EVZ-Fractal Volume Breakout

Family: trend_following · Regime: trending · Complexity: medium · Asset classes: Currencies (EUR/USD focus) · Timeframes: H1, H4

Thesis

EUR/USD price breakouts are most reliable when they occur at structural levels (Fractals) validated by rising cumulative volume (OBV) and institutional momentum (QQE). By adjusting risk dynamically using the Euro FX VIX (EVZ), the strategy accounts for market-wide fear, allowing for wider breathing room during high-uncertainty regimes and tighter control during stable trends. Exiting on OsMA slope changes allows the capture of trend-strength peaks before mean-reversion begins.

Components

• Simple Moving Average (SMA) (regime) — Establishes the macro-regime to ensure trades align with long-term institutional bias.
• Mn Fractal Store (direction) — Provides structural price levels (pivots) to ensure entries occur at confirmed breakout points rather than within noise.
• Qualitative Quantitative Estimation (QQE) (entry) — Filters entries using smoothed momentum; the RSI-MA/Trailing Level cross acts as the final execution trigger.
• MACD & OSMA Cloud Hybrid (exit) — Captures early signs of momentum exhaustion via color-coded OsMA slopes for precise exits before trend reversal.
• Euro FX VIX (EVZ) Data Loader (risk) — Uses external implied volatility data to dynamically scale stop-loss distance and position size based on market fear levels.
• On-Balance Volume (OBV) (confirmation) — Validates that price movements are supported by cumulative volume flow, reducing the probability of low-liquidity traps.

Known failure conditions

• EVZ data file becomes stale or unavailable (strategy cannot calculate risk)
• Extended periods of sub-10 pip daily ranges where QQE and MACD produce whip-saws
• Negative correlation between OBV and price during a strong trend (divergence failure)

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