Agent skill

Kraken Futures Risk

Futures-specific risk management: leverage, funding rates, margin, and liquidation awareness.

MITAuto-check passedBusiness, Finance & HR

Install Kraken Futures Risk

skills CLI

$ npx skills add krakenfx/kraken-cli --skill kraken-futures-risk -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install krakenfx/kraken-cli kraken-futures-risk --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/krakenfx/kraken-cli.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/kraken-futures-risk .claude/skills/kraken-futures-risk && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Paste into Claude Code

Install the "kraken-futures-risk" agent skill from https://github.com/krakenfx/kraken-cli/tree/main/skills/kraken-futures-risk into .claude/skills/kraken-futures-risk/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "kraken-futures-risk", then confirm the skill loads.

Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

$skill-installer

$skill-installer install https://github.com/krakenfx/kraken-cli/tree/main/skills/kraken-futures-risk

Type this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add krakenfx/kraken-cli --skill kraken-futures-risk -a codex

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install krakenfx/kraken-cli kraken-futures-risk --agent codex

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/krakenfx/kraken-cli.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/kraken-futures-risk .agents/skills/kraken-futures-risk && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.

Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/

Paste into Codex

Install the "kraken-futures-risk" agent skill from https://github.com/krakenfx/kraken-cli/tree/main/skills/kraken-futures-risk into .agents/skills/kraken-futures-risk/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "kraken-futures-risk", then confirm the skill loads.

Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add krakenfx/kraken-cli --skill kraken-futures-risk -a cursor

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install krakenfx/kraken-cli kraken-futures-risk --agent cursor

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/krakenfx/kraken-cli.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/kraken-futures-risk .cursor/skills/kraken-futures-risk && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.

Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/

Paste into Cursor

Install the "kraken-futures-risk" agent skill from https://github.com/krakenfx/kraken-cli/tree/main/skills/kraken-futures-risk into .cursor/skills/kraken-futures-risk/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "kraken-futures-risk", then confirm the skill loads.

Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

gemini skills install

$ gemini skills install https://github.com/krakenfx/kraken-cli.git --path skills/kraken-futures-risk

--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add krakenfx/kraken-cli --skill kraken-futures-risk -a gemini-cli

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install krakenfx/kraken-cli kraken-futures-risk --agent gemini-cli

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/krakenfx/kraken-cli.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/kraken-futures-risk .gemini/skills/kraken-futures-risk && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.

Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into Gemini CLI

Install the "kraken-futures-risk" agent skill from https://github.com/krakenfx/kraken-cli/tree/main/skills/kraken-futures-risk into .gemini/skills/kraken-futures-risk/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "kraken-futures-risk", then confirm the skill loads.

Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install krakenfx/kraken-cli kraken-futures-risk

Installs for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

skills CLI

$ npx skills add krakenfx/kraken-cli --skill kraken-futures-risk -a github-copilot

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/krakenfx/kraken-cli.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/kraken-futures-risk .github/skills/kraken-futures-risk && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.

GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into GitHub Copilot

Install the "kraken-futures-risk" agent skill from https://github.com/krakenfx/kraken-cli/tree/main/skills/kraken-futures-risk into .github/skills/kraken-futures-risk/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "kraken-futures-risk", then confirm the skill loads.

GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add krakenfx/kraken-cli --skill kraken-futures-risk -a opencode

OpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install krakenfx/kraken-cli kraken-futures-risk --agent opencode

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/krakenfx/kraken-cli.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/kraken-futures-risk .opencode/skills/kraken-futures-risk && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.

OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into OpenCode

Install the "kraken-futures-risk" agent skill from https://github.com/krakenfx/kraken-cli/tree/main/skills/kraken-futures-risk into .opencode/skills/kraken-futures-risk/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "kraken-futures-risk", then confirm the skill loads.

OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

Facts

Skill name: kraken-futures-risk
GitHub stars: 751
Token cost: ~1.1k tokens
SKILL.md length: 383 words
Files: 1
Skills in repo: 59
Repo updated: Aug 7, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: MIT

At a glance

Futures-specific risk management: leverage, funding rates, margin, and liquidation awareness.

Works in 5 steps: Check available margin → Check current positions → Check current leverage → …
Business, Finance & HR work in your project
SKILL.md covers Leverage Management, Funding Rate Monitoring, Account and Margin Health and Position Monitoring, plus 5 more sections
Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Kraken Futures Risk is an agent skill from krakenfx/kraken-cli. Futures-specific risk management: leverage, funding rates, margin, and liquidation awareness.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Business, Finance & HR. The repository describes itself as: The first AI-native CLI for trading crypto, stocks, forex, and derivatives. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

Business, Finance & HR work in your project

Example prompts

“/kraken-futures-risk”

Workflow steps

5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

Check available margin
Check current positions
Check current leverage
Estimate position margin requirement based on order size and leverage.
Confirm available funds exceed the required margin with a safety buffer.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit aa56e59. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

Tool permissions
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are bash).
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Kraken Futures Risk loads about 1.1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 28 tokens; SKILL.md has 383 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~28
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~1.1k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from krakenfx/kraken-cli at commit aa56e59, republished under its MIT licence (© krakenfx). 383 words, ~1,068 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/kraken-futures-risk/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).

name: kraken-futures-risk
description: Futures-specific risk management: leverage, funding rates, margin, and liquidation awareness.
version: 1.0.0

kraken-futures-risk

Use this skill for:

checking and setting leverage
monitoring funding rates for carry cost
tracking margin and account health
position sizing relative to available margin
understanding liquidation risk

Leverage Management

Check current leverage preferences:

bash

kraken futures leverage -o json 2>/dev/null

Check leverage for a specific symbol:

bash

kraken futures leverage --symbol PF_XBTUSD -o json 2>/dev/null

Set maximum leverage (requires human approval):

bash

kraken futures set-leverage PF_XBTUSD 5 -o json 2>/dev/null

Lower leverage reduces liquidation risk but requires more margin per position.

Funding Rate Monitoring

Check historical funding rates:

bash

kraken futures historical-funding-rates PF_XBTUSD -o json 2>/dev/null

Funding rates are periodic payments between longs and shorts. Positive rates mean longs pay shorts; negative rates mean shorts pay longs. High sustained rates increase carry cost for directional positions.

Use funding rates to:

Estimate holding cost for a position over time.
Identify crowded trades (extreme funding rates).
Time entries when funding flips direction.

Account and Margin Health

Check account balances and margin:

bash

kraken futures accounts -o json 2>/dev/null

Key fields: availableFunds, initialMargin, maintenanceMargin, unrealizedFunding, pnl.

Margin ratio = maintenanceMargin / equity. When this approaches 1.0, liquidation risk is high.

Position Monitoring

View all open positions:

bash

kraken futures positions -o json 2>/dev/null

Stream position updates in real time:

bash

kraken futures ws open-positions -o json 2>/dev/null

Monitor P&L and size continuously. Set agent-side thresholds for:

Maximum unrealized loss per position
Maximum total portfolio loss
Maximum position size

PnL Preferences

Check P&L calculation method:

bash

kraken futures pnl-preferences -o json 2>/dev/null

Set preference for a specific symbol:

bash

kraken futures set-pnl-preference PF_XBTUSD FIFO -o json 2>/dev/null

Unwind Queue

Check if any positions are in the unwind queue (approaching liquidation):

bash

kraken futures unwind-queue -o json 2>/dev/null

If positions appear here, the agent should alert immediately and consider reducing exposure.

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Pre-Trade Risk Check

Before placing a futures order, always:

Check available margin:

bash

kraken futures accounts -o json 2>/dev/null

Check current positions:

bash

kraken futures positions -o json 2>/dev/null

Check current leverage:

bash

kraken futures leverage --symbol PF_XBTUSD -o json 2>/dev/null

Estimate position margin requirement based on order size and leverage.
Confirm available funds exceed the required margin with a safety buffer.

Emergency Procedures

Close all positions:

bash

kraken futures cancel-all -o json 2>/dev/null
# Then close each position with a reduce-only market order
kraken futures order sell PF_XBTUSD <POSITION_SIZE> --reduce-only -o json 2>/dev/null

Dead man's switch:

bash

kraken futures cancel-after 300 -o json 2>/dev/null

Hard Rules

futures set-leverage and futures set-pnl-preference are flagged dangerous. Never change either without explicit human approval — a leverage change also alters the margin requirement on open positions, in both directions.
Monitor margin ratio continuously during live sessions.
Alert when margin ratio exceeds 0.7 (conservative threshold).
Alert when unrealized loss exceeds a pre-defined stop-loss level.
Check funding rates before opening new positions to understand carry cost.
Use --reduce-only when closing positions to prevent accidental reversals.
If you hit a mismatch between what you are trying to do and the CLI's interface or responses — including a mismatch between this skill and the installed CLI version's contract — feel free to submit feedback with kraken feedback.

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/kraken-futures-risk of krakenfx/kraken-cli.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit aa56e59

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Questions about Kraken Futures Risk

What does Kraken Futures Risk do?

Futures-specific risk management: leverage, funding rates, margin, and liquidation awareness. Kraken Futures Risk is an agent skill from krakenfx/kraken-cli. Futures-specific risk management: leverage, funding rates, margin, and liquidation awareness.

When should I use Kraken Futures Risk?

Kraken Futures Risk fits situations like: business, Finance & HR work in your project.

How do I install Kraken Futures Risk in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add krakenfx/kraken-cli --skill kraken-futures-risk -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/kraken-futures-risk in krakenfx/kraken-cli) into .claude/skills/kraken-futures-risk in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Kraken Futures Risk in Codex?

Run `npx skills add krakenfx/kraken-cli --skill kraken-futures-risk -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/kraken-futures-risk in krakenfx/kraken-cli) into .agents/skills/kraken-futures-risk in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Kraken Futures Risk in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add krakenfx/kraken-cli --skill kraken-futures-risk -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/kraken-futures-risk, .gemini/skills/kraken-futures-risk, .github/skills/kraken-futures-risk and .opencode/skills/kraken-futures-risk in your project.

What does Kraken Futures Risk need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Kraken Futures Risk is instructions for the agent only.

Does Kraken Futures Risk access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Kraken Futures Risk safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Kraken Futures Risk use?

Kraken Futures Risk is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Kraken Futures Risk use?

About 1.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.3k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Kraken Futures Risk?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Kraken Futures Risk: Technical Analyst (tradermonty/claude-trading-skills, 3k stars), Theme Detector (tradermonty/claude-trading-skills, 3k stars), Creating Financial Models (Chen-zexi/open-ptc-agent, 729 stars) and Stock API (zhangxiangliang/stock-api, 2k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Kraken Futures Risk?

krakenfx (a GitHub organization) maintains it in krakenfx/kraken-cli, which has 751 GitHub stars. The repository holds 59 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on August 7, 2026.

Source: krakenfx/kraken-cli on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.

Install Kraken Futures Risk

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Workflow steps

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

kraken-futures-risk

Leverage Management

Funding Rate Monitoring

Account and Margin Health

Position Monitoring

PnL Preferences

Unwind Queue

Pre-Trade Risk Check

Emergency Procedures

Hard Rules

Files

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