Recursive Momentum & Round Level Liquidity Strategy

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

Thesis

Trends supported by underlying volume (accumulation) are more likely to persist than speculative spikes. By using high-order recursive smoothing for entries, we filter out noise, and by anchoring risk to round-number psychological levels, we place stops where retail liquidity is usually cleared and institutional interest begins. Efficiency is gained by exiting when momentum first decelerates (OsMA cloud shift) rather than waiting for a trend-reversal signal.

Components

• Simple Moving Average (SMA) (regime) — Acts as the primary trend filter to ensure trades are only taken in the direction of the long-term institutional bias.
• SuperTrend (direction) — Provides a secondary medium-term volatility-adjusted direction filter to prevent entries during late-stage trend exhaustion.
• Recursive Moving Average Unlimited (entry) — Generates the actual trade trigger using high-order smoothing to filter out micro-noise that often plagues standard EMAs.
• MACD & OSMA Cloud Hybrid (exit) — Uses the OsMA color-coded momentum shifts (falling momentum in an uptrend) to signal early exits before the trend fully reverses.
• Round Levels Zone Shading (risk) — Defines stop-loss and take-profit targets based on psychological liquidity zones (round numbers) where institutional orders cluster.
• Chaikin Money Flow (CMF) (confirmation) — Confirms that trend direction is supported by actual accumulation/distribution rather than low-volume retail spikes.

Known failure conditions

• Strategy fails if CMF stays near zero during strong price moves, indicating the trend is driven by low-liquidity spikes rather than sustained volume.
• Strategy fails if price consistently oscillates across Round Level Zones, leading to high-frequency stop-outs in high-volatility sideways markets.

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