GARCH-Filtered Momentum Trend Hybrid
Family: hybrid · Regime: trending · Complexity: medium · Asset classes: Equities, Major Forex Pairs, Liquid Crypto · Timeframes: H1, H4, D1
Thesis
Markets do not exhibit constant volatility; instead, volatility tends to cluster. This strategy hypothesizes that momentum signals (QQE) are most reliable when they align with a confirmed trend (TopTrend) and occur within a 'stable' volatility regime (GARCH), avoiding the exhaustion phases often associated with extreme volatility peaks. By entering during periods of building conditional volatility, the strategy captures the most efficient part of a trend before the Parabolic SAR signals a trend climax.
Components
- Conditional Volatility (CV) (regime) — Acts as a regime filter to ensure the strategy only operates during periods of stable or building volatility, avoiding entries during extreme volatility blow-offs (exhaustion).
- TopTrend (BBands Stop) (direction) — Provides the core directional bias based on price staying outside the volatility-adjusted mean (Bollinger Bands).
- QQE (Qualitative Quantitative Estimation) (entry) — Provides the momentum trigger; uses smoothed RSI and a volatility band to identify high-probability entry points within the established trend.
- Parabolic SAR (Standard) (exit) — Used as a trailing exit to capture trend acceleration and protect gains when the trend loses its momentum.
- ATR SL Finder (risk) — Provides the initial protective stop-loss based on recent price range, ensuring risk is normalized to current market noise.
Known failure conditions
- If GARCH(1,1) coefficients (Alpha + Beta) exceed 1.0 (indicating non-stationarity/infinite variance).
- Protracted sideways market where ATR SL and PSAR are both triggered frequently without price extension.
- Market regime shift where volatility spikes are followed by immediate mean reversion rather than clustering.
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