Squeeze-RSX Ichimoku Breakout

Family: breakout · Regime: trending · Complexity: medium · Asset classes: FX, Equity Indices, Commodities · Timeframes: H1, H4

Thesis

The strategy assumes that periods of price equilibrium (Ichimoku Cloud) and low volatility (Squeeze) store potential energy. A simultaneous expansion in volatility, momentum (Corrected RSX), and price structure (Ichimoku Cross) indicates the start of a high-probability directional move that can be managed via trend-following trailing stops.

Components

• Squeeze Break (John Carter) (regime) — Acts as the volatility gatekeeper; only allows trades when the market transitions from compression (squeeze) to expansion (breakout).
• Corrected RSX (direction) — Provides a noise-filtered momentum bias, ensuring the breakout has sufficient underlying strength without the whipsaws of a standard RSI.
• Ichimoku Kinko Hyo (entry) — Confirms the breakout occurs within a structural trend (Price vs Cloud) and provides the final execution trigger (Tenkan/Kijun cross).
• HiLo Activator (Pandini Version) (exit) — Used as a trend-following trailing exit to capture the majority of the volatility expansion until the trend exhausts.
• ATR Fib (risk) — Defines hard risk boundaries based on a fixed session volatility projection.

Known failure conditions

• Price remains trapped within the Ichimoku Cloud for more than 48 hours.
• The Squeeze Break histogram oscillates around zero (flickering) during a supposed breakout.
• Realized volatility exceeds the static ATR input by more than 3x within a single session.

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