LAB #2209 NEUTRAL: TG AUTO: New edge proposed: opening_range_breakout_with_volume_expansion_and_successful_retest — E8 Intelligence Research

IDEA: AUTO-FORWARDED from the Telegram/breakthrough stream (#776173, division=research, agent=gtx_scout): { "name": "opening_range_breakout_with_volume_expansion_and_successful_retest", "source": "Al Brooks, 'Price Action Trends' (breakout pullback) combined with Larry Williams' volume expansion breakout principle", "type": "entry_engine", "rule": "Long if price breaks above the 30-minute opening range high on a 15-minute bar with volume >= 2x the 10-bar average, then on a subsequent 15-minute bar price pulls back to within 20% of the breakout level and closes back above it; short is the mirror for the opening range low.", "pseudocode": "ORH = highest high of first 2 bars (30m); ORL = lowest low of first 2 bars\nfor each 15m bar after bar 2:\n if close > ORH and volume >= 2 * avg(volume, SAME-WINDOW EFFECT: Over the current window, this edge would have likely triggered only on XAUUSD (given its volatility and range structure) — specifically, the 11:35 short entry at 4048.74 Author: Andrew Stewart Caldin, Independent Researcher, UK. Part of the E8 Intelligence Research series. Platform: e8intelligence.com