What is Day Trader Skill?
Eleven Claude skills for a day-trading workflow. The public repo is free and MIT. The tools are plain Python over free public data. Paper trading is the default, and no order goes out until you say yes.
Paper default. Not a broker.
A workflow pack, not a broker
What it is
Claude skills plus plain Python. A checklist you can read, not an account you fund.
What it is not
Not a broker, not a signal service, and not financial advice.
Public data
The README names Yahoo Finance, Nasdaq Trader, SEC EDGAR, and the House Clerk.
Your yes
The project says nothing in the pack can place an order on its own.
Three ways to install
Put the repo URL in Claude, then the words install skill.
In Claude Code: marketplace add Jakeschincariol/day-trader-skill, then install day-trader-skill@day-trader-skill. Those commands are namespaced.
Clone the repo and copy each trader-* folder into ~/.claude/skills/, or into a project's .claude/skills/.
Python 3.8 or newer. The README says nothing to pip install. SEC tools ask for your name and email in config or SEC_USER_AGENT.
The eleven skills
/trader-scannerChart Scanner. Opening-range breakouts, flags, bounces.
/trader-newsNews Monitor. Headlines on the names you watch.
/trader-entryEntry Timer. Bar by bar, the moment to get in.
/trader-exitExit Planner. Stop and target before you enter.
/trader-timemachineTime Machine. A replay of recent bars, not a forecast.
/trader-riskRisk Manager. Blocks a trade that breaks your limits.
/trader-budgetBudget Manager. Sizes to budget and max loss.
/trader-brokerOrder Executor. Paper by default. Never without your yes.
/trader-alertsPrice Alerts. A price, a stop, or the opening bell.
/trader-analystEarnings Analyst. What changed in the report.
/trader-pelosiPelosi Tracker. Public congressional filings.
How one trade moves
scanner, then news, entry, exit, timemachine, budget, risk, and broker.
Alerts watch the stop, the target, and a flat by the close.
News, the earnings analyst, and the Pelosi tracker sit beside that path.
The README says each skill reads what the last one wrote, in a trader/ folder. Project statement. This deck does not walk a sample order.
A reality check, not a prediction
The README describes /trader-timemachine as a replay: 10,000 simulated sessions from the stock's own recent bars, plus past days the same setup fired. That count is a project statement.
The fine print says the replay is built from about the last 60 days of 5-minute bars. An earnings report, a halt, or a headline can do what those days never did. Treat the odds as a simulation and a reality check. The project says they are not a promise.
Not financial advice
The project says most people who day trade lose money, and that you can lose money. This deck is an explainer. It is not a reason to trade.
- No order until you say yes. Only /trader-broker can lead to an order, and only after /trader-risk passes that exact order.
- Paper first. The example config sets paper to true. The README says the broker connector defaults to a paper account.
- A stop is a plan, not a guarantee. In a fast market or across a gap, a fill can be worse than the stop price.
Data, rules, filings, taxes
Free and unofficial. The README says Yahoo's chart endpoint can lag, change, or rate-limit, and that bars are not ticks. Check your broker.
Pattern-day-trader and other broker rules may still apply. The README cites FINRA Regulatory Notice 26-10. This deck did not verify that notice.
Congress disclosures are public, not insider tips. The README says /trader-pelosi reads those filings. Project statement.
Not tax advice. The project says day-trading gains are short-term, and that frequent trading makes wash sales likely.
Day pack or investor pack
Day Trader Skill is the intraday pack: scan, time, size, then a human yes. Paper is the default.
The investor sibling: 13F copies, a screener, tax lots, and rebalancing. github.com/Jakeschincariol/trader-skill
htmlslides Knowledge Hall explains other agent tools. /knowledge-hall
What this deck is willing to cite
- Day Trader Skill README, Jake Schincariol. github.com/Jakeschincariol/day-trader-skill
- The sibling investor pack named by that README. github.com/Jakeschincariol/trader-skill
- Other explainers in this hall. /knowledge-hall
Public README text, read in November 2026. Claims marked as project statements were not remeasured. This deck does not recommend a trade.