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33 added, 14 removed. Audit A to A.

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name: desk-risk-limits

description: Interview the user, write, and enforce the capital and loss rules for the PumpGrok desk. Produces risk-limits.md. Used primarily by RISK and CHIEF.

+ bots:

+ - bot-02-risk

+ - bot-00-chief

+ gates:

+ - G-2

+ required_tools:

+ - risk.check_limits

+ required_data: []

+ permissions:

+ max_side_effect: read

+ network: true

+ filesystem: none

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# Desk Risk Limits

- ## Procedure – Initial Interview

- Ask the user:

- 1. Maximum throwaway capital (recommended ≤ $200 USDC)

- 2. Maximum size per trade

- 3. Maximum concurrent open positions

- 4. Daily loss halt percentage (default 5 %)

- 5. Forbidden criteria

- 6. Preferred engagement level

+ ## L1 - Summary

+ The capital and loss rules that bound every ticket. RISK interviews the user, writes `risk-limits.md`, and enforces it with an absolute veto. CHIEF checks the daily-loss state before allowing new tickets.

- ## Output

- Write `/workspace/trading-desk/risk-limits.md` with the agreed numbers.

+ ## L2 - Method

+ 1. Run the initial interview. Ask the user:

+ - Maximum throwaway capital (recommended at most $200 USDC).

+ - Maximum size per trade.

+ - Maximum concurrent open positions.

+ - Daily loss halt percentage (default 5 %).

+ - Forbidden criteria.

+ - Preferred engagement level (`research` or `paper`).

+ 2. Write the `[risk]` block of the operator overlay given by `PUMPGROK_CONFIG=<file>` with the agreed numbers, through a human-signed change, never free text.

+ 3. Enforce: RISK refuses any ticket that violates these limits. CHIEF checks daily loss before allowing new tickets. Any change requires new human confirmation.

- ## Enforcement

- - RISK must refuse any ticket that violates these limits

- - CHIEF must check daily loss before allowing new tickets

- - Any change requires new human confirmation

+ ## Failure modes

+ - No agreed limits on file: the desk stays in `research`; nothing advances to tickets.

+ - Ticket breaches a limit: refused, no exceptions, no partial fills to fit.

+ - Stale limits after equity changes: re-interview before new entries.

+ ## References

+ - Policy: `docs/RISK_POLICY.md`; settings overlay `[risk]` block

+ - CLI: `pumpgrok risk audit`, `pumpgrok state status`

+ - Companion skills: `risk-audit` (per-ticket gate), `desk-monitoring` (breaker status)