{
  "id": 11237,
  "rank": 248,
  "name": "Head and Shoulders",
  "aka": [
    "Head and Shoulders pattern EA",
    "H&S pattern EA"
  ],
  "family": "E",
  "subtype": "E6",
  "one_liner": "Detects Head and Shoulders and Inverse Head and Shoulders patterns on H4 timeframe and triggers entry on neckline break.",
  "market_regime": "any",
  "timeframes": [
    "H4"
  ],
  "symbols": [
    "any"
  ],
  "sessions": [
    "any"
  ],
  "indicators": [],
  "entry_long": [
    "right shoulder confirmed",
    "neckline break below the neckline"
  ],
  "entry_short": [],
  "exit_rules": [
    "no explicit exit rules given"
  ],
  "filters": [
    "no explicit filters"
  ],
  "stop_loss": "stop loss placed InpSLBufferATR ATRs below the head",
  "take_profit": "measured move target or 2R fallback",
  "position_size": "risk per trade is InpRiskPercent of account balance",
  "evidence_type": "source_code",
  "completeness": 50.0,
  "signal_warnings": null,
  "claim_warnings": null,
  "opacity_warnings": [
    "UNDEFINED ENTRY TERM: the entry conditions are prose naming a concept with no numeric definition, so two readers would implement them differently. Advisory only -- this does not affect the score."
  ],
  "build_warnings": null,
  "canonical": "https://prismaticalgos.com/compendium/algo/11237-head-and-shoulders",
  "snapshot": "2026-10-31 15:46 UTC",
  "source_url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/articles/23825",
  "limitations": "These are machine-extracted research records, not verified trading systems. Catalog rank measures specification detail and claimed evidence, not profitability. The catalog extraction pipeline did not independently backtest these records. Its separate selected testing ledger does not validate the wider corpus. Rules, labels and parameters can be incomplete or wrong; consult the original source and its reuse terms."
}