SMC-Gann Structural Pivot Trader

Family: hybrid · Regime: trending · Complexity: high · Asset classes: FX (Majors), Equities (Indices), Commodities (Gold) · Timeframes: M15, H1

Thesis

Market trends are most tradable when medium-term momentum (Gann HiLo) aligns with institutional market structure shifts (SMC) at established psychological support/resistance levels (Pivots). By filtering for entries only during the 'meat' of the session (after Opening Range), we avoid the noise of the open and catch the primary daily expansion. Williams Fractals provide objective, albeit lagged, points of structural failure for risk management.

Components

HiLo_04 (Gann HiLo Activator) (regime) — Establishes the broad trend regime based on price relative to smoothed high/low averages.
SMC Visualizer (ICT Library) (direction) — Identifies institutional structure shifts (CHoCH) and Order Blocks to ensure we are trading with 'Smart Money' flow.
Pivot Points (Classic) (entry) — Provides concrete, session-fixed entry triggers (reversals at S1/R1 or breakouts at Pivot) that are unaffected by intraday noise.
Chandelier Exit (exit) — A volatility-based trailing stop that adjusts to expansion, allowing the trend to breathe while protecting gains.
Williams Fractals (risk) — Used to define objective stop-loss placement based on structural swing points; must be handled with a 2-bar delay for validity.
Trepidity Opening Range with Extensions (volatility_filter) — Acts as a session-based filter to prevent entries in low-volatility environments or outside of established daily bias.

Known failure conditions

Price oscillates continuously around the Gann HiLo activator line (whipsaw regime).
SMC market structure shows contradictory signals (CHoCH bullish followed immediately by CHoCH bearish).
Opening Range exceeds the average daily range, suggesting an exhausted market.

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