HMA-VWAP Breakout Engine with Volatility Trailing

Family: breakout · Regime: trending · Complexity: medium · Asset classes: FX, Equities, Indices · Timeframes: M5, M15

Thesis

Intraday momentum is most persistent when price breaks out of a local range (Donchian) while being supported by both institutional volume-weighted fair value (VWAP) and low-lag trend confirmation (HMA). This strategy exploits the behavioral tendency of markets to trend toward daily pivot targets once an initial breakout has been validated by volume and price smoothing.

Components

• Hull Moving Average (HMA) (regime) — Acts as a fast trend filter to ensure the intraday momentum aligns with the immediate trend direction, reducing lag common in SMAs.
• VWAP (direction) — Provides an institutional 'fair value' anchor; price relative to VWAP determines the directional bias for the day.
• Donchian Channels (entry) — Used to identify local volatility breakouts that signify the start of a momentum push in the direction of the trend.
• Pivot Points (Classic) (exit) — Provides objective, non-repainting structural levels for profit-taking based on prior session range.
• Chandelier Exit Heiken Ashi Variant (risk) — Uses volatility-adjusted Heiken Ashi extremes to provide a tight, dynamic trailing stop and initial risk definition.

Known failure conditions

• Strategy produces >5 consecutive losses in a trending market (suggests HMA/VWAP lag is too high)
• Price consistently reaches Pivot R2/S2 without triggering Donchian breakouts first (volatility mismatch)

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