NVI-Connect Volatility Trend Hunter

Family: trend_following · Regime: trending · Complexity: high · Asset classes: Forex, Equities, Crypto · Timeframes: 15m, 1H, 4H

Thesis

Market trends are most sustainable when price movement occurs on declining volume (NVI), indicating institutional absorption rather than retail exhaustion. By combining this volume-based direction with volatility-based triggers (UTBot) and cycle-based exits (CG), the strategy aims to enter high-probability momentum bursts and exit before the 'smart money' distribution phase ends.

Components

• ADX / Connectable [Azullian] (regime) — Identifies high-conviction trending regimes to avoid the UTBot's primary weakness (whipsaws in ranges).
• Negative Volume Index (NVI) / Positive Volume Index (PVI) (direction) — Detects 'smart money' accumulation/distribution by confirming price direction during periods of quiet volume.
• UTBot Alerts (entry) — Provides the final trigger based on price crossing an ATR-adjusted trailing stop.
• Ehlers Center of Gravity (CG) (exit) — Acts as a lead-oscillator to exit before the lagging ADX/MACD signals can decay.
• FakeCandle (risk) — Standardizes market structure visuals and provides the ATR-based basis for position sizing.
• MACD (confirmation) — Filters entries by ensuring momentum is aligned with the ADX-defined trend.
• SMA3x5+BB - pjdhiro (volatility_filter) — Filters out entries during extreme volatility compression (squeeze) or expansion beyond BB bands.

Known failure conditions

• ADX remains below 20 for extended periods, leading to 'no-trade' zones in trending markets.
• MACD and NVI provide conflicting signals (divergence), neutralizing entry frequency.
• Price remains pinned to Bollinger Band extremes without Mean Reversion, triggering premature exits.

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