Feat. add a volume profile indicator

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find what is the POC & VA in currently market structure in order to better filter entries.

Implementation Status

Research Complete

• POC (Point of Control): Price level with highest traded volume - acts as price magnet
• VAH/VAL: Value Area boundaries (~70% of volume) - key S/R levels
• HVN/LVN: High/Low volume nodes for filtering entries

Volume Profile Indicator

• Location: MQL5/Indicators/Examples/VolumeProfile.mq5
• Compiled: VolumeProfile.ex5
• Features: POC, VAH, VAL lines, VA shading, HVN/LVN detection

EA Integration Helper

• Location: OBInclude/volumeProfile.mqh
• CVPHelper class with GetPOC(), GetVAH(), GetVAL(), IsPriceInValueArea()

Forensics Analysis

• Module H added to forensics.py
• Analyzes entry distance to POC and VA zone

Next Steps

1. Add VP levels to dataset export (exportOB.mqh)
2. Run forensics with VP analysis
3. Test VP-based filters in backtest

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VP Export Implementation — commit f0de0d9

Added D1 Volume Profile approximation to EA dataset export:

exportOB.mqh changes:

• At export time, fetches the 24 H1 candles of the previous D1 session
• Computes vp_poc_price = tick-volume-weighted average price (VWAP) — approximates POC
• vp_vah_price = session high, vp_val_price = session low (full day range as value area)
• 3 new CSV columns appended before outcome/r_multiple

build_dataset.py: VP columns added to DETECT_FEATS for ML training

forensics.py: Fixed syntax error in Module H (missing closing parenthesis on line 872)

Next steps:

1. Run a full backtest with the updated EA (requires touch OrderBlock.mq5 && bash backtest.sh)
2. Run python3 build_dataset.py to rebuild dataset with VP columns
3. Run python3 forensics.py --skip-backtest to execute Module H analysis
4. If VP proximity to POC shows signal (>10pp win rate difference), design a filter test

[cfournel]

VP export implemented and committed (f0de0d9). Changes:

• exportOB.mqh: fetches 24 H1 candles from previous D1 session, computes tick-volume-weighted VWAP as POC, daily H/L as VAH/VAL. Exports vp_poc_price, vp_vah_price, vp_val_price columns.
• build_dataset.py: VP columns added to DETECT_FEATS
• forensics.py: Module H syntax error fixed, implementation complete

Pending verification: MT5 is currently running trailing stop sweep (7+ hours of tests). Once sweeps complete, will run:

1. touch OrderBlock.mq5 && bash backtest.sh — compile new code + generate VP-enabled CSV
2. python3 build_dataset.py — rebuild dataset with VP columns
3. python3 forensics.py --skip-backtest — run Module H analysis

[cfournel]

VP Export Verified ✓

After forcing recompile with touch OrderBlock.mq5 && bash backtest.sh, the binary was rebuilt (11:21 CET) and the exported CSV now contains VP columns:

...,atr,spread,bid,ask,vp_poc_price,vp_vah_price,vp_val_price,outcome,r_multiple

Total columns: 55 (was 52 before VP export was added).

The VP data (D1 VWAP as POC, previous session H/L as VAH/VAL) is now captured in all OB lifecycle events.

build_dataset.py already reads vp_poc_price, vp_vah_price, vp_val_price as DETECT_FEATS — no script changes needed.

[cfournel]

Closing: VP export verified working in recompiled binary. Columns vp_poc_price, vp_vah_price, vp_val_price present in ob_data CSVs.