Gold (XAU/USD) Sell stop
Gold (XAU/USD) chart
Levels
- Entry
- 4,035.27 zone 4,033.15 to 4,037.39
- Stop loss
- 4,107.35 72.1 dollars from entry
- Target 1
- 3,963.19 not reached
- Target 2
- 3,891.11 not reached
- Target 3
- 3,819.03 not reached
One third of the trade closes at each target, and the stop moves to the entry after target 1.
Breakout bracket
Breakout bracket: buy above 4,107.35 or sell below 4,035.27. Both orders were published together and the first one to fill cancels the other.
The other side is Buy stop #6 (expired).
Why this trade
This sell stop on Gold at 4035.27 is generated by the ForexR Gold London Breakout mechanical rule, which places orders 50 cents outside the Asian session range. The stop loss at 4107.35 sits just above the range high. Currently, the Asian range is a massive $71.08, and hourly volatility is running well above average. While the daily trend leans bearish, reaching the first target at 3963.19 requires a further $72 drop. This would push the day's total range beyond $143, almost double the daily average (ATR $84.43), making it a stretch to achieve before the trade expires at the New York close.
ChartPrice structure on the chart: trend, levels, volatility.
About the strategy: Gold London breakout
The rules of the ForexR Gold London Breakout EA. The Asian session range (18:00 to 02:00 New York time) is bracketed with a buy stop 50 cents above its high and a sell stop 50 cents below its low; the first to trigger cancels the other. It only trades when the range is at least $5 and hourly volatility (ATR 14) is at or above its 480-hour average. Orders wait until 08:00 New York; open trades close at 17:00 New York. Targets are 1R, 2R and 3R.
Caveat: 2023 was about break-even. The volatility filter was found on the same data, so it is not a clean out-of-sample test.
The idea, explained: The London breakout strategy
Timeline
- Signal published 4,049.80
- Reason added
- Confidence scored Score 25
- Risk tag added High Risk, as of its publish time
- Expired
Proof it was not edited
When this signal was published, its fixed fields were written to a record and fingerprinted with SHA-256. The fingerprint also contains the one before it, so a change anywhere breaks the chain. You can check it in your browser.
- Hash
- ec3e15add7ee75f62016d6babd8fd300d1b1dc3eb40d4b175efe7e46f0f2276d
- Previous hash
- b959fa473352d1e56ff3e974c4202ed9d0abf6ff1d2aa786ad4b9b34c7f8f6d0
Show the signed record
{"v":1,"symbol":"XAUUSD","side":"sell","order_type":"stop","timeframe":"1h","strategy":"gold_london_bo","source":"data","oco_group":"gold_london_bo:XAUUSD:2026-11-06","entry":"4035.27","zone_lo":"4033.15","zone_hi":"4037.39","sl":"4107.35","tp1":"3963.19","tp2":"3891.11","tp3":"3819.03","created_at":"2026-11-06T07:01:02Z","expires_at":"2026-11-06T13:00:00Z","max_close_at":"2026-11-06T22:00:00Z","prev_hash":"b959fa473352d1e56ff3e974c4202ed9d0abf6ff1d2aa786ad4b9b34c7f8f6d0"}
Risk High Risk
- Track record: passed
Its rule was profitable after costs in every period we tested.
- Type of trading: passed
Intraday trade, not a scalping or news trade.
- News: flagged
A high-impact release is due while the order waits or early in the trade: Nonfarm Payrolls, Average Hourly Earnings (MoM), Average Hourly Earnings (YoY) on 6 Nov at 13:30 UTC.
- Costs: passed
The spread is a small share of the stop distance (under 10%).
High Risk means at least one check flagged this trade. Size it smaller, or skip it if you only follow Cautious signals. This signal was published before risk tags existed; its tag was added afterwards, from the facts at its publish time.
Confidence
Reaching the target requires today's total range to approach $143, nearly double the daily average, making it unlikely before the New York close.
Not enough closed signals scored 20-29 yet (0 of 20 needed), so there is no measured hit rate to show.
Confidence is a score from 0 to 100 given by an AI model. It is checked against how signals in the same band really ended, so treat the measured rate as the evidence, not the score. Reading a track record