Strategy
The edge behind the signals
Trading Hub's AI agent combines Smart Money Concepts (SMC) with classical technical indicators. Neither approach alone is sufficient — the agent looks for confluence between structural and momentum signals.
Smart Money Concepts
Fair Value Gap (FVG)
A three-candle pattern where the middle candle moves aggressively, leaving a price imbalance between the wicks of candles 1 and 3. Price frequently returns to fill this gap before continuing in the original direction. FVGs inside a bullish structure are potential long entries; FVGs inside a bearish structure are potential shorts.
Order Block (OB)
The last bearish candle before a bullish impulse (bullish OB), or the last bullish candle before a bearish impulse (bearish OB). These represent zones where institutional accumulation or distribution occurred. The agent marks OBs as key entry or rejection zones.
Break of Structure (BOS)
A BOS occurs when price closes beyond the most recent swing high (bullish BOS) or swing low (bearish BOS), continuing the prevailing trend. It confirms that the trend is intact. The agent uses BOS to stay aligned with the dominant market structure.
Change of Character (ChoCH)
A ChoCH occurs when price breaks the opposite extreme to the current trend — a potential reversal signal. It does not confirm a trend change on its own, but it prompts the agent to look for confluence before acting against the prior trend.
Liquidity Sweep
Smart money often drives price into clusters of stop-loss orders (equal highs/lows, previous swing points) before reversing. This is a sweep. When the agent detects a sweep of buy-side or sell-side liquidity followed by a reversal structure, it can flag a high-probability counter-move.
Technical indicators
RSI (14)
Measures momentum. Readings above 70 are overbought; below 30 are oversold. The agent uses RSI divergence as a confirmation signal — not a standalone trigger.
EMA 9 / 21 / 50 / 200
Exponential Moving Averages show trend direction at different timeframes. The 200 EMA is treated as the long-term trend anchor. Cross of the 9 and 21 EMAs signals short-term momentum shifts.
MACD
Tracks the relationship between two EMAs to identify momentum shifts. Histogram above zero = bullish momentum; below = bearish. Signal line crosses are used as confluence, not entry triggers.
Bollinger Bands (20, 2σ)
Volatility envelope around a 20-period SMA. Price touching the outer bands in the direction of the trend can confirm continuation. Squeezes (narrow bands) often precede breakouts.
ADX (14)
Measures trend strength regardless of direction. ADX above 25 confirms a trending market where trend-following signals are more reliable. Below 20 suggests range conditions where mean-reversion is preferred.
Risk management
The agent never calculates a position size without a defined stop-loss. Every signal includes an entry, stop-loss, and take-profit level — the risk-to-reward ratio must be at least 1:1.5 for a trade to be routed.
Position sizing uses the formula: position_size = (account_balance × risk_%) / stop_distance. Taker fees and slippage are subtracted from the expected P&L before the trade is accepted.
Circuit breakers run independently: the Kill Switch halts all new trades if your daily loss limit or max drawdown threshold is hit. These rules apply in both paper and live mode.
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