Implemented and backtested 5 ranging-market M15 strategies across
3 periods (Training 2021-2023, Test Set 2023-2024, 2025) and 4 pairs
(EUR_USD, GBP_USD, GBP_JPY, GBP_AUD). All 5 fail Phase 1 validation:
- S17 BB Rejection: PF 0.55-0.92, -1208p on 2025 (347 trades)
- S18 Failed Breakout: PF 0.53-0.84, -1905p on 2025 (747 trades)
- S19 VWAP Deviation: PF 0.23-1.65, -87p on 2025 (37 trades)
- S20 Range Compression: only 5 trades on 2025 (too restrictive)
- S21 EMA Ribbon Bounce: PF 0.64-0.89, -3358p on 2025 (1088 trades)
Also added midnight-reset VWAP indicator and downloaded 2025 M15 data
for EUR_USD, GBP_JPY, GBP_AUD.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Test set (Sep 2023 - Dec 2024): only S9_Filtered passes (PF=1.13),
portfolio PF=0.91 FAIL. S3 expansion to GBP_USD, EUR_USD, GBP_AUD
shows no generalization — GBP_JPY remains the only viable pair.
No strategy is consistently profitable across all 4 validation periods.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>