Seykota Systematic Trend
Use when evaluating Ed Seykota-style systematic trend following: mechanical rules, long-term trend capture, small losses, position sizing, whipsaw tolerance, and emotional discipline.
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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Seykota Systematic Trend
Use this skill to apply Ed Seykota-style systematic trend following: define mechanical entries and exits, cut losses, ride winners, size by volatility, and avoid overriding the system emotionally.
When To Use
- Systematic trend-following strategy design
- Futures/FX/crypto trend system review
- Whipsaw, drawdown, and risk discipline discussion
- Rule-based trading process design
Trigger phrases include Seykota, systematic trend, trend following, ride winners, cut losses, whipsaw, and mechanical system.
Process
- Define objective trend rule.
- Define exit and stop rule before entry.
- Size by volatility and total portfolio heat.
- Accept whipsaws as cost of catching trends.
- Monitor system adherence, not prediction quality.
Output Format
# Seykota Trend View: [Strategy / Market]
## Verdict
Follow System / Reduce Risk / Stop Out / No System Edge
## Rules
## Risk Per Trade
## Portfolio Heat
## Whipsaw Risk
## Discipline CheckGuardrails
- Do not override the system because of a story.
- Do not increase size after losses.
- Do not expect high win rate from trend following.
Questflow Use
In Questflow, this skill is best used for systematic trend rules, risk sizing, and discipline monitoring.
Source & license
This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.
- Author: xuboyuebobb
- Source: xuboyuebobb/investorskills
- License: MIT
- Homepage: https://questflow.ai
Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.
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Versions
- v0.1.0 Imported from the upstream source.