By name: sheep-strategy description: >- SHEEP v1.0.0 — Long-Only Triple-EMA-Stacked Trend. Fires LONG only when the fast EMA is above the slow EMA on ALL THREE timeframes (15m + 1h + 4h) for an asset in BTC/ETH/SOL/HYPE. Never shorts. A triple-timeframe stack is a visual rule a beginner can sanity-check on any chart. Onboarding tier. Balanced DSL. license: MIT metadata: author: jason-goldberg version: "1.0.0" platform: senpi exchange: hyperliquid requires: - senpi-trading-runtime>=1.1.0 - senpi_runtime_helpers
🐑 SHEEP v1.0.0 — Long-Only Triple-EMA-Stacked Trend
Buy crypto only when it's clearly going up across every timeframe. Sheep fires LONG only when the fast EMA is above the slow EMA on all three timeframes (15m + 1h + 4h). Never shorts. Removes the "what's a short?" cognitive load.
Why this strategy exists
Most trend agents in the fleet pick a single timeframe (Beaver/Heron/Hummingbird → 4h; Hawk → 7d breakout; Salamander → 4h pullback). Sheep insists on agreement across three timeframes before firing — a stricter filter, fewer trades, but each is "obviously up" by any chart reader's standard. For beginners who want a long-only trend follower without learning what shorts are, Sheep is the answer.
CRITICAL RULES
RULE 1: Triple stack OR nothing
For each whitelisted asset, the producer checks ema(fast) > ema(slow) on 15m, 1h, AND 4h. By default it requires all three (minStackedFrames: 3). One timeframe stacked is not enough.
RULE 2: LONG only
Sheep never shorts. The LLM gate hard-skips any non-LONG direction (defensive).
RULE 3: Score boosts from spread magnitude + SM
Score = 3 (base, full stack) + bonuses for wider 4h spread (≥1%), wider 1h spread (≥0.5%), and SM aligned LONG (≥55%, +1 strong if ≥70%). Floor minScore: 4 so a clean spread or SM agreement clears.
RULE 4: Producer enters. DSL exits.
No close_position call site. DSL is the balanced preset — max_loss 12%, 72h hard_timeout, weak_peak_cut enabled at 6h/3% so flat-but-fading trends get cut. Trends extend; Sheep participates in extension while protecting against reversal.
How Sheep scores a trade
Gate: triple stack confirmed (stack_score >= minStackedFrames).
Score components (max ~8):
| Signal | Points |
|---|---|
| Full triple-stack (gate-confirmed) | +3 |
| 4h fast/slow spread ≥ 1% | +1 |
| 1h fast/slow spread ≥ 0.5% | +1 |
| SM LONG ≥ smTiltMinPct (55%) | +1 |
| SM LONG ≥ smStrongTiltPct (70%) | +1 |
Floor: minScore: 4.
DSL preset (balanced — trend-tuned)
| Phase | Component | Setting |
|---|---|---|
| Phase 1 | max_loss_pct | 12% |
| Phase 1 | retrace_threshold | 8 |
| Time cuts | hard_timeout | 72h |
| Time cuts | weak_peak_cut | 6h / 3.0 |
| Time cuts | dead_weight_cut | DISABLED |
| Phase 2 | T0 → T4 | +8/0 · +15/40 · +25/60 · +40/75 · +70/85 |
Scanner pattern
Archetype #4 (Multi-asset whitelist) — see senpi-trading-runtime/references/producer-patterns.md. Primary MCP calls: market_get_asset_data(candle_intervals=["15m","1h","4h"]) per asset, leaderboard_get_markets (SM bonus). The pure functions (ema, is_stacked_bullish, stack_score, fast_slow_spread) are unit-tested in tests/test_signal.py.
Operator install
See README.md.
Changelog
v1.0.0 (2026-05-28) — initial release
First fleet agent to require multi-timeframe agreement before any trade fires. Long-only by design (no short logic, no LLM-gate short branch). Standard balanced DSL with weak_peak_cut so stalled trends get cut. Unit-tested pure functions (EMA convergence, stack score, fast/slow spread sign).
License
MIT — Copyright 2026 Senpi (https://senpi.ai).
Skill Attribution
When creating a strategy, include skill_name and skill_version. See references/skill-attribution.md.