Ftd Detector

What it does

When your agent uses it

• User asks about market bottom signals
• Follow-through days
• Re-entry timing after corrections
• Whether its safe to increase equity exposure

Example prompts

• “Use the ftd-detector skill to detect Follow-Through Day (FTD) signals for market bottom confirmation using William O'Neil's methodology”
• “/ftd-detector”

Requirements

• Python 3
• A credential in FMP_API_KEY

Workflow steps

3 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

1. 1Execute Python Script
2. 2Present Results
3. 3Contextual Guidance

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit eab8d5c. 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

  Ships 12 files in scripts/ (Python), which the agent can run.

  Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

  • python3

  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 these keys or tokens, usually read from environment variables:

  • FMP_API_KEY

  From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Ftd Detector loads about 1.3k tokens when it runs, and up to ~5k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 129 tokens; SKILL.md has 541 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it

~129

When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches

~1.3k

With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them

~5k

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

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); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from tradermonty/claude-trading-skills at commit eab8d5c, republished under its MIT licence (© tradermonty). 541 words, ~1,342 tokens.

name

ftd-detector

description

Detects Follow-Through Day (FTD) signals for market bottom confirmation using William O'Neil's methodology. Dual-index tracking (S&P 500 + NASDAQ) with state machine for rally attempt, FTD qualification, and post-FTD health monitoring. Use when user asks about market bottom signals, follow-through days, rally attempts, re-entry timing after corrections, or whether it's safe to increase equity exposure. Complementary to market-top-detector (defensive) - this skill is offensive (bottom confirmation).

python3 skills/ftd-detector/scripts/ftd_detector.py --api-key $FMP_API_KEY

NO_SIGNAL → CORRECTION → RALLY_ATTEMPT → FTD_WINDOW → FTD_CONFIRMED
                ↑              ↓               ↓              ↓
                └── RALLY_FAILED ←─────────────┘     FTD_INVALIDATED

© tradermonty, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 15 other files (scripts, references) in skills/ftd-detector of tradermonty/claude-trading-skills.

• SKILL.md
• references/ftd_methodology.md
• references/post_ftd_guide.md
• requirements.txt
• scripts/fmp_client.py
• scripts/ftd_detector.py
• scripts/post_ftd_monitor.py
• scripts/rally_tracker.py
• scripts/report_generator.py
• scripts/tests/conftest.py
• scripts/tests/helpers.py
• scripts/tests/test_fmp_client.py
• scripts/tests/test_ftd_detector.py
• scripts/tests/test_post_ftd_monitor.py
• scripts/tests/test_rally_tracker.py
• scripts/tests/test_report_generator.py

Open the folder on GitHubat commit eab8d5c

Used in 1 other repository

We found 1 copy of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in tradermonty/claude-trading-skills, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

• BaggaT236/AI-Trading-Skillsskills/ftd-detector