Weekly Acceleration Gap Breakout

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

Thesis

Market participants often under-react to weekend fundamental shifts; the Sunday gap acts as a structural signal of this imbalance. By confirming that the gap is supported by both trend (MACD) and increasing momentum acceleration (DOsMA), we can distinguish between a 'false gap' (noise) and a 'structural breakout' likely to persist for the first half of the trading week.

Components

• Sunday Opening Gap (regime) — Establishes the weekly bias; a gap indicates a shift in sentiment over the weekend that the strategy seeks to exploit via momentum continuation.
• Difference of OsMA (DOsMA) (direction) — Acts as the 'accelerator' check; it ensures that momentum is not just present, but increasing in the direction of the gap.
• Arrows Indicator Template (entry) — Serves as the execution trigger; the boilerplate logic is replaced with the confluence of the Regime, Direction, and Confirmation indicators.
• ATR SL Finder (exit) — Provides dynamic volatility-based exit levels, adjusting the stop loss based on recent price expansion.
• Average True Range (NNFX) (risk) — Determines position sizing to maintain constant risk regardless of market volatility.
• MACD Demo Implementation (confirmation) — Provides a secondary trend filter to ensure the momentum acceleration aligns with the broader intraday trend.

Known failure conditions

• Sunday opening gap is filled within the first 4 hours of trading without a signal.
• DOsMA shows momentum deceleration (negative rate of change) despite a trending MACD.
• Average spread at Sunday open exceeds 20% of the daily ATR, making the trade mathematically non-viable.

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