LAB #2628 NEUTRAL: TG AUTO: New edge proposed: acceleration_band_breakout_retest — E8 Intelligence Research

IDEA: AUTO-FORWARDED from the Telegram/breakthrough stream (#821846, division=research, agent=gtx_scout): { "name": "acceleration_band_breakout_retest", "source": "Eric Sharpe / Robert Miner (Acceleration Bands)", "type": "entry_engine", "rule": "Enter long when price closes above the upper Acceleration Band (20-period EMA of high + 2 * ATR) after having been below the lower band within the last 5 bars, and on the following bar price retests the band from above without closing below it; exact thresholds: lookback 20, multiplier 2.0, retest tolerance 0.25 * ATR, stop at mid-band (20-period EMA), target = 1.5 * ATR from entry.", "pseudocode": "upper = ema(high,20) + 2*atr(14)\nlower = ema(low,20) - 2*atr(14)\nwas_below = min(low[-5:-1]) < lower[-1]\nclose_above = close > upper\nif was_below SAME-WINDOW EFFECT: Over the current 10-trade window, this long-only breakout-retest engine would have had minimal direct overlap — the window is dominated by shorts (7 of 10) and the two XAUU Author: Andrew Stewart Caldin, Independent Researcher, UK. Part of the E8 Intelligence Research series. Platform: e8intelligence.com