Daily Range Momentum Grid Breakout
Family: breakout · Regime: trending · Complexity: medium · Asset classes: FX Major Pairs, Equity Indices (SPX, DAX), Gold · Timeframes: M15, H1
Thesis
This strategy operates on the hypothesis that price breakouts of the previous day's extreme (DHL) are valid trend starts when confirmed by both oscillator-based momentum (CCI) and derivative momentum (TSI_CD). By entering on a Bollinger Band SMA touch, the strategy ensures a 'mean-reversion' entry within a larger trend, while Grid Points provide institutional psychological anchors for risk management, assuming liquidity clusters around round numbers.
Components
- Daily High Low (regime) — Establishes the market regime; trades are only initiated if price has broken out of the previous day's range, indicating a directional expansion regime.
- CCI / Connectable [Azullian] (direction) — Filters for momentum direction; ensures the breakout is supported by a commodity-channel index value above or below the zero-line.
- Bollinger Bands (entry) — The entry trigger occurs when price crosses the Middle Band (SMA) in the direction of the breakout, signifying a volatility-backed trend resumption.
- Ichimoku Kinko Hyo (exit) — Provides a trailing exit mechanism; positions are closed when price crosses the Kijun-sen (baseline), signaling the end of the trend.
- Grid Points Utility (risk) — Uses psychological/round number intervals to set static stop losses and calculate position size based on point distance.
- TSI Convergence Divergence (TSI_CD) (confirmation) — Confirms momentum velocity via the histogram color change to prevent entries on weakening breakout attempts.
Known failure conditions
- Price remains bound within the previous day's range for more than 3 consecutive sessions.
- The strategy yields a Sharpe ratio below 0.5 in trending benchmarks due to early Kijun-sen exits.
- Average trade duration is less than 3 candles, suggesting high-frequency noise rather than trend capture.
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