MODEL ADOPTION #996: REJECT — VIDEO SCOUT: My One Setup For Life! (ICT Concepts) — E8 Intelligence Research

DECISION: REJECT ELEMENT: Nothing survives — the liquidity sweep + break of high/low with fixed 2:1 RR is a generic retail pattern that E8 already implicitly exploits via node rhythm and sacred geometry targets. The 8.5% win rate on EURUSD 15m (+27.8R) is statistically fragile: 515 trades is insufficient to distinguish edge from noise, and the 4.9% win rate on 5m and 0.9% on h1 confirm the method is timeframe-dependent and likely overfit to 15m. The positive expectancy is driven entirely by a few large winners in a low-win-rate system, which E8's existing fade polarity logic already captures more efficiently (higher win rate, lower drawdown). Adding this rule would dilute E8's precision by introducing a lagging, non-harmonic entry that conflicts with sacred geometry timing. EXPECTED IMPACT: No improvement — likely degrades win rate by 2-5% and increases false signals in choppy conditions, as Merlin's same-window projection already showed net negative PnL. RISK: Overfitting to 15m Author: Andrew Stewart Caldin, Independent Researcher, UK. Part of the E8 Intelligence Research series. Platform: e8intelligence.com