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LAB #394 NEUTRAL: VIDEO SCOUT: I Tested RSI-2 on 500 Stocks Over 10 Years — Complete Results — E8 Intelligence Research

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Abstract

IDEA: AUTO VIDEO SCOUT — evaluate this trading strategy video for the swarm: VIDEO: "I Tested RSI-2 on 500 Stocks Over 10 Years — Complete Results" by Backtest Everything — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEAlK2qQrdQ (duration 330s, 187 views; found via search 'RSI-2 mean reversion strategy backtest'). TASK FOR MERLIN: From the title, channel and your knowledge of this trader/method, identify the strategy being taught. Judge it for OUR use: we scalp fast (15s-7m charts), long or short, targets set by E8 sacred geometry BEFORE entry. State what the method gets right, where it is weak, and exactly how E8 node/rhythm logic would improve on it. Verdict PROMISING only if a concrete, testable edge exists that we can code into the Replay Bench. **SAME-WINDOW EFFECT:** If RSI-2 had been live over the current trade window, it would have triggered no trades. The strategy requires a 2-period RSI below 10 on daily or multi-day bars to enter long — none of the current 15s–7m scalps meet that co Author: Andrew Stewart Caldin, Independent Researcher, UK. Part of the E8 Intelligence Research series. Platform: e8intelligence.com

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View paper (DOI)Open access versionOpenAlexZenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)Published 2026-07-31

Authors: Andrew Stewart Caldin