Heiken-Matrix Structural Trend Follower

Family: trend_following · Regime: trending · Complexity: medium · Asset classes: Forex (Majors), Gold · Timeframes: H1, H4

Thesis

The strategy assumes that significant trend continuations occur only when price breaks through localized structural resistance (Flip Flop) while macro-momentum (Heiken Ashi/t_ma) is aligned and external shocks (News) are absent. The 'Matrix Trace' serves as a proxy for multi-window momentum acceleration.

Components

• Heiken Ashi (Standard MT5) (regime) — Acts as a primary regime filter to ensure trades are only taken in the direction of the smoothed trend, reducing noise from minor price fluctuations.
• t_ma (Smoothed LWMA) (direction) — Provides a secondary trend alignment check. By comparing the LWMA against its own smoothed version, it ensures the trend has enough velocity to overcome the smoothing lag.
• Flip Flop Indicator (entry) — Identifies the structural breakout point. It defines the 'local' range high/low based on the extreme bars of the opposite color, catching the momentum shift.
• MultiKAMA (TyphooN) (exit) — Provides a volatility-adjusted exit. The efficiency ratio (ER) allows the stop to tighten during parabolic moves and widen during noise.
• News Indicator NMNNFX (risk) — Acts as a risk gate and position sizing modifier. Higher news impact levels mandate reduced exposure or total trade avoidance.
• Matrix trace (confirmation) — Quantifies the trace of a price-change matrix; an increasing trace suggests multi-period momentum alignment (diagonal dominance of price rate-of-change).

Known failure conditions

• Strategy enters a 'no-trade' state for >30 days due to t_ma's hardcoded loop limit failing on historical data.
• The 'Matrix Trace' returns a constant zero or static value in low-volatility environments, preventing all entries.
• MultiKAMA stair-stepping causes exits to trigger prematurely during every minor consolidation.

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