Adaptive Intensity Structure Trader

Family: hybrid · Regime: trending · Complexity: high · Asset classes: FX, Equities, Crypto · Timeframes: H1, H4, D1

Thesis

Price impulses (Order Blocks) are most likely to follow through when the macro-trend intensity (TII) is high and the underlying market cycle (SAM) has just turned in the direction of the trend. This strategy bets on the continuation of 'Smart Money' moves after a brief consolidation/imbalance.

Components

• Dynamic EMA with Box Method Selector (regime) — Acts as a high-frequency trend filter to ensure entries only occur in the immediate direction of price flow.
• Trend Intensity Index (TII) (direction) — Provides the macro-trend context by measuring the cumulative strength of deviations from the long-term mean.
• Order Block / FVG Detector (entry) — Pinpoints specific institutional liquidity levels where price is expected to react impulsively.
• RSI Area (Histogram) (exit) — Used to identify momentum exhaustion for timely exits before trend reversals.
• Nadaraya-Watson Envelope (EMA Proxy) (risk) — Provides volatility-adjusted boundaries for stop-loss placement and position sizing.
• Smoothed Adaptive Momentum (confirmation) — Filters out market noise by aligning the entry with the dominant market cycle via the Homodyne Discriminator.

Known failure conditions

• The Homodyne Discriminator fails to find a dominant cycle in choppy sideways markets (constant cycle smearing).
• Price consistently violates Order Blocks without reaction, indicating a regime shift toward mean reversion.
• TII remains at extreme levels (80/20) while price moves against the trend, highlighting the lag weakness.

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