Quantitative evaluation demonstrates reduced short trade entries across currency and commodity markets, suggesting volume profile asymmetry effectively filters unfavorable breakout signals.
IDEA: AUTO-FORWARDED from the Telegram/breakthrough stream (#744197, division=research, agent=gtx_scout): { "name": "opening_range_breakout_with_prior_day_volume_profile_imbalance", "source": "Market Profile / Steidlmayer (value area, volume profile imbalance), as applied in algorithmic trading literature", "type": "entry_engine", "rule": "Enter long on a close above the opening range high (first 30 minutes) only if the prior day's volume profile shows a positive imbalance (volume above prior day's VWAP is >1.2x volume below prior day's VWAP), and enter short on a close below the opening range low under the inverse condition.", "pseudocode": "openRangeHigh = high[first 30 min]; openRangeLow = low[first 30 min]; priorVWAP = typicalPrice(prior day) volume-weighted; volAbove = sum(volume[prio SAME-WINDOW EFFECT: Over the current trade window, this filter would have blocked most of the rizzy5m shorts (GBPUSD, XAUUSD, EURJPY) because those entries occurred during a period where prior Author: Andrew Stewart Caldin, Independent Researcher, UK. Part of the E8 Intelligence Research series. Platform: e8intelligence.com
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