trade setup simplicity filter

The problem

Traders often suffer from analysis paralysis by overcomplicating setups with too many indicators and conflicting timeframes. When a trade idea requires a complex explanation, execution becomes inconsistent and emotional.

What it does

• Strip away non-essential indicators to focus on raw market structure.
• Enforces a strict five-point checklist: Location, Trigger, Confirmation, Invalidation, and Risk.
• Mandates single-sentence clarity for every trade component.
• Hard-filters setups that lack a precise, calculable risk profile.
• Provides a binary Pass/Fail simplicity rating to prevent over-engineered trades.

Why this beats prompting it yourself

General LLMs tend to be overly agreeable and will try to justify a messy trade setup. This skill acts as a disciplined risk manager, aggressively simplifying inputs and forcing you to discard setups that cannot be explained in five sentences or fewer.

Use cases

• Distilling a cluttered chart into a repeatable execution plan.
• Validating a trade idea before it enters your order management system.
• Standardizing a trading journal by keeping setup notes concise.
• Auditing a complex multi-timeframe strategy for single-point failures.

Known limitations

Requires the user to provide their own market bias and price levels. It does not generate trade ideas from scratch or provide live market data.