Session clock
Australia, Europe, and the US change clocks on different schedules. Store timestamps in UTC and derive local labels historically.
Editorially reviewed 24 August 2026
Liquidity changes through the clock
DESK 19AUDUSD can behave differently around Sydney, Tokyo, London, and US hours, but session labels must not become post-hoc explanations. Define local and UTC windows, historical daylight-saving handling, and the last permitted entry before running the replay.
On M15, spread is a meaningful fraction of many targets. Record spread or a defensible model at the entry time, add a stressed case, and separate scheduled Australian, Chinese, and US event windows using one predeclared calendar rule.
Australia, Europe, and the US change clocks on different schedules. Store timestamps in UTC and derive local labels historically.
Report round-trip cost divided by initial stop, target, and average favourable excursion. Net results can differ even when gross patterns match.
Choose which RBA, Australian data, China-related releases, and US releases are tagged before inspecting trade outcomes.
A session effect is credible only when the clock and comparison were fixed before the result.
Sydney and other session relationships shift with daylight-saving rules. Store local session definitions, convert each historical date into the feed timezone, and distinguish ordinary liquidity from rollover or holiday conditions.
Australian policy, labour, inflation, and regional risk narratives may explain volatility, but only information known at entry can become a signal. Use a fixed event calendar and keep descriptive tags separate from decision inputs.
| Measurement | How to define it | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| Session mapping | Historical local clocks converted to feed timestamps | Prevents seasonally drifting session labels |
| Cost ratio | Spread, commission, slippage divided by stop and target | Shows when friction dominates an M15 idea |
| Event bucket | Predeclared RBA and macro windows with known timestamps | Allows honest ordinary-versus-event comparison |
| Path ambiguity | Trades with entry and exit levels inside one bar | Quantifies dependence on finer data or a collision rule |
Do not assume AUDUSD is cheap to trade at every hour. Report the spread distribution at the strategy’s actual decision times and stress thin or event conditions.
Minimum evidence label: publish the rule version, instrument and feed, timezone, dates, opportunity count, quote and cost model, unresolved-trade policy, holdout status, and uncertainty with the result.
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