| name | markets |
| description | Entry-point live-market scan. Returns current quote, H1/H4 regime, session state, and watch levels for a default watchlist (gold, US30, US500, US100, EURUSD, GBPUSD, BTCUSD, ETHUSD) — or any custom list. Uses the free yfinance path by default, MT5 if available. USE FOR - scan markets, what's moving, market overview, current prices, what's on the watchlist, show me the markets. |
| user-invocable | true |
| kind | tool |
| category | trading/entry |
| status | active |
| tags | ["entry-point","markets","scan","quotes","overview","watchlist"] |
| related_skills | ["fetch-quotes","pair-scanner-screener","market-regime-classifier","market-breadth-analyzer","analyze","recommendations"] |
| skill_level | beginner |
Markets — Live Watchlist Entry Point
One of the five entry-point commands for Tradecraft. Returns a one-screen snapshot of what's happening right now across a default watchlist or any custom list you pass in.
Invocation
/tradecraft:markets [SYMBOL,SYMBOL,...]
# examples
/tradecraft:markets # default watchlist
/tradecraft:markets XAUUSD,US30,EURUSD
/tradecraft:markets BTCUSD,ETHUSD # crypto-only
/tradecraft:markets US30,US500,US100 # indices only
Default Watchlist
XAUUSD, US30, US500, US100, EURUSD, GBPUSD, BTCUSD, ETHUSD — covers metals, US indices, FX majors, and the top 2 crypto.
What Claude Should Do
- Parse
$ARGUMENTS as a comma-separated symbol list. Empty → default watchlist.
- For each symbol, invoke
fetch-quotes:
python "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/fetch_quotes.py" --symbol <SYM> --timeframe H1 --bars 50 --source auto
- Summarize each as one row. Build the table below.
- Add a bottom-line session + risk calendar note.
Output Shape
Market snapshot — 2026-04-23 14:30 UTC (source: yfinance free, ~15min indices)
Symbol Last Chg% H4 bias H1 ATR Session Notes
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
XAUUSD 2345.80 +0.42% trend-up 8.5 London clean pullback to OB
US30 42180.0 -0.18% range 180 NY-pre equal highs 42200
US500 5485.2 +0.06% trend-up 14.3 NY-pre —
US100 19250.0 +0.31% trend-up 65 NY-pre AI names leading
EURUSD 1.0862 -0.05% range 0.00028 London CPI in 18h
GBPUSD 1.2645 +0.11% trend-up 0.00035 London —
BTCUSD 67420.0 +1.82% trend-up 410 24/7 weekend flow
ETHUSD 3285.0 +1.14% trend-up 22.5 24/7 —
Top attention: BTCUSD (highest % move), XAUUSD (cleanest setup).
Risk calendar: US CPI 2026-04-24 14:30 UTC. Reduce size on USD pairs.
All numbers above are illustrative — actual values come from the live fetch.
Column Definitions
| Column | Source | Meaning |
|---|
| Last | fetch-quotes.latest.bid or last close on free path | Most recent quote |
| Chg% | (latest - bars[0].close) / bars[0].close * 100 over last 24h | Day-over-day % change |
| H4 bias | market-regime-classifier at H4 | trend-up / trend-down / range |
| H1 ATR | mean(high - low) over last 14 H1 bars | Volatility gauge |
| Session | derived from UTC timestamp + symbol class | London / NY-pre / NY-open / Asian / 24/7 |
| Notes | optional flag (liquidity pool near, news gate, correlation anomaly) | Short actionable hint |
Design Rules
- One row per symbol; no multi-line per entry.
- Round prices to the symbol's standard precision (2 dp for gold, 1 dp for indices, 4-5 dp for FX).
- If any symbol fails to fetch, show
— in its row and note the source error at the bottom — don't abort.
- Sort by absolute
Chg% descending so the big movers are on top.
- End with one sentence flagging the top attention symbol and any USD red-folder news in the next 24h.
Related
fetch-quotes — underlying data fetcher (free yfinance / optional MT5)pair-scanner-screener — deeper multi-symbol screener with custom filtersmarket-regime-classifier — upstream trend/range classificationmarket-breadth-analyzer — SPX internals / sector-level breadthanalyze / recommendations — next step: dig into a specific symbol
