Algorithmic model demonstrates short-entry signals from extreme VWAP deviations in financial asset trading, indicating mean-reversion pullbacks driven by institutional anchoring.
{ "name": "volume_weighted_moving_average_deviation_mean_reversion", "source": "Traders: Linda Raschke, Mark Fisher; academic: AQR, Avellaneda-Stoikov microstructural models", "type": "entry_engine", "rule": "Enter short when closing price falls below VWAP and the cumulative distance below VWAP over the last 36 bars exceeds 2.0 standard deviations of the same rolling distance, and the most recent bar's wick retraces at least 30% back toward VWAP.", "pseudocode": "vwap = sum(volume*price)/sum(volume) over last 36 bars = (close - vwap) / stdev(close - vwap, 36) close < vwap and dev < -2.0 and max(high - close, close - low) / (high - low) < 0.7 then_entry = True", "why_it_works": "Extreme negative VWAP deviations price mean reversion pullbacks from institutional execution anchoring." } Author: Andrew Stewart Caldin, Independent Researcher, UK. Part of the E8 Intelligence Research series. Platform: e8intelligence.com
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