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AIMS Bubble EA — Strategy & Methodology Guide

The AIMS Bubble EA executes two complementary strategies under a single unified architecture: Super Stretched Exhaustion Reversals and Centre-Band Snap-Back Pullbacks.

1. Strategy 1: The Two-Tier Super Exhaustion Reversal​

The greatest danger when trading counter-trend exhaustion is fading a high-momentum expansion candle too early. The EA uses a two-tier state machine to guarantee timing precision:

Setup Rules:​

  1. Tier 1 (Arming): On a completed candle close, price must simultaneously satisfy:
    • Keltner Stretch $|E| \ge 2.25$
    • Penetration beyond the 20-period 2.0 SD Bollinger Band
    • Stochastic (5/3/3) $< 20$ (oversold) or $> 80$ (overbought)
    • RSI (14) $< 30$ (oversold) or $> 70$ (overbought)
    • State is armed for up to 3 bars.
  2. Tier 2 (Trigger): On the next candle, the EA looks for structural recovery:
    • For Oversold: First green bar (Close > Open), Inside Bar, or Bull Fruit.
    • For Overbought: First red bar (Close < Open), Inside Bar, or Bear Fruit.
  3. Execution:
    • Places a Buy Stop / Sell Stop order with 1-pip buffer.
    • 3-bar order expiration: stale orders are automatically purged.
    • Max ATR Guard: Setup is rejected if the Stop Loss distance exceeds 2.5x ATR.

2. Strategy 2: Centre-Band Snap-Back Pullback​

In a strong trending environment, price expands to the outer containment band (|E| >= 2.25), exhausts, and pulls back toward the 20 EMA centre band (|E| <= 1.0).

When the 20 EMA maintains strong directional slope (|Slope| >= 0.02) and a confirmed Fruit candle forms inside the centre band, the EA enters in the direction of the macro trend to ride the next impulse wave.

3. Universal Model A (Pure Free Trade) Invariant Standard​

Like all 5 flagship AIMS Expert Advisors, AIMSBubbleEA enforces the Universal Model A Architecture:

  1. 50% Realized Profit Bank at +1.0R: When open profit reaches $+1.0R$ (1x Initial Risk), 50% of the position volume is closed into realized cash profit.
  2. Structural Stop Loss (Zero Premature BE): The Stop Loss is never moved to artificial break-even. It remains anchored to the swing climax wick, preventing normal pullbacks from prematurely stopping out profitable trades.
  3. Uncapped Profit Potential: Zero artificial Take Profit ceiling. Runners are allowed to capture full multi-day macro moves.
  4. Keltner Midline Trailing: Dynamic trailing stop anchors to the 20 EMA Midline, providing natural trend-riding containment.