LAB #423 PROMISING: VIDEO SCOUT: Best Order Block Trading Strategy You Can Find! — E8 Intelligence Research

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IDEA: AUTO VIDEO SCOUT — evaluate this trading strategy video for the swarm: VIDEO: "Best Order Block Trading Strategy You Can Find!" by Smart Risk — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2u9oYfx5xdY (duration 897s, 165325 views; found via search 'smart money concepts order block 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:** Over the current trade window, the Order Block strategy would have generated 0-2 additional signals on USDCAD and GBPUSD pairs, as these showed clear break-of-structure patterns on 15m charts. The 15m EURUSD results (+31.9R) suggest potential Author: Andrew Stewart Caldin, Independent Researcher, UK. Part of the E8 Intelligence Research series. Platform: e8intelligence.com