# AIMS The Seed Strategy & Confluence Workflows

**AIMS The Seed** offers a pure price action framework for trading volatility expansion following compression.

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## The Seed Breakout Playbook[​](#the-seed-breakout-playbook "Direct link to The Seed Breakout Playbook")

When an Inside Bar ("The Seed") prints, volatility has contracted to a coiling point:



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## Tactical Execution Protocols[​](#tactical-execution-protocols "Direct link to Tactical Execution Protocols")

### 1. Trend-Continuation Seed Breakout[​](#1-trend-continuation-seed-breakout "Direct link to 1. Trend-Continuation Seed Breakout")

* **Rule**: Ensure the candle color matches the prevailing trend (e.g. Green candle in an uptrend, with price above the Session Open line).
* **Execution**: Place a `Buy Stop` order 1 pip above the high of the Mother Bar.
* **Stop Loss**: Place 1 pip below the low of the Mother Bar or The Seed.

### 2. Straddle Breakout (Equilibrium Compression)[​](#2-straddle-breakout-equilibrium-compression "Direct link to 2. Straddle Breakout (Equilibrium Compression)")

* When multiple Seeds print consecutively (double or triple inside bars), place a `Buy Stop` above the Mother Bar High and a `Sell Stop` below the Mother Bar Low.
* Cancel the un-triggered stop once the breakout triggers.