Trend Follower

Directional strategy for confirmed momentum.

Best used when

trend is strong and persistent
structure supports continuation
liquidity is normal
Hermes wants to follow momentum instead of fading it

Avoid when

price is range-bound
trend strength is weak or noisy
event risk is high
the market is too chaotic for clean continuation

Core parameters

trade_side: buy, sell, or both
order_notional_quote: quote-currency notional per order
max_order_notional_quote: optional quote notional cap per order
entry_offset_pct: offset from market for entries
exit_offset_pct: offset for exits or reversals
cooldown_ticks: pause between actions

Hermes policy mapping

Hermes controls whether the side is active.
Hermes may set the quote notional and offsets.

Notes

Hermes decides when trend following is allowed.
Trader maps policy to concrete order behavior.
The strategy reports side, quote notional, and policy-derived settings.
trade_side lets Hermes or the operator run a long-only, short-only, or symmetric directional instance.
live fee rates are used directly, so the strategy does not need a configured fee fallback.