Zebra FVG Imbalance Follower

Family: pullback · Regime: trending · Complexity: medium · Asset classes: Equities, Forex · Timeframes: 15M

Thesis

Market imbalances (FVGs) represent price levels where aggressive liquidity was removed. In a trending market (confirmed by VWMA/DMA5), price should find support/resistance at these gaps as institutions complete their fills. Using Heiken-Ashi ATR ensures we only trade when momentum is smooth and directional, while Zebra Parity filters for specific day-of-week liquidity cycles.

Components

• Indicator Sample (Boilerplate) (regime) — Used as a data-integrity regime filter; ensures the terminal has loaded sufficient history (iBars) for the DMA5 and VWMA calculations to be valid before allowing execution.
• Oracle Probes 15M Intraday Suite (direction) — Provides the primary trend bias. The confluence of Price > VWMA and Price > DMA5 establishes a bullish intraday regime, while candlestick patterns provide local momentum confirmation.
• Fair Value Gap (FVG) Indicator (entry) — Serves as the entry trigger; entry occurs on a limit-style retracement into a freshly formed imbalance zone, suggesting institutional 'fair price' re-entry.
• Moving Averages (Multi-Method) (exit) — The Smoothed Moving Average (SMMA) acts as a dynamic trailing stop and exit trigger to capture the meat of the intraday trend without excessive lag.
• Equity Line Projection (risk) — Manages risk by calculating position size relative to the account equity and the distance between entry and the projected SL price line.
• ATR Heiken Ashi (volatility_filter) — Acts as a volatility floor; prevents entries during low-liquidity periods where price geometry (FVGs) becomes unreliable.

Known failure conditions

• If the 'Zebra Parity' logic results in significantly higher drawdown on specific days, suggesting the cycle is random rather than structural.
• Market environments where price consistently overshoots FVGs (full mitigation) without a reaction, indicating a lack of institutional order blocks.

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