Statistical Drift & Hierarchical Momentum Expansion

Family: trend_following · Regime: trending · Complexity: high · Asset classes: FX, Equities, Indices · Timeframes: M5, M15

Thesis

Financial assets exhibit 'drift'—the tendency for price movements to persist when institutional flows align across multiple time horizons. By mathematically validating this drift (via ADM) and confirming hierarchical alignment (MA x6), we can exploit short-term momentum bursts (QQE/Flexible Mom) that originate from psychological price levels (Grid Points). The edge lies in filtering out random walk noise and only participating in high-velocity structural expansions.

Components

• Asset Drift Model (ADM) (regime) — Acts as a primary filter to ensure the asset is in a statistically significant trending regime rather than a mean-reverting or random-walk state.
• MA(x6) Multi-Timeframe Visualizer (direction) — Establishes structural directional bias by requiring price to be on the correct side of institutional timeframes (H4 and D1).
• Qualitative Quantitative Estimation (QQE) (entry) — Provides the momentum-based entry trigger when the smoothed RSI crosses its fast trailing volatility band.
• MA Channel (Framework Version) (exit) — Provides a dynamic exit boundary that adapts to trend volatility; trend-state counter used to time exits.
• Grid Points Utility (risk) — Used to define hard stop-loss levels based on psychological round numbers rather than arbitrary point distances.
• Flexible Momentum (confirmation) — Confirms the entry with a real-time tick-level 'burst' to ensure liquidity and immediate participation.

Known failure conditions

• Variance Ratio (VR) consistently returns to 1.0, indicating the asset has transitioned to a random walk.
• Price oscillates within a single 30-pip Grid Point range for extended periods, inducing multiple QQE whipsaws.
• Statistical drift (t-stat) falls below significance while MA(x6) remains aligned, suggesting a 'hollow' trend.

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