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Trader Jo · locked rules template · staging
Template pending: no video transcripts yet
Trader Jo · provisional setup from posts/catalogue: 15m ORB + FVG
Template coded in system: No
No Jo template. Generic orb_basic.yaml enters on the first close, with no FVG/OB retrace.
Template pending: no video transcripts yet
Source notes so far (draft, not a template, not used as an A+ gate)
Google Doc "ORB Trader joe" (google_doc_export.txt); watch YT ct2NPCrBr88.
01. Instrument & data
Enable ........................... True
Instrument ...................... NQ [catalogue themes]
EntryTimeframe .................. 1m or 5m [Google Doc ORB Trader joe]02. Sessions
Enable ........................... True
TimeZone ........................ America/New_York
ORBCandle ....................... 09:30–09:45 (first 15m) [Google Doc ORB Trader joe]03. Bias
Enable ........................... True
DailyBias ....................... Daily bias / draw on liquidity [Google Doc ORB Trader joe]
RequireHTFFVGDelivery ........... True [Google Doc ORB Trader joe]04. Setup
Enable ........................... True
BreakConfirm .................... 1m/5m close above (bull) / below (bear) the 15m ORB [Google Doc ORB Trader joe]05. Entry
Enable ........................... True
EntryTrigger .................... Retrace into an FVG or OB overlapping the ORB level [Google Doc ORB Trader joe]06. Stop loss
Enable ........................... not stated
StopMode ........................ not stated07. Take profit
Enable ........................... True
TargetMode ...................... Draw on liquidity [Google Doc ORB Trader joe]08. Risk & limits
Enable ........................... not stated
MaxTradesPerDay ................. not stated
RiskPerTrade .................... not stated09. Filters
Enable ........................... not stated
NewsFilter ...................... not stated
15m ORB (09:30–09:45 ET) high/low charted · Google Doc ORB Trader joe
Daily bias / draw on liquidity determined · Google Doc ORB Trader joe
1m/5m close through the ORB in the bias direction · Google Doc ORB Trader joe
FVG or order block overlapping the ORB level; price retraces into it · Google Doc ORB Trader joe
Price delivering from an HTF FVG · Google Doc ORB Trader joe
Target the draw on liquidity · Google Doc ORB Trader joe
Testing rules
Tuning 1 Jan – 30 Apr · four months testOut-of-sample 1 May – 31 Jul · three months testHoldout 1 Aug – 14 Sep · about six weeks testCommission $5 round turn, NQ
01
Lock the rules before testing
Every rule is written in full as a parameter list (sessions, setup conditions, entry, stop, target, max trades, bias) with a version number and a date before any data is run. Nothing changes once testing starts. Any change is a new version, and that version starts again at rule 1.
Name the instrument and the data file. Times are New York time, prices are rounded to the tick, and contract roll weeks are removed. The same cleaned data is used in every window.
This is the only window where settings can be adjusted. Rank settings by net profit after commission. Anything with fewer than 100 trades doesn't qualify. Keep the top 20 and lock them.
Out-of-sample: 1 May to 31 Jul (three months test)
Run the locked settings once, exactly as they are. No changes after seeing the results. A setting passes if it makes a net profit and has a profit factor above 1.
A trade only counts if it passes the trader's written A-plus checklist at entry: right session, liquidity swept, bias agrees, entry model confirmed, and stop and target where the checklist says. Failures are logged as B or C trades and kept out of the results.
Every known real A-plus trade from the trader's videos or posts is traced through the A-plus definition, each filter (session, bias, sweep, timeframe, news, caps), the Roman/ZZ entry path (trigger, confirmation, order type, expiry) and the fill. Record the exact step where each one dies. Misses are fixed in the next version, never the current one.
Every result shows, in order: test number, instrument, length in words, average trade, profit factor, win rate, equity curve; then average signed ticks, trade count and drawdown.
Windows run in order, with no extra out-of-sample passes and no retuning after a peek. Under 100 trades or under about three months is a diagnostic, not a pass.