Big Tech Regime Pinbar Reversion

Family: hybrid · Regime: trending · Complexity: medium · Asset classes: Equities, Indices (US30, NAS100), High-Beta FX (AUDUSD) · Timeframes: H1, H4

Thesis

The strategy hypothesizes that market liquidity and sentiment are led by 'Big Tech' (AAPL, MSFT, GOOGL). When these leaders are in a trend, high-quality price action rejections (Pinbars) occurring at structural support/resistance (Roshaneforde Pivots) act as reliable entry points for trend continuation. By using a zero-lag exit (MCNMA), the strategy aims to minimize the impact of momentum decay seen in standard indicators.

Components

• V6 All Features Fixture (regime) — Establishes the macro 'Risk-On' or 'Risk-Off' regime by monitoring closing prices of AAPL, MSFT, and GOOGL as proxies for broader market health.
• Rate of Change (ROC) (direction) — Filters for positive/negative momentum to ensure we are trading in the direction of the immediate price swing.
• Pinbar Detector (entry) — Acts as the specific price-action trigger, identifying local exhaustion and rejection at key levels.
• McNicholl EMA (MCNMA) (exit) — Provides a low-lag, smooth trend-following exit line that reacts faster than standard EMAs to momentum reversals.
• Equity Line Projection (risk) — Ensures position sizing is dynamically linked to the projected impact on the total account equity based on the Stop Loss distance.
• Roshaneforde Pivot Levels (confirmation) — Confirms entries only when they occur at levels previously established by engulfing/reversal patterns (market structure).
• Bollinger Bands (volatility_filter) — Prevents trading in low-volatility 'squeezes' where pinbars are often meaningless noise.

Known failure conditions

• The correlation between the regime proxy (AAPL/MSFT/GOOGL) and the traded asset breaks down (e.g., tech decoupling).
• Market enters a 'fat-tail' regime where Pinbar rejections are immediately overrun by high-velocity trends.
• Projected equity drawdown exceeds the threshold for 5 consecutive trades, indicating a regime shift the strategy cannot handle.

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