Gann-Force DEMA Trend-Follower

Family: trend_following · Regime: trending · Complexity: medium · Asset classes: Equities, Forex, Crypto · Timeframes: 30m, 1h, 4h

Thesis

The strategy rests on the hypothesis that institutional trends are characterized by price being sustained above a long-term average (DEMA 200) with increasing volume-weighted momentum (Volume Force) and significant volatility (ADX). By waiting for a medium-term regime confirmation (Gann HiLo), the strategy filters out minor pullbacks, assuming that a trend confirmed across multiple time-series metrics is more likely to persist than to reverse. Structural stops (Fractals) ensure the trade is invalidated only if the market structure breaks.

Components

• HiLo_04 (Gann HiLo Activator) (regime) — Acts as the primary trend regime filter; only allows trades in the direction of the institutional-grade SMA-High/Low channel.
• Volume Force (VF) (direction) — Confirms that price movement is supported by volume-weighted momentum, filtering out 'hollow' price breakouts.
• DEMA 200 & ADX Combined HUD (entry) — Provides the high-conviction trigger by requiring price to be on the correct side of the DEMA 200 while ADX confirms sufficient trend strength to overcome friction.
• Heikin-Ashi Candles (exit) — Uses trend-smoothing properties to define the exit point, ignoring minor noise that would otherwise trigger a premature stop-out in a healthy trend.
• FractalScanner (risk) — Provides objective, structure-based stop-loss levels at recent swing highs/lows, ensuring risk is tied to market geometry.

Known failure conditions

• ADX stays below 20 for extended periods despite price moving, indicating trendless volatility.
• Consecutive losses where Heikin-Ashi exits trigger before the price reaches 1:1 Risk/Reward ratio.
• Fractal stops are consistently too wide for the prevailing volatility, leading to poor expectancy.

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