Smart Gap Fractal Momentum

Family: trend_following · Regime: trending · Complexity: medium · Asset classes: FX Major Pairs (EURUSD, GBPUSD, USDJPY) · Timeframes: H1, H4

Thesis

The 'Smart Money Continuous Sentiment' hypothesis posits that the Sunday Gap reveals institutional weekly bias, which is then confirmed when price breaks local structural levels (Fractals) during periods of 'informed' volume (NVI), provided exogenous shocks (News) do not disrupt the technical cycle. MSLE acts as a proxy for market 'disbelief'—where high mean-squared error relative to the log-price indicates instability requiring wider stops.

Components

• Sunday Opening Gap (regime) — Defines the weekly regime; the direction of the gap indicates the weekend's latent sentiment which often necessitates a 'fill' or 'continuation' bias.
• Negative Volume Index (NVI) / Positive Volume Index (PVI) (direction) — Filters for 'smart money' direction by only updating trend strength during low-volume accumulation/distribution periods.
• Williams Fractals (entry) — Provides objective breakout points for entry, specifically targeting local swing points once confirmed by two subsequent bars.
• Pivot Points (Classic) (exit) — Uses objective prior-session math to identify logical profit-taking zones at S1/R1 levels.
• Mean Squared Logarithmic Error (MSLE) (risk) — Dynamic volatility measurement used to scale position size and set stop-loss distances based on price variance from the mean.
• News Indicator NMNNFX (volatility_filter) — Exogenous data filter to pause trading during high-impact events where technical indicators lose predictive power.

Known failure conditions

• The strategy fails if price consistently breaks fractals during high-volume candles (suggesting NVI is irrelevant for the current trend).
• Failure if MSLE values remain pinned near zero during high-volatility spikes, leading to oversized positions.

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