Overview

Prompting Guide

How to talk to Horizon AI

Be clear and give context

  • Say exactly what you want; repetition for clarity is fine.
    • Example: "Add a 1.5R stop loss to my EMA crossover strategy."
  • Provide ample context; more detail beats too little.
    • Example: "Pine Script v5, 5m timeframe; use hl2; broker timezone NY."
  • Expand acronyms on first use and define specialized terms.
    • Examples: "FVG → Fair Value Gap", "EMA → Exponential Moving Average".

Collaborate and plan first

  • It's okay to brainstorm—plan with Horizon AI before coding.
    • Example: "Before coding, outline an approach to mean reversion entries."
  • Ask how your code works first (e.g., pivot points) before changing it.
    • Example: "How are pivot points computed in this script?"
  • Check whether a feature already exists before asking to add it.
    • Example: "Do we already have a take profit? If so, where is it set?"
  • Keep one topic per thread and correct misunderstandings directly.
    • Example: "New thread: change stop loss to ATR-based (separate from indicator requests)."

For complex strategies, use Planning Mode to design your approach step-by-step before generating code.

Example Prompts

For beginners:

  • "Create a simple moving average crossover strategy for Bitcoin on the 1-hour chart"
  • "Build a Bollinger Bands mean reversion strategy with 2% stop loss"
  • "Add RSI confirmation to my EMA crossover strategy"

For intermediate traders:

  • "Create a trend-following strategy using 50/200 EMA with ATR-based trailing stops"
  • "Build a Smart Money Concepts strategy that trades liquidity sweeps with order block entries"
  • "Convert my Pine Script strategy to MQL5 for MetaTrader 5"

For advanced traders:

  • "Build a multi-timeframe strategy: 4H trend filter, 15m entries at FVG fills in discount, 1% risk per trade with 2.5:1 RR"
  • "Create a portfolio of 3 mean reversion strategies with correlation filters and shared daily loss limits"
  • "Generate an optimization framework to test RSI periods from 10-20 and stop loss from 1.5-3 ATR"

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