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October 28, 2026 Alan Ross

Aroon Indicator Tested: It Called a Strong Trend on 39% to 43% of Bars, EURUSD Followed It No More Often Than a Random Bar, and 1 of 20 Runs Passed

The Aroon indicator measured on EURUSD and gold, M5 and M15. Up above 70 with Down below 30 covered two bars in five, did not predict the next move on EURUSD, and only one of five classic Aroon rules passed on one chart.

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October 27, 2026 Alan Ross

CCI Settings for MT4: 0 of 30 Made Money on the EURUSD 5-Minute Chart After the Spread, and the Best Early Setting Fell to 22nd or Lower on 3 of 4 Charts

How to add the Commodity Channel Index in MT4 and what period 9 to 50 and levels ±100 to ±200 did on EURUSD and gold. 120 runs: none in profit on EURUSD M5 after cost, and gold M15’s 12 winners stayed within chance.

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October 27, 2026 Alan Ross

CCI vs RSI: They Moved Together at a 0.85 Correlation, CCI Gave 3 to 4 Times the Overbought Signals, and the RSI Bounce Lost Less on 3 of 4 Charts

Same bars, same exit, EURUSD and gold, M5 and M15. CCI 20 and RSI 14 were near copies of each other, CCI fired 3.4 to 4.4 times as many bounce signals, and its extra ones lost more. On the zero line CCI was slightly ahead.

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October 27, 2026 Alan Ross

CCI Indicator Tested: Only 58% to 60% of Bars Stayed Inside ±100, Not the 70% to 80% It Was Built For, and 0 of 20 CCI Runs Passed

The Commodity Channel Index measured on EURUSD and gold, M5 and M15. CCI sat outside ±100 about 40% of the time, crossed it about 31 times a day on EURUSD M5, and none of five classic CCI rules passed on any chart.

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October 26, 2026 Alan Ross

Liquidity Sweep Settings for MT4: How to Mark Swing Levels With Fractals, and Only 1 of 57 Fade Settings Made Money in Both Halves

MT4 has no sweep indicator, but Fractals, a horizontal line and a price alert do the job. How many sweeps each swing size gives, and which of 96 fade settings on EURUSD and gold held up.

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October 26, 2026 Alan Ross

Liquidity Sweep vs Breakout: Fading the Stop Hunt Lost More Than Following the Breakout on All 4 Charts

Same swing levels, same exit, EURUSD and gold, M5 and M15. The sweep fade lost more than the breakout on every chart, before and after cost, and following the sweep wick lost least of all.

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October 26, 2026 Alan Ross

Liquidity Sweeps Tested: After a Stop Hunt, Price Reversed First Only 39% to 48% of the Time, and Fading It Lost on All 4 Charts

Every swing high and low taken by a wick on EURUSD and gold, M5 and M15. Price went 1 ATR the reversal way first only 39% to 48% of the time, and the textbook fade lost on all 4 charts even before the spread.

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October 25, 2026 Alan Ross

Fair Value Gap Settings for MT5: How to Mark FVGs, and 0 of 32 Retest Settings Made Money on EURUSD While Gold M15 Made Money on 15 of 15

MT5 has no built-in FVG tool. How to mark gaps by hand or with a free indicator, how many each minimum size leaves on the chart, and which of 64 retest settings made money, with the random-entry check that cools the best one.

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October 25, 2026 Alan Ross

Fair Value Gap Retest vs Fill Trade: Betting on the Fill Made Money Before the Spread on 3 of 4 Charts, and Lost After It on All 4

Trade with the gap on the retest, or against it on the fill? Same FVGs, same exit, EURUSD and gold, M5 and M15. The fill won before cost on 3 charts, the retest lost on 3, and the spread decided the rest.