NVI-Stochastic Accumulation Flow

Family: hybrid · Regime: trending · Complexity: high · Asset classes: Forex, Indices, Equities · Timeframes: H1, H4

Thesis

Sustainable market trends are established during periods of low-volume 'smart money' accumulation (measured by NVI) and only become tradable for retail once they exhibit high-volume momentum expansion. By using Stochastic pullbacks to enter these validated trends, we achieve a superior risk/reward ratio compared to breakout strategies. The edge exists because retail traders often mistake high-volume climaxes for trend beginnings, whereas NVI identifies the quiet accumulation that precedes the move.

Components

• Negative Volume Index (NVI) / Positive Volume Index (PVI) (regime) — Acts as a macro-regime filter; NVI specifically tracks 'smart money' movements on low-volume days, helping identify major accumulation/distribution phases.
• Momentum (MOM) (direction) — Confirms the immediate price velocity aligns with the macro-regime.
• Stochastic Oscillator (entry) — Used as an entry trigger to capture mean-reversion pullbacks within an established trend.
• TSI Convergence Divergence (TSI_CD) (exit) — Detects momentum exhaustion through histogram color flips, providing a sensitive exit signal before price reversals.
• Chandelier Exit Heiken Ashi Variant (risk) — Provides a volatility-adjusted dynamic stop-loss and trailing mechanism based on HA-smoothed extremes. (Adjusted ATR parameters from defaults for stability).
• Volume Moving Average (VOLMA) (confirmation) — Ensures the entry signal is backed by a surge in relative volume compared to the recent average.
• Trendilo MT5 (volatility_filter) — Filters out low-volatility 'noise' by requiring a normalized momentum threshold to be crossed.

Known failure conditions

• NVI remains flat during high-volatility news events, leading to regime blindness.
• Trendilo remains in a neutral zone during slow-grinding trends, leading to zero trade participation.
• Tick volume data disparity between brokers renders VOLMA signals inconsistent.

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