Technical Analysis Chart Reading Skill

technical-analysis-chart-reading is a Codex Skill for Murphy-style technical analysis across stocks, crypto, futures, ETFs, FX, commodities, and any OHLCV/OHLCVI market data.

It is designed for chart reading, indicator synthesis, and scenario-based trade planning. It does not provide deterministic predictions or financial advice.

What It Does

The skill analyzes market evidence in this order:

1. Market context and timeframe
2. Higher-timeframe trend
3. Price structure, support, resistance, trendlines, and channels
4. Chart patterns and breakout/retest behavior
5. Volume and open-interest confirmation when available
6. Moving averages, momentum, oscillators, divergence, and volatility
7. Bullish/bearish scenarios, invalidation levels, and risk notes

Core principle:

Read price structure first, indicators second. Define risk before direction.

Supported Analysis Methods

• Dow Theory trend classification
• Multi-timeframe analysis
• Support and resistance
• Trendlines and price channels
• Gaps and key reversal bars
• Reversal patterns: head-and-shoulders, double top/bottom, triple top/bottom, rounding formations
• Continuation patterns: triangles, rectangles, flags, pennants, wedges
• Volume and OBV analysis
• Open interest interpretation for futures/options data
• Moving averages: SMA/EMA and crossover context
• Donchian-style price channels
• RSI, MACD, stochastic/KD/KDJ-style momentum interpretation
• ROC and momentum
• ATR volatility/risk framing
• Divergence analysis
• Fibonacci retracements/extensions
• Point-and-figure logic
• Elliott Wave and cycle context, used conservatively
• Scenario planning and invalidation levels

Repository Structure

.
├── SKILL.md
├── agents/
│   └── openai.yaml
├── references/
│   ├── analysis_template.md
│   ├── indicator_playbook.md
│   ├── murphy_knowledge_graph.json
│   └── patterns_and_structure.md
└── scripts/
    └── ta_signals.py

Resources

• SKILL.md: Main skill instructions and trigger description.
• references/murphy_knowledge_graph.json: Condensed knowledge graph derived from John J. Murphy's technical-analysis framework.
• references/indicator_playbook.md: Indicator interpretation guide.
• references/patterns_and_structure.md: Price structure and chart-pattern guide.
• references/analysis_template.md: Output templates for chart reports and trade plans.
• scripts/ta_signals.py: Standard-library Python script for OHLCV/OHLCVI indicator calculation.

OHLCV Script Usage

The script expects a CSV with at least a close column. It works better with open, high, low, close, volume, and open_interest.

python scripts/ta_signals.py data.csv
python scripts/ta_signals.py data.csv --json
python scripts/ta_signals.py data.csv --lookback 120 --json

Accepted column aliases include:

• date, time, timestamp, datetime
• open, o
• high, h
• low, l
• close, c, adj_close, adjclose, last, price
• volume, vol, v
• open_interest, openinterest, oi, open_int

The script calculates:

• SMA 20/50/200
• EMA 12/26
• RSI 14
• Stochastic %K/%D
• MACD, signal, histogram
• ROC 10
• ATR 14
• OBV
• 20-period high/low channel
• Recent pivots
• Basic open-interest interpretation when OI exists

Example Prompt

Use $technical-analysis-chart-reading to analyze this BTC hourly chart with trend, support/resistance, volume, RSI, MACD, KDJ, ATR, and scenario planning.

Use $technical-analysis-chart-reading to analyze this OHLCV CSV and produce bullish, bearish, and invalidation scenarios.

Output Style

A good analysis should include:

• Instrument and timeframe
• Data freshness
• Trend and market structure
• Key support/resistance
• Pattern candidate, if any
• Volume or OI confirmation
• Indicator evidence
• Conflicting evidence
• Bullish and bearish triggers
• Invalidation level
• Risk note

Risk Notice

This repository is for technical-analysis workflow support. It is not investment advice.

Technical analysis can fail, especially in event-driven, illiquid, manipulated, or regime-shifting markets. Indicator signals should not be used without price structure, timeframe context, and risk management.