# Scalping Strategy

> Execute high-frequency small profit trades for quick gains. Use when trading highly liquid markets, taking advantage of short-term volatility, or building consistent small wins.

- **Type:** Skill
- **Install:** `agentstack add skill-ske-labs-agent-trading-skills-scalping-strategy`
- **Verified:** Yes — security-reviewed for prompt injection and unsafe behavior
- **Seller:** [SKE-Labs](https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/ske-labs)
- **Installs:** 0
- **Category:** [Finance & Payments](https://agentstack.voostack.com/c/finance-and-payments)
- **Latest version:** 0.1.0
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Upstream author:** [SKE-Labs](https://github.com/SKE-Labs)
- **Source:** https://github.com/SKE-Labs/agent-trading-skills/tree/main/skills/day-trading/scalping-strategy

## Install

```sh
agentstack add skill-ske-labs-agent-trading-skills-scalping-strategy
```

Requires the [AgentStack CLI](https://agentstack.voostack.com/docs/cli). Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible agent.

## About

# Scalping Strategy

Target small, frequent profits from minimal price movements on 1m-5m timeframes.

## Setup Conditions

| Factor | Requirement |
| --- | --- |
| Timeframe | 1m, 5m |
| Profit target | 5-20 pips / 0.1-0.5% |
| Trade duration | Seconds to minutes |
| Win rate target | 60%+ |
| Assets | High liquidity only (BTC, ETH, major forex) |
| Timing | High volume periods (kill zones) only |

## Scalping Techniques

### 1. Momentum Scalping

Enter on strong momentum candles on 1m, ride for small gain, exit immediately on momentum loss.

```
get_indicators(indicator_code="rsi", symbol=, exchange=, interval="1m")
get_indicators(indicator_code="macd", symbol=, exchange=, interval="1m")
```

RSI crossing 50 with expanding MACD histogram on 1m = entry trigger. Exit when histogram shrinks.

### 2. Level Scalping

Quick bounces at key S/R levels with tight stops.

```
get_candles_around_date(symbol=, exchange=, interval="5m", date=)
```

Identify S/R on 5m, enter on rejection candle on 1m. Stop just beyond the level. Target 1:1 to 1:1.5 R:R.

### 3. Range Scalping

Buy support, sell resistance within a defined micro-range. Repeat until range breaks.

```
get_indicators(indicator_code="dmi", symbol=, exchange=, interval="5m")
```

ADX , exchange=, interval="5m")
get_indicators(indicator_code="dmi", symbol=, exchange=, interval="5m")
```

Establish bias from higher timeframe before scalping on 1m.

### 2. Identify Setup on 1m

```
get_candles_around_date(symbol=, exchange=, interval="1m", date=)
get_indicators(indicator_code="rsi", symbol=, exchange=, interval="1m")
```

Pick one technique (momentum, level, or range) based on current conditions.

### 3. Mark Key Levels

```
draw_chart_analysis(action="create", drawing={
    "type": "support",
    "points": [
        {"time": , "price": },
        {"time": , "price": }
    ],
    "options": {"text": "Scalp Level"}
})
```

### 4. Report to Orchestrator

Technique selected, entry level, stop (tight -- 5-10 pips max), target, 5m directional bias.

## Key Rules

- NEVER scalp during news events -- unpredictable spikes destroy tight stops
- NEVER scalp low-liquidity assets -- spreads eat the small profits
- NEVER hold a losing scalp hoping for recovery -- exit immediately if wrong
- Stop after 3 consecutive losses -- reassess conditions before continuing
- Always confirm 1m direction aligns with 5m bias before entering
- Factor in fees -- they can consume scalping profits entirely

## Related Skills

- **range-trading** -- range scalping is a micro-timeframe application of range principles
- **momentum-trading** -- momentum scalping borrows directional confirmation logic

## 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](https://github.com/SKE-Labs)
- **Source:** [SKE-Labs/agent-trading-skills](https://github.com/SKE-Labs/agent-trading-skills)
- **License:** Apache-2.0

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.

## Pricing

- **Free** — Free

## Security capabilities

Automated source analysis of v0.1.0 — what this tool can access:

- **Network access:** no
- **Filesystem access:** no
- **Shell / process execution:** no
- **Environment & secrets:** no
- **Dynamic code execution:** no

*"Yes" means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it is unsafe.*


## Versions

- **0.1.0** — security scan: passed — Imported from the upstream source.

## Links

- Listing page: https://agentstack.voostack.com/l/skill-ske-labs-agent-trading-skills-scalping-strategy
- Seller: https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/ske-labs
- Browse the marketplace: https://agentstack.voostack.com/browse

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