trading.

Who is it for?

Enforcing account-level risk limits and drawdown response rules across a crypto portfolio.

Skip if: Sizing individual trades (see position-sizing) or generating signals.

When should I use this skill?

You need portfolio drawdown, exposure, concentration, or circuit-breaker rules for a crypto trading account.

What you get

A set of enforced risk limits and a dashboard showing exposure, concentration, and drawdown status.

  • Risk limit configuration
  • Drawdown response recommendations
  • Portfolio risk dashboard

By the numbers

  • Drawdown limits -15% to -25% by account type
  • Recovery table (-20% loss needs +25% gain)
  • 3 circuit-breaker classes (time, loss, volatility)

Files

SKILL.mdMarkdownGitHub ↗

Risk Management

Portfolio-level risk controls for crypto and Solana trading. This skill provides frameworks for drawdown management, exposure limits, circuit breakers, and crypto-specific risk considerations.

Risk Management Hierarchy

Every decision must respect this priority order:

1. Survival — Never risk account ruin. No single trade, day, or week should threaten your ability to continue trading. 2. Capital preservation — Protect what you have. Losses compound geometrically; recovery requires outsized gains. 3. Growth — Only after survival and preservation are secured, pursue returns.

Violating this hierarchy (chasing growth at the expense of survival) is the primary cause of account blowups.

Portfolio-Level Controls

1. Maximum Drawdown Limits

Halt trading when portfolio drawdown from equity peak reaches a threshold:

Account TypeMax DrawdownAction
Conservative-15%Full stop, review all strategies
Moderate-20%Full stop, reduce to minimum size on recovery
Aggressive-25%Full stop, mandatory cooling period

Recovery math makes this critical: a -20% drawdown requires +25% to recover. A -50% drawdown requires +100%. See references/drawdown_management.md for the full recovery table.

2. Daily Loss Limits

Stop opening new positions after daily P&L (realized + unrealized) hits:

  • Conservative: -3% of account
  • Moderate: -4% of account
  • Aggressive: -5% of account

Reset at midnight UTC. Three consecutive days hitting the daily limit triggers a weekly halt.

3. Weekly Loss Limits

Reduce size or halt after weekly P&L reaches:

  • Reduce size by 50%: -5% weekly loss
  • Minimum size only: -7% weekly loss
  • Full halt: -10% weekly loss

4. Concentration Limits

Maximum allocation to any single dimension:

DimensionMax Concentration
Single token (blue chip)10% of account
Single token (mid-cap)5%
Single token (small-cap)2%
Single token (PumpFun/micro)0.5%
Single sector/narrative30%
Single strategy40%

5. Exposure Limits

Total deployed capital constraints:

  • Normal conditions: 50–80% deployed, 20–50% cash reserve
  • Elevated risk: 30–50% deployed
  • Drawdown >10%: 20–30% deployed
  • Max concurrent positions: 5–10 depending on account size

6. Correlation Management

Crypto assets correlate >0.7 during sell-offs. Effective diversification requires:

  • Treat all meme tokens as a single correlated bucket
  • Limit total meme exposure to one position-size equivalent
  • Diversify across strategies (trend, mean-reversion, scalp), not just tokens
  • Monitor rolling correlation and reduce when correlations spike

See references/exposure_limits.md for detailed limits by token type and strategy.

Drawdown Management

Response Framework

DrawdownStatusResponse
0–5%NormalContinue trading at full size
5–10%CautionReduce position sizes by 25–50%
10–15%WarningMinimum position sizes only
15–20%CriticalHalt new trades, manage existing positions only
>20%EmergencyFull stop, review everything before resuming

Recovery Requirements

LossRequired Gain to Recover
-5%+5.3%
-10%+11.1%
-15%+17.6%
-20%+25.0%
-30%+42.9%
-40%+66.7%
-50%+100.0%

The asymmetry accelerates rapidly. Managing small drawdowns prevents them from becoming catastrophic. See references/drawdown_management.md for the full framework.

Circuit Breakers

Automated controls that restrict trading when conditions are met:

Time-Based

  • No trading for 24 hours after hitting daily loss limit
  • 48-hour cooling period after weekly loss limit
  • Mandatory weekly review day (no new positions)

Loss-Based

  • 3 consecutive losses → reduce size 50%
  • 5 consecutive losses → minimum size only
  • 7 consecutive losses → halt 24 hours, full review

Volatility-Based

  • Portfolio volatility >2× rolling average → reduce exposure 50%
  • Market-wide liquidation events → pause all new entries
  • Individual token volatility spike → exit or tighten stops

Emotional (Self-Assessed)

  • Recognize tilt: anger after losses, urge to "make it back"
  • FOMO: rushing entries without proper analysis
  • Overconfidence: increasing size after a win streak without justification

See references/circuit_breakers.md for implementation details.

Risk Metrics

Value at Risk (VaR)

95th-percentile daily loss estimate using historical returns:

import numpy as np

def historical_var(returns: list[float], confidence: float = 0.95) -> float:
    """Calculate historical VaR at given confidence level."""
    sorted_returns = sorted(returns)
    index = int((1 - confidence) * len(sorted_returns))
    return abs(sorted_returns[index])

# Example: 95% VaR of 3.2% means on 95% of days, loss won't exceed 3.2%

Expected Shortfall (CVaR)

Average loss in the worst (1 - confidence)% of scenarios:

def expected_shortfall(returns: list[float], confidence: float = 0.95) -> float:
    """Average loss beyond VaR threshold."""
    sorted_returns = sorted(returns)
    index = int((1 - confidence) * len(sorted_returns))
    tail = sorted_returns[:index]
    return abs(sum(tail) / len(tail)) if tail else 0.0

Maximum Drawdown

def max_drawdown(equity_curve: list[float]) -> float:
    """Peak-to-trough decline as a fraction."""
    peak = equity_curve[0]
    max_dd = 0.0
    for value in equity_curve:
        peak = max(peak, value)
        dd = (peak - value) / peak
        max_dd = max(max_dd, dd)
    return max_dd

Additional Metrics

  • Win/loss streak tracking: Detect hot/cold streaks for circuit breaker logic
  • Rolling Sharpe ratio: 30-day rolling risk-adjusted returns
  • Calmar ratio: Annualized return / max drawdown
  • Sortino ratio: Return / downside deviation (penalizes only negative volatility)

Crypto-Specific Risks

Smart Contract Risk

  • Never allocate >5% of account to a single unaudited protocol
  • Diversify across audited protocols for yield strategies
  • Monitor exploit databases and social channels for emerging threats

Rug Pull Risk

  • Size inversely with token age: newer tokens get smaller positions
  • Verify: locked liquidity, renounced mint authority, holder distribution
  • Cross-reference with token-holder-analysis skill for red flags

Bridge and Custody Risk

  • Don't hold >20% on any single platform or bridge
  • Self-custody the majority of trading capital
  • Budget for bridge fees and delays in execution planning

MEV and Execution Risk

  • Budget 1–3% for MEV/slippage on Solana DEX trades
  • Use priority fees during congestion
  • See slippage-modeling skill for detailed cost estimation

Correlation Spikes

  • In crashes, crypto correlations approach 1.0
  • Your "diversified" portfolio may behave as one position
  • Stress-test portfolio assuming all positions drop simultaneously

PumpFun Risk Framework

PumpFun and similar meme token platforms require a distinct risk approach:

Core Principle

Treat every PumpFun trade as a potential 100% loss. Size accordingly.

Position Limits

  • Per-token maximum: 0.1–0.5 SOL
  • Daily PumpFun budget: Fixed allocation (e.g., 2 SOL/day)
  • Never exceed budget: When daily allocation is gone, stop

Tracking

  • Track PumpFun P&L separately from main portfolio
  • Calculate PumpFun win rate and expectancy independently
  • Don't let PumpFun losses affect main portfolio risk limits

Risk Adjustments

  • No stop-losses on PumpFun (assume 100% loss at entry)
  • Take profits aggressively: 2×, 3×, 5× partial exits
  • Time-based exit: close within hours, not days

Integration with Other Skills

  • `position-sizing`: Use risk limits from this skill to constrain position sizes
  • `exit-strategies`: Circuit breakers override exit strategies (forced exits)
  • `portfolio-analytics`: Feed portfolio metrics back for risk assessment
  • `liquidity-analysis`: Adjust position limits based on available liquidity
  • `slippage-modeling`: Factor execution costs into risk calculations

Files

References

  • references/drawdown_management.md — Drawdown math, response framework, causes, and remediation
  • references/exposure_limits.md — Position limits by token type, portfolio limits, correlation management
  • references/circuit_breakers.md — Implementation details for all circuit breaker types

Scripts

  • scripts/risk_dashboard.py — Portfolio risk dashboard with limit checking and color-coded status
  • scripts/drawdown_analyzer.py — Equity curve drawdown analysis with response recommendations

Quick Start

# Run the risk dashboard with demo data
python scripts/risk_dashboard.py --demo

# Analyze drawdowns on a demo equity curve
python scripts/drawdown_analyzer.py --demo

Related skills

FAQ

What is the risk hierarchy?

Survival first, then capital preservation, then growth; violating this order is described as the primary cause of account blowups.

What kinds of circuit breakers are included?

Time-based (cooling periods), loss-based (consecutive-loss size cuts), and volatility-based (exposure cuts on volatility spikes).

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