MODEL ADOPTION #1989: REJECT — VIDEO SCOUT: The BEST ICT Turtle Soup Strategy Ever! (Insanely Profitable) — E8 Intelligence Research

DECISION: REJECT ELEMENT: No single rule survives hostile review. The "sweep → MSS → FVG" sequence is a subjective, discretionary pattern with no fixed geometry. The 4.9% win-rate on EURUSD 5m (even at +22.9R) is statistically indistinguishable from a martingale-style low-hit/high-payoff lottery — and our E8 model already captures liquidity sweeps via node/rhythm timing with higher precision. The video's "prior session high/low" is a crude proxy for E8's sacred geometry levels, which are precomputed and more exact. Adding this method would dilute our edge, not sharpen it. EXPECTED IMPACT: Win-rate would drop from current ~8.5% (15m EURUSD) toward 5% or below, because the method's MSS/FVG entry is often late (after the move has already extended) and its 2R TP is arbitrary — E8 targets are set before entry and often exceed 2R. Net profit would likely decrease by −0.5R to −1.0R per 100 trades due to spread/slippage on the extra failed entries. RISK: The 91.5% loss rate would produ Author: Andrew Stewart Caldin, Independent Researcher, UK. Part of the E8 Intelligence Research series. Platform: e8intelligence.com