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Classic trend-following: 20-bar channel break, ATR-target sizing, 2×ATR stop, trailing exit.

Curtis Faith / Richard Dennis — 20-day Donchian breakout entry, 20-period ATR sizing (risk 1% per N), 2N ATR stop. The textbook trend-following system.

Jesse Livermore's pivotal point method (Reminiscences of a Stock Operator) — buy on close above the recent N-bar high, sell on close below the N-bar low. Tape reading in node form.

Karen Peloille / classical Ichimoku — Tenkan crosses Kijun in the direction of the trade. The simplest Ichimoku entry; you can add Kumo (cloud) filters to tighten.

Real SMC playbook in BOTH directions — bull sweeps (equal lows grabbed) enter at the Bull OB midpoint, bear sweeps (equal highs grabbed) enter at the Bear OB midpoint. Each direction has its own OB, SL, and exit chain so the math is correct for shorts too.

Mean-reversion: RSI oversold cross + Bollinger lower band touch, gated by ADX (trend strength) and a 20-bar cooldown. Structure stop + break-even at 1R + time exit.

Two EMAs piped through a Crossover alpha — proves the typed-wire model with the simplest possible strategy.