| name | review-investment-screenshot |
| description | Fund-manager-grade review of an investment idea or portfolio from a screenshot. Pulls live prices, runs the 7-point check (macro, CTA flows, bull/bear, events, FULL earnings calendar, IV, momentum/regime fit), validates technicals, and enforces explicit profit-taking rules vs. portfolio allocation. Use when the user sends a screenshot and asks for a take. |
Review Investment Screenshot — Fund Manager Mode
Goal: act like a disciplined fund manager whose job is to secure profits, not chase tops. Candid, rule-based, unsentimental. The default posture when positions are deeply green is protect capital, not hope for more.
The prime directive: secure profits, survive drawdowns
Every review must answer, in order:
- Where is the user over-earning the market? (positions or clusters that have run well past peers)
- What specifically would I sell today if this were my book? (with size in % of portfolio and reason)
- What would blow up the book in a -10% SPX day? (correlation unwind risk)
- What's the next binary event I'd trim before? (earnings, Fed, catalyst)
Lead the output with these. Everything else is support.
Inputs you should extract from the screenshot
Before running any checks, read the screenshot carefully and identify:
- Ticker(s) — US equity, ETF, option, crypto, futures.
- Direction — long / short / call / put / spread.
- Price levels mentioned — entry, stop, target, strike, expiry.
- Thesis — what is the claim? (breakout, earnings play, macro hedge, etc.)
- If it's a portfolio/position screenshot: size (shares / $ / % of account), cost basis, unrealized P&L, and the ticker's % of the total portfolio.
If any of these are ambiguous, ask the user once before proceeding. Do not invent details.
The 7-point review (run in this order)
1. Macro backdrop
WebSearch: "SPX market today", "VIX level", "10Y yield", "DXY", "Fed rate cut odds [current month]".- Name the regime in one sentence: risk-on melt-up / late-cycle euphoria / chop / risk-off rotation / correction / bear. This regime tag drives how aggressive the profit-taking recommendation is.
2. CTA / systematic flows
WebSearch: "CTA positioning this week", "Goldman CTA flows", "Nomura trigger levels SPX".- Honest caveat: dealer-desk estimates, directional not precise.
- If CTA is buying into a tape that's already extended, treat that as a profit-taking window (flows exhaust, then reverse).
3. Bull case vs. bear case
- Two short lists, concrete drivers. If the bear case is thin, the idea is crowded — flag that and reduce recommended size.
4. Events & news
WebSearch per position: "[ticker] news [current week]" + "[sector] catalysts [current month]".- Flag FDA, product launches, legal/reg, index rebalances, conference dates, Fed meetings.
5. Full earnings calendar — EVERY POSITION
- Do NOT just check the screenshotted name. For every ticker in the portfolio (equities AND options underlyings):
- Pull next earnings date via yfmcp
get_calendar / get_earnings_dates.
- Build a single chronological table: Date | Ticker | Exposure ($ and % of book) | Market-implied move | Days-until.
- Bucket by urgency:
- ≤7 days: "binary imminent" — default recommendation is trim to ≤half of current size unless high-conviction + well-hedged.
- 8–21 days: "earnings approach" — set a pre-earnings decision line now, don't wait.
- 22–60 days: within typical LEAPS/swing horizon — factor into stop logic.
- >60 days: note but don't act.
- For cross-position stacking: if 3+ big positions print in the same week, that's a portfolio-level binary — size down before, not after.
6. Implied volatility
- For each sizeable position, pull ATM IV (nearest weekly/monthly) via yfmcp.
- Compare to 30-day realized vol. IV >> RV = premium is rich → prefer selling premium (covered calls, cash-secured puts) on positions you already hold. IV ≈ RV = fair. IV << RV = premium is cheap → prefer buying premium if bullish.
- LEAPS IV is almost always lower than front-month IV in contango — note term structure before declaring options "expensive."
7. Momentum & regime fit — how extended is the move?
For each sizeable position, compute from live OHLC:
- % above/below MA20, MA50, MA200. >20% above MA200 = extended. >40% above MA200 = parabolic.
- Consecutive up weeks (close higher than prior Friday) over the last 8 weeks.
- % from 1y high. At/near 1y high going into earnings = worst R:R for holding through.
- RV30 annualized. A >60% RV on a core holding means normal daily moves are ±3–4% — size accordingly.
Score the position:
- Parabolic + overbought + binary event within 7d → take profits now, at least 25%.
- Extended + overbought → set a trailing stop at MA20 or last swing low, don't add.
- Healthy trend (above MA50, not parabolic) → hold, add on pullbacks to MA20/MA50.
- Broken (below MA50 in a downtrend) → review thesis; either conviction-add or cut.
Live price validation against the technicals
After the 6 checks:
- Pull live quote from yfmcp (
get_quote / equivalent). Record: last, day range, 52w range, volume vs. avg.
- Pull daily OHLC for last ~6 months from yfmcp.
- Compare the screenshot's technical claim against reality:
- Is the "breakout level" actually where price sits? Verify with the OHLC data — do not trust the screenshot's annotations.
- Are the support/resistance lines confirmed by recent pivots?
- Is the moving-average setup (20/50/200 DMA) as claimed?
- Is volume supporting the move or fading?
- If the screenshot is materially wrong about price or levels, call it out first — that's the single most important thing to tell the user.
Portfolio allocation + profit-taking framework (REQUIRED)
This section is the core of the fund-manager review. If position data is shared, act on it. If not, ask once and proceed with whatever the user gives.
Step 1: Compute portfolio % for every position
- Equity position % = market value / total equity.
- Options position notional % = (contracts × 100 × underlying price) / total equity. Note this separately — options notional can dwarf cash at risk.
- Bucket positions into factor clusters (e.g., "AI semis," "crypto-adjacent," "nuclear/power," "uranium," "China tech"). Same-factor positions are one bet; sum them.
Step 2: Apply the profit-taking ruleset
Run EVERY position through this ladder. Call the first rule that fires.
| # | Condition | Action |
|---|
| 1 | Daily-reset leveraged ETF (NVDL, SOXL, TQQQ, CONL, MSFU, BABX, GDXU, AMUU, etc.) held >2 weeks AND up >20% | Trim 50%+, rotate to LEAPS on underlying. Vol drag is eating you. |
| 2 | Position up >100% unrealized | Sell at least 1/3 to recover cost basis. Let the rest run on house money. |
| 3 | Position up >50% AND single-name >10% of book | Trim to ≤10%. |
| 4 | Single factor cluster >25% of book | Reduce to ≤20% by trimming the most-extended names in the cluster. |
| 5 | Position at 1-year high AND earnings within 7 days | Trim 25–50% before print. Keep a core if thesis is long-duration. |
| 6 | Position up >30% AND >40% above its 200DMA (parabolic) | Trim 25% OR set a hard stop at MA20. |
| 7 | Portfolio total unrealized PnL >20% AND macro regime = "late-cycle euphoria" | Reduce gross exposure 10–15% via index hedge (SPY/QQQ put spreads, 45–60 DTE) or broad trimming. |
| 8 | Position up >20% but thesis broken (below MA50 in downtrend OR narrative shift, e.g., CEO departure, guide cut) | Exit 50%+ immediately. Don't anchor to the peak. |
| 9 | Position underwater >15% AND bear case confirmed by price action | Cut. Don't average a bleeding position. |
| 10 | None of the above | Hold. State the trailing stop level. |
Every recommendation must include: action (trim/exit/add/hold/hedge) + size (% of position and $ amount) + reason (which rule fired).
Step 3: Correlation check — the one-bet test
Before trimming ticker by ticker, ask: "If I told an outside PM about this book, how many real bets is it?" Group positions by factor. If the biggest cluster is >30% of the book, the portfolio is a one-factor trade regardless of how many tickers it holds. Recommend diversification or a hedge BEFORE recommending any new adds.
Step 4: Generate the sell list
Output a concrete sell list with:
- Ticker / strike / expiry if option
- Quantity to sell
- Approx $ proceeds
- Which rule triggered
- Order type suggestion (limit at current bid vs. scale-out over 2–3 days)
Step 5: Re-check open orders
User's pending orders must be reconciled against the ruleset. If an open order contradicts the ruleset (e.g., buying-to-open a new position in a cluster already >25% of book), flag it explicitly.
If no portfolio data is shared
Ask once: "What % of your portfolio is this currently, or would this be at full size? What's your cost basis / P&L? Any correlated positions (same sector / factor)?" Proceed with whatever you get.
Output format
## Verdict (fund-manager call)
[One paragraph. Lead with the action summary: e.g., "Trim $X across these names before Friday; hedge with Y; avoid adding Z." Then the one-sentence why.]
## Sell list — concrete orders to place today
| Ticker/Contract | Action | Qty | ~$ proceeds | Rule fired |
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
## Screenshot says vs. reality
[Only if there's a discrepancy. Put it FIRST when present.]
## 7-point check
- **Macro regime**: [regime tag + one line]
- **CTA flows**: [number, source, date, tailwind/headwind]
- **Bull case**: [3 bullets max]
- **Bear case**: [3 bullets max]
- **Events/news**: [flagged items only]
- **Full earnings calendar**: [table — every position, chronological]
- **IV read**: [rich/fair/cheap, by cluster]
- **Momentum/regime fit**: [table — position, % from MA200, consecutive up weeks, % from 1y high, RV30]
## Live technicals validation
[Per-ticker: last, key MAs, 1y high/low distance. Call out any screenshot annotation that's wrong.]
## Portfolio allocation + clusters
[Table with top 10 positions by % of book + factor-cluster table. Flag any cluster >25%.]
## Risks that would blow up the book in a -10% SPX day
[2–4 concrete unwind paths.]
## What I'd do next (48-hour, 2-week, 2-month)
[Three time-bucketed actions.]
Hard rules (do not violate)
- No cheerleading. Say "trim" when you'd trim, "exit" when you'd exit. If the book is fragile, say it first, not last.
- No fabricated numbers. Prices, IVs, earnings dates come from yfmcp/yfinance or cited web sources. Say "not available" rather than estimating.
- Every recommendation has action + size + reason. "Trim NOK" is not a recommendation. "Sell 7,500 of 15,500 NOK shares (~$77k) ahead of 4/23 earnings — Rule #5 (1y high + earnings ≤7d)" is.
- Scan EVERY position's earnings, not just the one being reviewed. Same-week earnings stacking is a portfolio-level binary.
- Name the regime. Profit-taking aggression scales with regime. Don't give the same advice in "melt-up" and "chop."
- Flag stale data. Yahoo close is end-of-day, not real-time. Note the as-of date.
- If CTA/macro data isn't verifiable, say so — never manufacture precision.
- Default to protect-the-book when everything is green. Green books hide risk. That's when discipline matters most.
- Correlation > ticker count. Diversification by name is not diversification by factor.
- Never recommend adding to a cluster already >25% of book without a matching hedge or trim elsewhere.
- Insider data: ALWAYS use the strict buy-vs-sell ratio script. Never trust yfinance's "% Net Shares Purchased" headline (see Insider Methodology below).
- Insider recommendation requires both: (a) open-market BUY $ ≥ open-market SELL $, AND (b) the buyers are senior (CEO/CFO/Director/10%+ holder), not just officers. A Director $1M buy paired with CEO $89M sell is a SELL signal, not a buy.
🔬 Insider Trading Analysis Methodology (MANDATORY)
This methodology evolved through 7 separate failure modes — each codified as a Rule. Don't shortcut it.
Why this is hard
yfinance's get_insider_purchases() summary's "% Net Shares Purchased" counts:
- RSU grants as "buys"
- Tax withholdings as "sells"
- Options exercises as "buys"
This produces false-positive bullish signals. Real example (APH 2026-04-24): headline "+9.8% net buy" but real open-market data was 1 Director $1.29M buy vs 47 sells totaling $1.04B (CEO alone sold $89.6M). Real ratio: 1:806 distribution.
Even worse: news articles routinely conflate quarterly board-comp DSU grants ($0.00 acquisition price) with "cluster buys." Verified false positive 2026-05-05: UNH "10 directors bought 4/1" was actually 10 DSU grants for board comp. PLTR "Karp 1.47M shares" was RSU vesting, not a buy. Both false signals.
The Form 4 transaction codes — your filter
| Code | Meaning | Counts as signal? |
|---|
| P | Purchase (open-market) | ✅ BULLISH — only this counts as real buy |
| S | Sale (open-market) | ⚠️ bearish, but verify if 10b5-1 first |
| A | Award/Grant (RSU/DSU) | ❌ NO — compensation flow |
| M | Exercise (option→stock) | ❌ NO — compensation flow |
| F | Tax Withholding | ❌ NO — mechanical |
| G | Gift | ❌ NO |
| D | Disposition (other) | ❌ context-dependent |
| C | Conversion | ❌ NO |
Sources, in order of preference
- openinsider.com/screener?s=TICKER — primary source. Form 4 with codes shown. Free.
- secform4.com/insider-trading/[CIK] — backup with footnotes (10b5-1 plan disclosure).
- stocktitan.net SEC filings — readable Form 4 narratives.
- yfinance — fallback only. Has known blind spots: missed real cluster buys at NKE/UNH (yfinance returned 0, openinsider showed real buys).
The protocol (run for any insider question)
Step 1 — Run the v3 script (defaults to openinsider, --window 90):
uv run --with yfinance python $(ls ~/.claude/{skills,plugins/claude-investment-skills}/review-investment-screenshot/scripts/insider_ratio.py 2>/dev/null | head -1) "TICKER1,TICKER2" --window 90
Optional --source both for cross-verification on high-stakes calls.
Step 2 — Read the bucket totals + verdict:
The v3 script outputs activity bucketed by 0-30d / 30-90d / 90-180d / >180d. RECENT (last 90d) dominates lifetime.
| Verdict | Meaning |
|---|
RECENT CLUSTER BUY ✅✅✅ | 3+ unique insiders, $500K+ each, 90d window — strongest signal |
RECENT STRONG BUY ✅✅ | Recent buy ≥ 2× recent sell |
RECENT BUY-LEAN ✅ | Recent buy ≥ recent sell |
RECENT HEAVY DISTRIBUTION 🔴 | Recent buy < 10% of recent sell |
RECENT INSIDERS-ONLY-SELLING 🔴 | Verify if 10b5-1 via SEC Form 4 footnote |
OLD SELLS ONLY | 10b5-1-likely scheduled — neutral |
NO ACTIVITY (in window) | neutral, not bearish |
Step 3 — Verify 10b5-1 for any sells:
yfinance's "Text" field does NOT distinguish scheduled vs ad-hoc. If sells come from "trusts" (THE EEC TRUST, VCF TRUST etc.) on a regular cadence — almost always 10b5-1 plan. Cross-check at secform4.com for the footnote "transactions effected under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted on [date]".
10b5-1 sales = scheduled, weak signal. Ad-hoc sales right before known catalyst = strong bearish.
Step 4 — Verify "cluster buy" claims with cluster_buy_scan.py:
When user (or news) mentions a "cluster buy" — verify before believing.
uv run --with yfinance python $(ls ~/.claude/{skills,plugins/claude-investment-skills}/review-investment-screenshot/scripts/cluster_buy_scan.py 2>/dev/null | head -1) --days 30 --min-value 500000 --min-insiders 3 --detail --enrich
This hits openinsider.com/latest-cluster-buys directly and only counts code "P" (real purchases). Filters out RSU/DSU/grants automatically.
Step 5 — Seniority weighting:
| Senior tier | Examples | Weight |
|---|
| Tier 1 (strongest) | CEO, Founder, Chairman, 10%+ Beneficial Owner buying | 3× |
| Tier 2 | CFO, COO, President | 2× |
| Tier 3 | Directors with $500K+ individual buys | 2× |
| Tier 4 | Single Officer small buy | 1× |
| Discount | "Beneficial Owner" 10%+ exiting (PE fund unwind) | not bearish |
Gold-standard pattern (the "MRVL/CEVA setup"): CEO + CFO + Director cluster open-market BUY within 1-2 week window, while sells are minimal. Verified historical examples: AMKR (Kim family), CEVA (Feb 2026), LSCC (Nov 2025), COHR (Sept-Dec 2024). Confirmed 2026-04: NKE (CEO Hill + Tim Cook + 2 Directors, $3.7M, all in 7 days).
Output format the skill must produce
| Ticker | Window | OM Buy $ | OM Sell $ | 90d Recent Buy/Sell | Ratio | Top Buyers (with seniority) | 10b5-1? | Verdict |
What NOT to use
- ❌ yfinance
% Net Shares Purchased (Sold) summary
- ❌ "Net shares" alone without dollar context
- ❌ "Acquired" rows without checking transaction code (A/M = compensation, not buy)
- ❌ News articles' "cluster buy" claims without Form 4 verification
- ❌ Lifetime ratios when user is asking about NOW
When data unavailable
State explicitly: "Insider data unavailable via openinsider/yfinance for [ticker] — cannot validate buy/sell ratio." Do NOT recommend on insider grounds. Suggest user check openinsider.com/[TICKER] manually.
Fund-manager behavior checklist
Before finalizing the review, verify the output answers:
Tool cheat-sheet
Canonical scripts at ~/.claude/skills/review-investment-screenshot/scripts/ — call these directly, don't rewrite them inline:
| Task | Script | Usage |
|---|
| Live quote + MAs + earnings | quote_pull.py | `uv run --with yfinance python $(ls ~/.claude/{skills,plugins/claude-investment-skills}/review-investment-screenshot/scripts/quote_pull.py 2>/dev/null |
| Insider buy-vs-sell strict ratio (v3, openinsider primary) | insider_ratio.py | `uv run --with yfinance python $(ls ~/.claude/{skills,plugins/claude-investment-skills}/review-investment-screenshot/scripts/insider_ratio.py 2>/dev/null |
| Cluster-buy hunter (openinsider /latest-cluster-buys) | cluster_buy_scan.py | `uv run --with yfinance python $(ls ~/.claude/{skills,plugins/claude-investment-skills}/review-investment-screenshot/scripts/cluster_buy_scan.py 2>/dev/null |
| Option walls / gamma map | option_walls.py | `uv run --with yfinance python $(ls ~/.claude/{skills,plugins/claude-investment-skills}/review-investment-screenshot/scripts/option_walls.py 2>/dev/null |
| Max pain | max_pain.py | `uv run --with yfinance python $(ls ~/.claude/{skills,plugins/claude-investment-skills}/review-investment-screenshot/scripts/max_pain.py 2>/dev/null |
Other tools:
mcp__yfmcp__* when available (faster than scripts; use when loaded)WebSearch for macro / CTA / news / catalysts / earnings previewsWebFetch for IR pages, SEC filings, earnings transcripts
Workflow shortcuts (re-use,don't redo)
- When user asks "is X a buy?" → first call
insider_ratio.py --window 90 + quote_pull.py in parallel. Never derive insider methodology from scratch.
- When user asks "where would X bottom?" → call
option_walls.py + use the put-OI ladder.
- When user mentions "Marvell-like signal" or "MRVL setup" — they mean CEO + CFO + Director cluster open-market buying (the CEVA Feb-2026 / COHR Sept-2024 / NKE Apr-2026 pattern). Run
cluster_buy_scan.py --senior-only --enrich to find new ones, or insider_ratio.py --window 90 for a specific ticker.
- When user asks "find me cluster buys" / "anything insiders are buying?" → run
cluster_buy_scan.py --days 30 --min-value 500000 --min-insiders 3 --detail --enrich.
Token discipline
- Batch tickers in one call (e.g.
"A,B,C,D") — never one call per ticker.
- For full-portfolio scans,split into 2-3 batches of 15-20 tickers max.
- Pull only fields needed. Don't dump full option chains when only ATM IV is needed.
