Box-VWAP Volume Breakout System

Family: breakout · Regime: trending · Complexity: high · Asset classes: Forex, Equities, Indices · Timeframes: H1, M15

Thesis

Market breakouts are only sustainable if they occur from a period of volatility compression (Boxline), are supported by institutional fair value (VWAP), exhibit high relative participation (RVOL), and are confirmed by a positive trend structure (Ichimoku). By using Jurik-smoothed momentum (RSX) for entry, we avoid the noise of standard oscillators, while GAS levels provide a dynamic volatility-based risk floor.

Components

• Boxline (Range Breakout) (regime) — Defines the compression phase; the strategy only activates once a price breakout from the box occurs, ensuring we aren't trading in 'dead' zones.
• VWAP (direction) — Provides the institutional 'fair value' bias; trades are only taken in the direction of the session's volume-weighted trend.
• Relative Strength Quality Index (RSX) (entry) — Uses Jurik-smoothed momentum to identify high-quality entry triggers without the typical noise/jaggedness of standard RSI.
• Bears Power (exit) — Used as an exit signal to detect when the dominant side's strength is waning relative to the EMA baseline.
• GAS Price Levels (risk) — Calculates dynamic volatility-adjusted levels (using BB and Alpha factors) to set adaptive stop-losses and position sizes.
• Ichimoku Kinko Hyo (confirmation) — Acts as a structural filter; the cloud confirms that the breakout is occurring within a sustainable trend environment.
• Relative Volume (RVOL) (volatility_filter) — Ensures the breakout is backed by significant market participation compared to the same time-of-day average.

Known failure conditions

• RVOL stays below 1.0 for extended periods, suggesting the asset is in a low-liquidity environment where breakouts are likely traps.
• Price oscillates across the Ichimoku Cloud boundaries frequently, indicating a non-trending 'choppy' market where the Boxline will produce late signals.
• RSX stays pinned above 70 or below 30 while price continues to move, indicating a runaway trend that the Jurik smoothing is failing to oscillate against.

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