MODEL ADOPTION #1737: REJECT — VIDEO SCOUT: ICT Mentorship Part 1 — E8 Intelligence Research

DECISION: REJECT ELEMENT: The 10-11 AM EST liquidity-sweep + FVG entry is a time-window heuristic, not a geometric timing edge. E8 node/rhythm logic already defines entry timing via sacred geometry; grafting a fixed clock hour onto it would corrupt the model's phase coherence. The displacement/FVG confirmation is redundant — E8 entries already require displacement from node extremes. The 2R/1R target/stop is arbitrary and conflicts with E8's pre-set targets derived from geometry. EXPECTED IMPACT: No win-rate improvement. The Silver Bullet's 6-13% win rate with 2R targets is worse than our live FADE polarity edge (validated at scale). Adding it would dilute our signal density and introduce a second, conflicting timing authority. Net PnL delta: negative due to increased false signals on low-volatility days. RISK: Time-window dependency (10-11 AM) breaks on holidays/news-free Mondays; overfit to intraday noise (h1 decay to 1.7% wr proves fragility). Streaks of 20+ consecutive losses Author: Andrew Stewart Caldin, Independent Researcher, UK. Part of the E8 Intelligence Research series. Platform: e8intelligence.com