Drift-Adjusted Urgent Regression Breakout

Family: breakout · Regime: trending · Complexity: high · Asset classes: Equities (specifically DJIA/US30 context) · Timeframes: H1, H4

Thesis

Market movements are only tradable when they exhibit statistically significant drift that overcomes the variance of a random walk (Efficiency). By fit-testing channels and measuring 'Urgency' (rate of change relative to the channel fit), we identify the start of an impulsive move that is confirmed by tick-volume (Force Index). Risk is then managed via structural grid levels that represent psychological barriers.

Components

• Asset Drift Model (ADM) (regime) — Filters for regimes with statistically significant drift and non-mean-reverting variance ratios to avoid ranging noise.
• Linear Regression (LINREG) (direction) — Provides the primary trend bias via the slope of the least-squares fit.
• Ghost Channels [mph1nance] (entry) — Identifies high-conviction breakouts from historical volatility bands using the Urgency Score.
• MACD (exit) — Detects momentum exhaustion and trend reversals for early exit.
• Grid Points Utility (risk) — Uses psychological 'round number' levels for hard stop-loss placement and position sizing logic.
• Force Index (NNFX Variant) (confirmation) — Confirms price breakouts are supported by tick volume and directional strength.
• Probable High Low (volatility_filter) — Acts as a global circuit breaker, preventing trades if price is outside a specific historical range (32889.21 - 33678.81).

Known failure conditions

• Asset Drift Model shows t-HAC between -1.5 and 1.5, suggesting a loss of directional drift.
• Price trades persistently outside the hardcoded Probable High/Low range.
• High-volume spikes in Force Index lead to excessive whipsaws without price follow-through.

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