Trade Status

Trade Status

Check current account state: open positions, daily P&L, exposure, regime, and circuit breaker status. Quick read-only snapshot — no pipeline execution.

Commands

• /trade-status — full account status report (no arguments needed)

Reference Files

• ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/shared/tool-map.md — MCP tool names and parameters

MCP Tools Used

• mcp__alpaca__get_account_info — account equity, buying power, daily P&L
• mcp__alpaca__get_all_positions — all open positions with current market value
• mcp__alpaca__get_clock — market open/close status and next open time

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Execution

Step 1: Gather Data

Call all three MCP tools in parallel:

1. mcp__alpaca__get_account_info -> account equity, buying power, daily P&L
2. mcp__alpaca__get_all_positions -> open positions array
3. mcp__alpaca__get_clock -> market status

Step 2: Compute Metrics

From the gathered data, calculate:

• Total exposure: sum of abs(market_value) across all positions
• Exposure %: total_exposure / account_equity * 100
• Long exposure: sum of market_value where qty > 0
• Short exposure: sum of abs(market_value) where qty < 0
• Daily P&L: from account info (realized + unrealized)
• Daily P&L %: daily_pnl / account_equity * 100
• Position count: number of open positions
• Largest position: max(abs(market_value)) across positions

Step 3: Determine Regime

Quick regime check based on available data:

• If SPY data is available from positions or recent context:
  • SPY > 200MA, VIX < 20 -> BULL
  • SPY > 200MA, VIX 20-30 -> CORRECTION
  • SPY < 200MA, VIX > 25 -> BEAR
  • VIX > 35 -> CRISIS
  • SPY crossing back above 200MA -> RECOVERY
• If no SPY/VIX data available, report "UNKNOWN — run /trade-scan for full regime detection"

Step 4: Check Circuit Breaker

• Daily realized loss >= 5% of account equity -> CIRCUIT BREAKER TRIGGERED
• Daily realized loss >= 3% -> WARNING: approaching circuit breaker
• Otherwise -> CLEAR

Step 5: Format Output

ACCOUNT STATUS -- YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM ET
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Market:     OPEN | CLOSED (next open: Day HH:MM ET)
Regime:     BULL | CORRECTION | BEAR | CRISIS | RECOVERY | UNKNOWN

ACCOUNT
  Equity:       $XX,XXX.XX
  Buying Power: $XX,XXX.XX
  Daily P&L:    +/-$XXX.XX (X.X%)

EXPOSURE
  Total:        $XX,XXX (XX.X% of equity)
  Long:         $XX,XXX
  Short:        $XX,XXX
  Ceiling:      XX% (from last Hook 1)
  Headroom:     $XX,XXX until ceiling

POSITIONS (N/5 max)
  TICKER  | DIR  | QTY | ENTRY   | CURRENT | P&L      | % MOVE
  --------|------|-----|---------|---------|----------|--------
  AAPL    | LONG | 10  | $185.00 | $187.50 | +$25.00  | +1.4%
  ...

RISK STATUS
  Circuit breaker: CLEAR | WARNING | TRIGGERED
  Consecutive losses: N
  Position limit: N/5

ALERTS
  [any flags: approaching limits, concentration, etc.]

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Error Handling

• Alpaca connection fails -> report "Unable to connect to Alpaca. Check API keys and network."
• Partial data (e.g., positions succeed but account fails) -> show what's available, note gaps
• No open positions -> show clean report with "No open positions"