Equal Highs/Lows strategyvsFair Value Gap strategy
Equal Highs/Lows strategy: Fade the stop-hunt — short EQH sweeps, long EQL sweeps, exit on the next liquidity event. · Fair Value Gap strategy: Buy the imbalance bar of a fresh bullish FVG; short the mirror. Exit when the gap fills.
Equal Highs/Lows strategy
Fade the stop-hunt — short EQH sweeps, long EQL sweeps, exit on the next liquidity event.
Fair Value Gap strategy
Buy the imbalance bar of a fresh bullish FVG; short the mirror. Exit when the gap fills.
Indicators
- Equal Highs/Lows (swing 3, threshold 0.1)
- Fair Value Gap (min gap 0.1%)
Timeframes
Bias
Long & short
Long & short
Market fit
Range-bound
Range-bound
Entry rules
- Short on an EQH sweep — the stop-hunt fades and sellers step in.
- Long on an EQL sweep.
- Long on the bar a bullish FVG opens (bull_signal > 0).
- Short on a bearish FVG.
Exit rules
- Opposite-direction sweep closes the trade — that's the next liquidity event.
- 4% trailing stop, 3-bar cooldown.
- Position closes the bar the gap is filled (rebalanced).
- 4% trailing stop, 3-bar cooldown.
Expected behavior
Range-friendly. Frequent small trades when price oscillates between equal-highs and equal-lows pools; can stack losses in strong trends that take out structure cleanly without reversing.
Momentum-into-imbalance — fires on explosive bars, exits when the imbalance reverts. Equity curve is choppy with frequent small trades; works best when price respects imbalances and gives the bot a chance to ride the displacement.
Complexity
Which one is right for you?
Derived from the bias, timeframe and indicator profile of each strategy — not a back-test forecast.
When to pick Equal Highs/Lows strategy
- You expect range-bound — the thesis is "Fade the stop-hunt — short EQH sweeps, long EQL sweeps, exit on the next liquidity event."
- You want a long & short bot on 15m–4h candles with a balanced rule-set.
- You're comfortable monitoring 1 indicator (Equal Highs/Lows (swing 3, threshold 0.1)).
Fade the stop-hunt — short EQH sweeps, long EQL sweeps, exit on the next liquidity event.
When to pick Fair Value Gap strategy
- You expect range-bound — the thesis is "Buy the imbalance bar of a fresh bullish FVG; short the mirror. Exit when the gap fills."
- You want a long & short bot on 5m–4h candles with a balanced rule-set.
- You're comfortable monitoring 1 indicator (Fair Value Gap (min gap 0.1%)).
Buy the imbalance bar of a fresh bullish FVG; short the mirror. Exit when the gap fills.
Equal Highs/Lows strategy
Fade the stop-hunt — short EQH sweeps, long EQL sweeps, exit on the next liquidity event.
Fair Value Gap strategy
Buy the imbalance bar of a fresh bullish FVG; short the mirror. Exit when the gap fills.
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