Wavelet-ASI Institutional Momentum Hybrid

Family: hybrid · Regime: trending · Complexity: high · Asset classes: FX, Indices, Commodities · Timeframes: 1H, 4H

Thesis

The strategy hypothesizes that significant market moves occur when institutional liquidity (SNAP zones) is cleared in the direction of a denoised trend (DWT) and confirmed by true price relationship expansion (ASI). By filtering for high-intensity momentum (TDFI) and entering on local corrections (Stochastic), the system captures the core of institutional expansions while avoiding high-frequency noise.

Components

• Accumulation Swing Index (ASI) (regime) — Acts as the 'true' price filter, ensuring the current price action has broken the structural swing of the previous period before a regime is considered active.
• Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT) (direction) — Decomposes the price to remove high-frequency noise, providing a denoised 'approximation' of the underlying trend direction.
• Stochastic Oscillator (entry) — Identifies local mean-reversion points within the higher-order trend confirmed by the DWT and ASI.
• MACD (exit) — Used for trend-exhaustion exits; when the MACD signal line is breached, it indicates the momentum that fueled the DWT-confirmed move is dissipating.
• SNAP HTF_LTF Indicator (risk) — Provides institutional 'hard' levels (Breaker Blocks and DRT ranges) for objective stop-loss placement and liquidity-based profit targets.
• Trend Direction and Force Index (TDFI) (confirmation) — The cubic momentum calculation ensures that entries only occur during high-intensity shifts, filtering out low-volatility 'dead' price action.

Known failure conditions

• ASI values diverge significantly across different starting bars, leading to inconsistent regime detection.
• High-volatility 'spikes' trigger the TDFI cubic component prematurely, leading to entries at the peak of exhaustion candles.
• Price ignores DRT levels and Breaker Blocks during high-impact news events (slippage risk).

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