HALF HEAD Trading Guide

The Half-Head Pattern is a quantitative technical analysis tool. Pattern: "half_head" v2.0 - Golden Standard Architecture (O(1), Causal Live Execution, Anti-Repaint) 1) Local Peak (Head)

What does the indicator show?

• Market Structure & Momentum: Visualizes prevailing trend directions and key reversal zones.
• BUY / SELL Signals: Highlights confirmed entry and exit opportunities based on quantitative rules.
• Dynamic Boundaries: Provides adaptive levels for managing trade risk and reward expectations.

Key Settings

• EMA Fast Period (emaFast): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• EMA Slow Period (emaSlow): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• EMA Trend Period (emaTrend): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Pivot Lookback (pivotLookback): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• EMA 5 > EMA 50 Check (useEma50Check): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Show SL/TP Lines (showSLTP): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Only Last Trade (onlyLastTrade): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Sell Signal (sellSignal): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Pattern State (patternState): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Head Level (headLevel): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Shoulder Level (shoulderLevel): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Neckline Level (necklineLevel): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Stop Loss (slLevel): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Take Profit (tpLevel): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• EMA Fast (emaFast): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• EMA Slow (emaSlow): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• EMA Trend (emaTrend): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Half-Head Sell (sellSignal): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.

How to use Strategy Parameters (Condition Source)

Within the Strategy Tester module, this indicator can be used both as a direct signal source and as a market-state filter.

1. Signal Events

• sellSignal - Sell Signal event signal.
• sellSignal - Half-Head Sell event signal.

2. Filters and Trade Levels

• emaFast - EMA Fast Period value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• emaSlow - EMA Slow Period value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• emaTrend - EMA Trend Period value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• pivotLookback - Pivot Lookback value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• useEma50Check - EMA 5 > EMA 50 Check value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• showSLTP - Show SL/TP Lines value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• onlyLastTrade - Only Last Trade value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• patternState - Pattern State value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• headLevel - Head Level value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• shoulderLevel - Shoulder Level value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• necklineLevel - Neckline Level value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• slLevel - Stop Loss value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• tpLevel - Take Profit value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• emaFast - EMA Fast value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• emaSlow - EMA Slow value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• emaTrend - EMA Trend value used for structural qualification or thresholds.

Strategy Example: Enter Long when buySignal is true and trendFilter == 1, ensuring trades align with dominant momentum.