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2012issue C0928-31

Construct a two-pair and three-pair hedge rule book

First classify whether the legs move together or against each other. Then encode candle-body agreement as one score. Then open and close every instrument as a single hedge rather than as separate pair trades.

  • Classify the set as one-way-pairs or opposite-direction-pairs before candle bodies are added or subtracted.
  • Turn agreement into one score, then fire only when that score crosses a sensitivity-threshold or a zero-line-cross.
  • Treat the book as a multicurrency-hedge: open and close the full set together, or trade one instrument and use the others only as confirmation.
  • Use an all-or-nothing-exit around a joint 20-to-30-pip result instead of pair-by-pair targets and stops.
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Start with the classification

The archive workflow first classifies the legs, then scores candle-body agreement, then opens and closes the set together. Editorial reading: keep those steps as one rule book so entry, abstention and exit stay testable as a single hedge.

A two-instrument construction first classifies the pair as same-direction or opposite-direction. It then opens and closes only when both legs produce the matching simultaneous move.

Score candle-body agreement

Opposite-direction-pairs are scored by subtracting one pair's candle body from the other. Empirically chosen horizontal bands become the sensitivity-threshold. An open or close fires when the score crosses those bands.

One-way-pairs are scored by adding the two candle bodies. A near-zero sum is treated as a quiet market. A fast positive or negative sum is treated as a condition to prepare entries.

Reuse the score and automate the trigger

The same candle-body procedure can be computed on several minute bars of the second instrument. One indicator can then be reused across time frames.

An automated two-pair version stores high and low trigger levels. It can fire shorts above the upper bound and longs below the lower bound. It can also fire on a zero-line-cross, when the combined score changes sign rather than when it reaches a distant channel bound.

Build a three-instrument hedge

A three-instrument construction can treat two majors plus their cross as one multicurrency-hedge by opening every involved instrument together. It can instead trade only one instrument and use the others solely as confirmation.

Three pair scores can be combined into one decision value with an integral-factor. Explicit weights such as 0.4, 0.3, and 0.3 replace acting on each indicator independently.

Close the book together

The hedge-consistent close is an all-or-nothing-exit. It liquidates every instrument at once around a joint 20-to-30-pip result. It does not assign a separate take-profit or stop-loss to each pair.

Educational research material, not investment advice. Historical source context does not establish present-day performance.
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  20. 2016A VIX overlay as three stacked constraints
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