IDEA: AUTO VIDEO SCOUT — evaluate this trading strategy video for the swarm: VIDEO: "Smart Money Concept ENTRY SECRETS| Order Blocks Explained (Best Forex Entry Model)" by HCNFXACADEMY — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MquQD3z_fs (duration 771s, 124431 views; found via search 'smart money concepts order block strategy'). TASK FOR MERLIN: From the title, channel and your knowledge of this trader/method, identify the strategy being taught. Judge it for OUR use: we scalp fast (15s-7m charts), long or short, targets set by E8 sacred geometry BEFORE entry. State what the method gets right, where it is weak, and exactly how E8 node/rhythm logic would improve on it. Verdict PROMISING only if a concrete, testable edge exists that we can code into the Replay Bench. SAME-WINDOW EFFECT: The re-engineered OB rule is a 1h-scale model (best result EURUSD h1, 2602 trades, +135.2R) with a 0.5R stop and 2R target — it fires on close beyond the last opposing candle, which on 15s-7m charts is a differ Author: Andrew Stewart Caldin, Independent Researcher, UK. Part of the E8 Intelligence Research series. Platform: e8intelligence.com
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