Efficiency-Infrastructure Trend Hybrid

Family: trend_following · Regime: trending · Complexity: high · Asset classes: FX, Equities, Indices · Timeframes: H1, H4

Thesis

Markets exhibit 'efficiency' where price movement is directed rather than random. By using KAMA to identify periods of high Efficiency Ratio (ER) and entering only when Heikin-Ashi momentum (OTLIB) aligns with institutional trend ribbons, we capture the meat of a trend while using structural price infrastructure (PiPi) to define risk more accurately than fixed-pip stops.

Components

MultiKAMA (TyphooN) (regime) — Acts as the primary trend/volatility filter to ensure trades are only taken in established, efficient trends while ignoring 'stair-stepping' low-efficiency noise.
Absolute Strength Histogram (ASH) (direction) — Provides the directional momentum filter to ensure bullish strength outweighs bearish strength in RSI mode.
OTLIB Stochastic Oscillator (Heikin-Ashi based) (entry) — Generates the entry trigger based on smoothed momentum shifts. The use of Heikin-Ashi data aims to reduce noise in the oscillator.
Average True Range (Standard MQ4) (exit) — Calculates volatility-adjusted exit targets (Take Profit multiples).
PiPi (Price Infrastructure & Position Interface) (risk) — Determines dynamic support/resistance zones and Fibonacci levels to set structural Stop Losses and position sizing.
Moving Average Ribbon (chingc) (confirmation) — Confirms the medium-term and long-term bias; ensures the entry aligns with the broader institutional flow (100/200 MAs).

Known failure conditions

Hypothesis fails if the OTLIB Stochastic's internal repaint logic causes retrospective signal disappearance on backtests.
Fails if Price remains trapped between PiPi Level Middle points without reaching ATR-based targets for >50 bars.
Fails if KAMA Efficiency Ratio remains below 0.3 for extended periods, indicating a permanent shift to low-volatility ranging.

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