Triple-Smoothed Aroon Momentum Capture

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

Thesis

Markets exhibit inertia where a new high (Aroon) confirmed by cyclical momentum (TRIX) tends to persist; an edge can be captured by entering on tactical pullbacks (Williams %R) within these emerging trends and exiting via volatility-informed trailing stops (PSAR/SuperTrend).

Components

• Aroon (regime) — Acts as the primary regime filter to ensure the strategy only engages when a new trend is emerging (Aroon Up > 70).
• TRIX (direction) — Provides triple-smoothed momentum confirmation to filter out minor pullbacks that do not have sufficient cyclical energy.
• Williams %R (entry) — Acts as the tactical entry trigger by identifying short-term mean-reversion exhaustion (oversold/overbought) within the confirmed trend.
• SuperTrend (exit) — Provides a volatility-adjusted exit signal to close positions when the structural trend trend breaks.
• Parabolic SAR (risk) — Serves as an accelerating trailing stop-loss to lock in profits while maintaining a defined risk-per-trade.

Known failure conditions

• Prolonged high-frequency oscillation between Aroon Up and Down indicating a directionless market.
• Strategy underperforms a simple buy-and-hold during strong, low-volatility linear trends due to TRIX lag.
• PSAR touches occur more frequently than SuperTrend flips, leading to premature exits in volatile trends.

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