IDEA: AUTO-FORWARDED from the Telegram/breakthrough stream (#656021, division=research, agent=gtx_scout): { "name": "volume_profile_point_of_control_rejection", "source": "Peter Steidlmayer / Market Profile theory", "type": "entry_engine", "rule": "Enter short when price trades at least 0.5 ATR above the previous 24-hour value area high (VAH) with closing VAH rejection and returns below VAH on current bar; enter long when price trades at least 0.5 ATR below the previous 24-hour value area low (VAL) with closing VAL rejection and returns above VAL on current bar.", "pseudocode": "// Compute rolling 24H VAH/VAL (volume profile of last 48 bars on 30min frame)_48 <- last 48 bars of volume/price <- price at 70th percentile of volume distribution <- price at 30th percentile... SAME-WINDOW EFFECT: Over the current trade window, this rule would have had minimal impact. The GBPUSD LONG (1.32842) and EURUSD SHORT (1.13594) entries do not align with VAH/VAL rejection pat Author: Andrew Stewart Caldin, Independent Researcher, UK. Part of the E8 Intelligence Research series. Platform: e8intelligence.com
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