The idea in one line
FreightPace is a non-mainstream H1 framework built on two volume-first ideas. Instead of a fixed-period moving average, it lets volume itself decide how fast the trend line reacts, and it acts only at the moment participation surges in that same direction — no Bollinger, no RSI, no MACD.
Let a cargo-laden line decide the heading. Let a participation surge decide the moment. Board the trend only when fresh freight loads in the direction the laden line is already sailing.
The two building blocks
Elastic Volume-Weighted Moving Average
The average uses volume as its weight: heavy volume pulls it hard toward price (fast), thin volume barely moves it (slow). It behaves like the average price actually paid by everyone on board.
Volume-adaptiveHeading / regimeNo fixed periodRelative Volume
RVOL = this bar's volume divided by its own 20-bar average. A value above 1.6x means participation just spiked. We act only when RVOL freshly crosses that line — new freight arriving.
ParticipationFresh cross > 1.6xTiming triggerSignal dashboard
Execution flow
Default parameters
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| EVWMA volume window | 20 |
| RVOL average window | 20 |
| RVOL surge threshold | 1.6x |
| EVWMA slope lookback | 3 |
| ATR period (risk) | 14 |
| ATR activity floor | 0.35 x 50-bar avg |
| Stop-loss | 1.5 x ATR |
| Reward-to-risk | 1.6 |
| Max entries / day | 10 |
| Magic number | 20290817 |
| No-signal watchdog | 3 days |
| Timeframe / market | H1 · indices, crypto, currency pairs |
Default-parameter check on simulated H1 data: about 1.9 entries per day — busy enough to matter, calm enough to stay picky.