# Golden Hour Sweep Hunter

Trades based on price sweeping a fractal level and then reclaiming it, with strict risk management and optional scaling.

Canonical: https://prismaticalgos.com/compendium/algo/12349-golden-hour-sweep-hunter
Record ID: 12349
Catalog rank: 2686 (reading order, not performance)
Snapshot: 2026-10-31 15:46 UTC
Family: Mean Reversion & Counter-Trend (B)
Source: https://ctrader.com/products/3559
Evidence label (unverified): backtest_shown

## Scope and 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.

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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 profile

- symbols: EURUSD
- timeframes: M15
- sessions: Start Hour / End Hour (UTC)
- market_regime: any

## Indicators

- Fractal: {}; applied to: price
- EMA: {"period": 200}; applied to: close
- Bollinger Bands: {}; applied to: close
- MACD: {}; applied to: close

## 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

## Risk controls

- 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