LAB #303 NEUTRAL: VIDEO SCOUT: I Backtested the ORB Breakout + Pullback Strategy (5 Years of Data) — E8 Intelligence Research

IDEA: AUTO VIDEO SCOUT — evaluate this trading strategy video for the swarm: VIDEO: "I Backtested the ORB Breakout + Pullback Strategy (5 Years of Data)" by Trading Steady — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZF8uKPqAu8M (duration 646s, 28137 views; found via search 'opening range breakout strategy backtested'). 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:** Over the current trade window, this ORB pullback strategy would have added zero actionable signals — it is designed for daily SPX cash index data, not forex futures or intraday scalps on 15s–7m charts. The backtest sh Author: Andrew Stewart Caldin, Independent Researcher, UK. Part of the E8 Intelligence Research series. Platform: e8intelligence.com