Recursive Delta-Trend Volatility Strategy

Family: trend_following · Regime: trending · Complexity: medium · Asset classes: Forex, Equities, Indices · Timeframes: H1, H4, D1

Thesis

Market trends are most reliable when accompanied by an expansion in statistical volatility and a directional imbalance in candle-structure volume. By using recursive smoothing to filter micro-fluctuations and synthetic delta to confirm aggressive participation, we can enter 'high-conviction' trend legs before momentum exhausts.

Components

• Exponential Moving Average (EMA) (regime) — Defines the primary trend bias to ensure trades are only taken in the direction of the long-term institutional flow.
• Footmap – Heat & Volume [v1] (direction) — Uses synthetic delta to confirm that price movement at the execution point is backed by actual volume pressure (buying/selling imbalance).
• Recursive Moving Average Unlimited (entry) — Provides a highly smoothed signal line that filters out noise while the fast crossover acts as the final microscopic trigger.
• Stochastic Oscillator (exit) — Identifies local exhaustion points for taking profit; used to exit when the immediate momentum is overstretched.
• Average True Range (ATR) (risk) — Dynamic stop-loss and position sizing based on actual market volatility.
• Standard Deviation (volatility_filter) — Filters out low-volatility 'dead' zones where false breakouts are common, ensuring trades occur during active periods.

Known failure conditions

• Hypothesis fails if the Recursive MA lags significantly more than the price reversal speed, leading to high drawdowns.
• Fails if synthetic delta consistently produces 'false positives' during low-liquidity spikes.
• Invalidated if Stochastic exits prematurely during parabolic trends, leading to a negative expectancy due to poor R:R.

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