VPCI-Nadaraya Structural Confirmation Strategy

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

Thesis

Market structure shifts are only predictive of sustained trends when they are confirmed by volume acceleration (VPCI) and align with non-parametric price smoothing (NW Regression). By filtering for institutional volume and avoiding 'exhaustion gaps', the strategy identifies the start of 'meat-of-the-move' trends while using volatility-based stops to capture maximum extension.

Components

• Volume Price Confirmation Indicator (VPCI) (regime) — Filters out price movements that lack volume support; ensures the regime is one of high-conviction trending.
• Candles Overlay Template (direction) — Provides the primary directional bias; logic dictates that only candles meeting specific structural criteria (Top_color) are eligible for longs.
• Open Source Fractal Model (entry) — Identifies the specific execution trigger via Change in Sub-structure (CISD) and market structure shifts.
• TopTrend (BBands Stop) (exit) — Acts as a trailing stop-loss that adjusts based on Bollinger Band volatility, ensuring exits during trend exhaustion.
• FractalScanner (risk) — Identifies recent local swing points for hard stop-loss placement and risk-to-reward calculation.
• Nadaraya-Watson Kernel Regression (confirmation) — Provides a smoothed non-parametric trend line; used to confirm that price is not in a mean-reversion phase.
• MindTheGap (volatility_filter) — Prevents entries immediately after large price gaps which may represent liquidity voids or exhaustion.

Known failure conditions

• VPCI remains flat (near zero) despite price volatility, indicating a complete decoupling of volume and price.
• Market structure shifts (Fractal Model) occur frequently without follow-through, suggesting a high-noise environment.
• Price repeatedly crosses the Nadaraya-Watson curve without a clear slope, signaling a range-bound regime.

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