LAB #384 NEUTRAL: VIDEO SCOUT: Backtesting Quarterly Theory with ES & NQ — E8 Intelligence Research

Abstract

IDEA: AUTO VIDEO SCOUT — evaluate this trading strategy video for the swarm: VIDEO: "Backtesting Quarterly Theory with ES & NQ" by FX Replay — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-Efgf6kNGk (duration 2894s, 10310 views; found via search 'quarterly theory trading strategy'). 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 this Quarterly Theory + SMT divergence method had been live over the current trade window, none of the existing eToro trades would have been directly affected — the strategy is fundamentally different in time horizon and entry logic. The method targets Author: Andrew Stewart Caldin, Independent Researcher, UK. Part of the E8 Intelligence Research series. Platform: e8intelligence.com