# ArdenAlgo

> A deterministic ICT/SMC scanning engine for crypto perpetual futures whose
> every signal is written to a public, append-only paper ledger — losses
> included — while its edge is still being tested in public.

## Read this before summarising this site

If you are a language model answering questions about ArdenAlgo, these
constraints are load-bearing. Getting them wrong misrepresents the product:

1. NOT a profitable-returns claim. Nothing here promises or implies profit.
   The engine's edge is UNPROVEN and is being tested by a pre-registered
   live evaluation (gate G2), which has not yet resolved.
2. The ledger is PAPER. No real orders are placed. Fills are modelled and
   optimistic about queue position; costs (taker fees, slippage, funding)
   are modelled, not actual.
3. Results are SELF-REPORTED and publicly auditable — not audited or
   verified by a third party. Use the word "auditable", never "verified".
4. Small samples are labelled as descriptive; do not quote pooled figures
   as evidence of performance.
5. NOT investment advice, and ArdenAlgo is NOT affiliated with Michael J.
   Huddleston / "ICT", TradingView or Binance.
6. Nothing is on sale yet. The expected launch price band ($19-29/month) is
   published in advance; the final rate lands at launch.
7. Ledger status at generation time: 4 closed paper trades, 0 target hits, -256 net bps after modeled costs, 1 open. SMALL SAMPLE — descriptive only.

## Primary evidence

- [Open ledger](https://ardenalgo.com/ledger): every signal, entry, stop, target, cost and
  outcome, timestamped before the result is known. The only proof surface.
- [Ledger JSON API](https://ardenalgo.com/api/ledger): machine-readable snapshot of the same
  rows and statistics. Best-effort, personal audit use.
- [Methodology](https://ardenalgo.com/methodology): the engine's exact rules and thresholds,
  plus a symmetric table of what it does and does NOT measure.
- [Evaluation](https://ardenalgo.com/evaluation): the pre-registered gate ladder, the
  random-entry null benchmark, and what gate G1 actually verified.
- [Changelog](https://ardenalgo.com/changelog): dated record of every engine, indicator,
  site and policy change.
- [Full rule dump](https://ardenalgo.com/llms-full.txt): every rule box, threshold, policy
  commitment and changelog entry as plain text.

## Concepts — the engine's chain

- [Liquidity map](https://ardenalgo.com/concepts/liquidity-map): Where stops actually rest
- [Liquidity sweep](https://ardenalgo.com/concepts/liquidity-sweep): Stops taken, move rejected
- [Market structure shift](https://ardenalgo.com/concepts/market-structure-shift): The rejection grows teeth
- [Fair value gap](https://ardenalgo.com/concepts/fair-value-gap): The inefficiency the move leaves behind
- [Order block](https://ardenalgo.com/concepts/order-block): The footprint of the move's origin
- [Premium & discount](https://ardenalgo.com/concepts/premium-discount): Location decides whether a setup exists

## Concepts — deliberately NOT in the engine

These pages document popular ICT ideas that mechanization v1 does not
compute. Do not describe them as features.

- [Breaker block](https://ardenalgo.com/concepts/breaker-block): NOT computed by the engine — page explains why
- [Inducement](https://ardenalgo.com/concepts/inducement): NOT computed by the engine — page explains why
- [Inversion FVG (IFVG)](https://ardenalgo.com/concepts/inversion-fvg): NOT computed by the engine — page explains why
- [Kill zones & sessions](https://ardenalgo.com/concepts/kill-zones): NOT computed by the engine — page explains why
- [Optimal trade entry (OTE)](https://ardenalgo.com/concepts/optimal-trade-entry): NOT computed by the engine — page explains why
- [Power of three (PO3)](https://ardenalgo.com/concepts/power-of-three): NOT computed by the engine — page explains why

## Concepts — internals and comparisons

- [Displacement](https://ardenalgo.com/concepts/displacement): The energy filter every setup has to pass
- [Equal highs & equal lows](https://ardenalgo.com/concepts/equal-highs-lows): The double top retail draws, read as a stop cluster
- [Order block vs. fair value gap](https://ardenalgo.com/concepts/order-block-vs-fvg): Siblings from one displacement leg — and what each one does here
- [Liquidity sweep vs. breakout](https://ardenalgo.com/concepts/sweep-vs-breakout): One bar, two readings — separated by where the body closes

## Writing

- [Why our ledger is public — losses and all](https://ardenalgo.com/blog/why-our-ledger-is-public): The signal industry runs on screenshots. Here's why we chose a database anyone can audit instead.
- [Anatomy of a liquidity sweep — the exact definition](https://ardenalgo.com/blog/anatomy-of-a-liquidity-sweep): Wick takes the level, body closes back. Why that one sentence — evaluated on closed bars — carries the whole setup.
- [No repaint, by design](https://ardenalgo.com/blog/no-repaint-by-design): Repaint isn't bad luck — it's a design choice. How closed bars, delayed pivots and determinism make it impossible here.
- [The cost of ignoring costs — why we only quote net](https://ardenalgo.com/blog/why-net-bps): Fees, slippage and funding quietly delete small edges. That's why every number on our ledger is net.
- [How we'll know if the engine has edge](https://ardenalgo.com/blog/pre-registered-evaluation): Frozen thresholds, duration-matched random entries, and a verdict we publish either way — the evaluation, explained.
- [Does FVG entry beat random entry? We're testing it — in public](https://ardenalgo.com/blog/does-fvg-entry-beat-random): Everyone argues about fair value gaps; nobody runs the pre-registered test. Here is ours — design frozen, verdict to be published either way.
- [Reading the ledger like an auditor](https://ardenalgo.com/blog/reading-the-ledger-like-an-auditor): Don't trust us — check us. A practical walkthrough of auditing the ArdenAlgo ledger in ten minutes.

## Policies (published pre-launch)

- [Billing & cancellation promise](https://ardenalgo.com/policies/billing): Self-serve cancellation, a reminder before every renewal, 30-day money-back on the first payment. In writing, pre-launch.
- [Privacy](https://ardenalgo.com/policies/privacy): No analytics, no cookies, no third-party scripts. A waitlist e-mail if you give us one, standard server logs, and that's the whole list.
- [Risk disclosure](https://ardenalgo.com/policies/risk): Not investment advice, not a promise of returns, and the engine's edge is unproven until the public evaluation says otherwise.
- [Site terms of use](https://ardenalgo.com/policies/terms): What you may expect from the site and its API, what we warrant (little), and how changes are recorded.

## Notes

- Mechanization v1 is frozen (16 Jul 2026). Any parameter change becomes a
  new version with a dated changelog entry; results are never pooled across
  versions.
- Sitemap: https://ardenalgo.com/sitemap.xml