Sonarcast strategies (S1-S7)
Seven kinds of trading idea the scanner looks for. Each has its own conditions, its own stages and its own preferred market phase.
Updated September 4, 2026
Why seven and not one
Different market situations produce different opportunities, and a single rule cannot describe them all. Rather than one universal signal, the scanner runs seven separate ideas and reports which one matches.
Each carries its own conditions and its own lifecycle, so "a setup appeared" is always accompanied by which kind — because the kind determines what to expect.
The seven
Each code corresponds to a recognisable situation:
- S1 Pump Exhaustion — a vertical rise where buying has stopped keeping pace. A fade of a move that has run out.
- S2 Liquidity Sweep Reversal — an extreme is pierced, stops are taken, and price returns inside. Reversal after liquidity was consumed.
- S3 Failed Breakout — price leaves a range and cannot hold outside it. The failure itself is the idea.
- S4 Double Top / Double Bottom — two attempts at the same extreme, the second one failing.
- S5 CHoCH after Trend — the first structural break against an established trend.
- S6 Trend Continuation — a pullback inside an intact trend, in the direction of that trend.
- S7 Trend Reversal — a full structural turn after an extended move.
The score, and what it does not mean
Each setup gets a base score (0-100) for how cleanly the conditions of its own strategy are met — pattern quality, not probability of profit.
The phase multiplier then adjusts it: the same S1 is worth more in exhaustion than during an active pump. Two setups with the same score are not equally attractive if their phases differ.
What they do not do
None of them says buy or sell. A setup is a description of a situation the rule engine recognised, with its stage, its score and the factors for and against it.
The decision stays with you. That is not a legal formality — the scanner has no idea what you already hold, what you can risk, or how long you can watch a position.
Common questions
- Which strategy is the best?
- They describe different situations, so the question does not have an answer. What matters is whether the current phase suits the strategy — a fade in an accelerating pump is a bad trade no matter how clean the pattern.
- Does a score of 90 mean it will work?
- No. The score measures how cleanly the pattern matches its own rules. Nothing in it forecasts the outcome, and the phase multiplier can raise or lower it without the pattern changing at all.
- Can several strategies fire on one coin?
- Yes, and it is worth noticing: different ideas pointing the same way is a form of confluence. Pointing opposite ways means the situation is genuinely ambiguous.