Extracted algorithm research record
Golden Hour Sweep Hunter
Trades based on price sweeping a fractal level and then reclaiming it, with strict risk management and optional scaling.
Source & extraction context
Evidence label: backtest_shown (source claim, not independent verification). Recorded completeness: 50.0/100. Neither is a performance result.
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Extraction warnings
Claim warnings
- VERY THIN SAMPLE: 7 trades. Performance figures over so few trades are indistinguishable from luck.
Build warnings
- SCREENSHOT_RECONSTRUCTION: the source says the rules were reconstructed from a screenshot, image or description rather than from the original author's logic. Expect missing mechanics.
Recorded market & execution profile
- Recorded markets
- EURUSD
- Recorded timeframes
- M15
- Recorded sessions
- Start Hour / End Hour (UTC)
- Recorded regime
- any
Recorded indicators & parameters
| Indicator | Parameters | Applied to |
|---|---|---|
| Fractal | {} | price |
| EMA | {"period": 200} | close |
| Bollinger Bands | {} | close |
| MACD | {} | close |
Extracted strategy rules
Recorded long-entry rules
- price sweeps below the nearest fractal low then closes back above it
Recorded short-entry rules
- price sweeps above the nearest fractal high then closes back below it
Recorded exit rules
- equity-based risk sizing
- ATR-buffered stop loss
- reward ratio take profit
- optional scaling
Recorded filters
- Tick-volume filter: trades only when tick volume is above its 20-period SMA
- H4 trend filter: only buy above H4 EMA, only sell below H4 EMA
- Bollinger Bands filter: requires an ‘extreme’ touch (upper band for sells, lower band for buys)
- MACD filter: requires histogram momentum shift in the trade direction
- Stop loss
- SL includes a 0.5 ATR volatility buffer with a minimum SL floor
- Take profit
- TP is set as SL multiplied by Reward Ratio
- Position sizing
- position volume is calculated from your Risk % and stop distance
Questions about this record
What entry rules are recorded for Golden Hour Sweep Hunter?
Long: price sweeps below the nearest fractal low then closes back above it Short: price sweeps above the nearest fractal high then closes back below it These are unverified extracted rules.
Which markets and timeframes are recorded?
Markets: EURUSD. Timeframes: M15. These are source-recorded labels, not verified execution behavior.