Partial Profit Taking
Scale out of positions at multiple targets to lock in gains. Use when managing winning trades, reducing risk, or optimizing exit strategy.
Install
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Security review
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- ✓ Prompt-injection patterns
- ✓ Secret / credential exfiltration
- ✓ Dangerous shell & filesystem operations
- ✓ Untrusted network calls
- ✓ Known-malicious package signatures
What it can access
- ✓ Network access No
- ✓ Filesystem access No
- ✓ Shell / process execution No
- ✓ Environment & secrets No
- ✓ Dynamic code execution No
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Compatibility is declared by the source manifest. End-to-end runtime verification is coming, see below.
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Partial Profit Taking
Scaling out locks in profits while leaving room for extended moves.
Scaling Strategies
1. Fixed Thirds
- 1/3 at Target 1, 1/3 at Target 2, 1/3 runner (trailing stop)
2. Half-and-Half
- 50% at Target 1, 50% runner (trailing stop)
3. Pyramiding Out
- 25% at 1R, 25% at 2R, 25% at 3R, 25% runner
4. All Or Nothing
- Full position to single target. Higher variance but potentially higher reward. For high conviction trades only.
Target Setting
| Exit | Level | | -------- | ------------------------ | | Target 1 | 1:1 R:R (cover risk) | | Target 2 | 2:1 R:R | | Target 3 | 3:1 R:R or Fib extension | | Runner | Trail until stopped |
Stop Management After Partials
After each partial exit:
- Move stop to protect remaining position
- After 1st partial: typically move to breakeven
- After 2nd partial: trail below structure
Workflow
Example -- Long entry at $100, stop at $95 (risk $5):
| Action | Price | Position | Profit | | ----------------- | ----- | -------- | --------- | | Entry | $100 | 100% | $0 | | Exit 1/3 | $105 | 67% | +$170 | | Move stop to $100 | -- | -- | -- | | Exit 1/3 | $110 | 33% | +$170 | | Move stop to $105 | -- | -- | -- | | Runner stopped | $108 | 0% | +$90 | | Total | -- | -- | +$430 |
Tradeoffs
Pros: Reduces psychological pressure, locks in partial profit, allows runners without stress.
Cons: Reduces total profit if the move continues, more complex execution, must pre-plan levels.
Key Rules
- NEVER decide scale-out levels during a trade -- pre-define them before entry
- NEVER skip adjusting the stop after a partial exit -- the remaining position must be protected
- Use limit orders at targets for clean execution
- Let the runner ride with a wide trail -- that is where outsized gains come from
- Adjust remaining stop after every partial, not just the first
Related Skills
- trailing-stop -- manages the runner position after partial exits
- risk-reward-ratio -- partial targets are set at R:R milestones (1R, 2R, 3R)
Source & license
This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.
- Author: SKE-Labs
- Source: SKE-Labs/agent-trading-skills
- License: Apache-2.0
Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.
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Versions
- v0.1.0 Imported from the upstream source.