The default gate is tuned for the 1m XAUUSD chart and small accounts. It prioritizes controlled churn over forcing oversized trades. The continuation paths are available as parameters, but they are disabled by default because one-day lab tests showed the stricter breakout profile had cleaner drawdown.

It includes:

hard ATR breakout entries
optional near-breakout pressure entries
optional trend-continuation entries after range pressure
EMA trend alignment
short momentum measured in ATR units

Current defaults:

lookback: 96
timeframe: 1m
breakout_window: 45
atr_mult: 0.02
near_breakout_atr: 0.18
pullback_atr: 0.35
min_momentum_atr: 0
fast_ema: 8
slow_ema: 34
enable_near_breakout: false
enable_continuation: false
assigned runtime: Modal, because this starter uses pandas

For more activity, enable enable_near_breakout first. Enable enable_continuation only after PPE confirms the drawdown remains acceptable.