Cubic Force Spread-Adjusted Trend Follower

Family: trend_following · Regime: trending · Complexity: medium · Asset classes: Equities (Non-Penny), Major FX Pairs (excluding JPY), Crypto (> $2.00) · Timeframes: H1, H4

Thesis

Asset price trends are most tradable when their smoothed directional bias aligns with cubic momentum acceleration. By filtering for nominal price integrity (Price > 2) and real-time transaction costs (Spread Monitor), we isolate high-conviction moves that have the 'force' to overcome slippage and spread, exiting only when momentum shows signs of exhaustion (RSI).

Components

• Indicator Sample (Boilerplate) (regime) — Ensures the EA logic is initialized and the terminal is processing bars before trading begins; acts as a 'warm-up' period indicator.
• MA-Candlesticks (direction) — Filters out intraday noise by observing the trend of smoothed price fields rather than raw volatility.
• Plotshape Test Indicator (entry) — Serves as a hard-coded liquidity/valuation floor; ensures the asset has sufficient nominal value to avoid high-percentage slippage typical in sub-$1 assets.
• RSI Area (Histogram) (exit) — Identifies momentum exhaustion points to trigger exits before trend reversals.
• Spread Monitor (Tick-Level) (risk) — Dynamically adjusts stop-loss buffers based on realized intraday spread volatility to prevent premature 'stop-outs' during liquidity gaps.
• Trend Direction and Force Index (TDFI) (volatility_filter) — Provides a high-sensitivity filter for trend intensity, ensuring entries only occur when momentum is accelerating.

Known failure conditions

• Strategy fails if asset price drops below 2.0 permanently due to the hardcoded Plotshape threshold.
• Fails in low-liquidity environments where SpreadMax exceeds 50% of the target profit.
• Fails in 'choppy' sideways markets where TDFI oscillates around the dead_zone.

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