vcp-screener SKILL.md skillA
vcp-screener from tradermonty/claude-trading-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add tradermonty/claude-trading-skills/vcp-screener@git:20260519.82a4ba6Pins git:20260519.82a4ba6 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- tradermonty/claude-trading-skills
- Path
skills/vcp-screener/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 4
- Latest version
- git:20260519.82a4ba6, committed May 19, 2026
- First version recorded
- Feb 15, 2026
- Size
- 7,936 bytes
- Repository stars
- 3,682
- License
- MIT
Screen S&P 500 stocks for Mark Minervini's Volatility Contraction Pattern (VCP) and detect historical VCPs in a single ticker's price path. Identifies Stage 2 uptrend stocks forming tight bases with contracting volatility near breakout pivot points; in historical single-ticker mode walks a multi-year history and emits every VCP that formed with forward-outcome stats (breakout / stop-hit / timeout). Use when user requests VCP screening, Minervini-style setups, tight base patterns, volatility…
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# VCP Screener - Minervini Volatility Contraction Pattern Screen S&P 500 stocks for Mark Minervini's Volatility Contraction Pattern (VCP), identifying Stage 2 uptrend stocks with contracting volatility near breakout pivot points. ## When to Use - User asks for VCP screening or Minervini-style setups - User wants to find tight base / volatility contraction patterns - User requests Stage 2 momentum stock scanning - User asks for breakout candidates with defined risk - User asks "find every historical VCP in <TICKER>" or wants to study one ticker's past VCP setups with forward outcomes (`--history --ticker SYM`) ## Prerequisites - FMP API key (set `FMP_API_KEY` environment variable or pass `--api-key`) - Free tier (250 calls/day) is sufficient for default screening (top 100 candidates) - Paid tier recommended for full S&P 500 screening (`--full-sp500`) ## Workflow ### Step 1: Prepare and Execute Screening Run the VCP screener script: ```bash # Default: S&P 500, top 100 candidates python3 skills/vcp-screener/scripts/screen_vcp.py --output-dir skills/vcp-screener/scripts # Custom universe …
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How to install
mdr add tradermonty/claude-trading-skills/vcp-screener@sha256:7b817ba7ec2b084cThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260519.82a4ba6, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 4 versions of this file, between Feb 15, 2026 and May 19, 2026, about one every 31 days.
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| git:20260519.82a4ba6 latest | 2026-05-19 | 82a4ba6 | 7,936 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260321.c9394cf | 2026-03-21 | c9394cf | 5,509 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260221.335d36b | 2026-02-21 | 335d36b | 4,149 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260215.5350068 | 2026-02-15 | 5350068 | 3,119 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (7936 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
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Source
tradermonty/claude-trading-skills · 3,682 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-07 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_ovpphiqabeg5il7r GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=tradermonty/claude-trading-skills/vcp-screener GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/7b817ba7ec2b084c419663fd4401030902cefd6c29400957485c34f2eb3ab6da
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