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  • #1
  • First Post: Aug 18, 2025 8:23pm Aug 18, 2025 8:23pm
Hello Everybody :-)

I am starting this thread for interactive discussion on Gold Trading and give my Trading Levels and Management of trading gold. I day trade the Gold with my EA takes care of getting out of the trades. The daily levels (I call them Bounce Points) of 1hr and 4hr fractals are decided and limit (both sell and buy) orders with an initial SL are placed at the start of the day and the SL/TP exit is managed by the EA.

I was giving all the trades and levels on the Gold in "Interactive Forums", before I was "ignored" by ChiForex, the owner of that thread, without telling me why; so I am not able to write there... hence starting a new thread here. I hope it will be helpful for people trading Gold and learning to trade.

You are free to ask questions and write your opinions on Gold Trading here. But please keep it to Trading and Gold Only :-)
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  • #2
  • Aug 18, 2025 8:25pm Aug 18, 2025 8:25pm
Here is the analysis of the results for my last 20 days of bounce trades taken and posted on the Gold Interactive Forum:
No. of Trades : 47
Net Profit : 23 points
Max Drawdown : 6.5 points
Profit Factor : 2.02

For a 1.5% of max risk on every trade (1.5 points), its a return of 23% in 20 trading days, which is pretty good. The max drawdown was (maximum it went down from a high (equity)) 6.5%...

You can check those post on that... will continue it here from now on
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  • #3
  • Edited 11:43pm Aug 18, 2025 8:29pm | Edited 11:43pm
Yesterday I had three orders executed... with the following results: -1.5, +8, -1.0

We will keep a track of the trades each day

Day Date Trades Net
----- ---------- ------ -----
Day 21 18-Aug-2025 3 +5.5

Attached is the snapshot of the one trade which hit the TP :-)
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  • #4
  • Aug 18, 2025 8:35pm Aug 18, 2025 8:35pm
Here are three levels I am trading today, 2 Sell Levels and 1 Buy Level:

Short : 3341.32, 3344.80
Long : 3315.17

All with initial SL of 1.5 points. When the trade hits and goes in favour, will squeeze that... will get back with trade management when they get executed.
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  • #5
  • Aug 18, 2025 10:17pm Aug 18, 2025 10:17pm
Quoting thedaytrader
Here are three levels I am trading today, 2 Sell Levels and 1 Buy Level: Short : 3341.32, 3344.80 Long : 3315.17 All with initial SL of 1.5 points. When the trade hits and goes in favour, will squeeze that... will get back with trade management when they get executed.
In the first short trade of the day at 3341.32... tightening the SL to -1.0
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  • #6
  • Aug 18, 2025 10:35pm Aug 18, 2025 10:35pm
Quoting thedaytrader
{quote} In the first short trade of the day at 3341.32... tightening the SL to -1.0
Reducing the SL further to -0.5 points...
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  • #7
  • Aug 18, 2025 10:40pm Aug 18, 2025 10:40pm
Quoting thedaytrader
{quote} Reducing the SL further to -0.5 points...
SL to breakeven now... TP is 8 points with a SL trail of higher of the two fractals back on a one 1-min chart...
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  • #8
  • Aug 18, 2025 10:49pm Aug 18, 2025 10:49pm
Quoting thedaytrader
{quote} SL to breakeven now... TP is 8 points with a SL trail of higher of the two fractals back on a one 1-min chart...
Trailing SL moved to 3339.53...
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  • #9
  • Aug 18, 2025 10:55pm Aug 18, 2025 10:55pm
Quoting thedaytrader
{quote} Trailing SL moved to 3339.53...
Trailing SL moved to 3338.55...
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  • #10
  • Aug 18, 2025 10:58pm Aug 18, 2025 10:58pm
Quoting thedaytrader
{quote} Trailing SL moved to 3338.55...
Trailing SL moved to 3338.36...
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  • #11
  • Aug 18, 2025 11:01pm Aug 18, 2025 11:01pm
Quoting thedaytrader
{quote} Trailing SL moved to 3338.36...
Trailing SL moved to 3338.22
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  • #12
  • Aug 18, 2025 11:04pm Aug 18, 2025 11:04pm
Quoting thedaytrader
{quote} Trailing SL moved to 3338.22
Stopped out with a 3.1 points profit :-)

Attached trade... Waiting for the next...
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  • #13
  • Aug 19, 2025 12:22am Aug 19, 2025 12:22am
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  • #14
  • Aug 19, 2025 12:39am Aug 19, 2025 12:39am
Quoting PatienceFx
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So what was the reason you took the short position...
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  • #15
  • Aug 19, 2025 1:13am Aug 19, 2025 1:13am
Quoting thedaytrader
{quote} So what was the reason you took the short position...
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  • #16
  • Aug 19, 2025 1:27am Aug 19, 2025 1:27am
Quoting PatienceFx
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Cool... so stochastic with 5,3,3... do you have a TP/SL ?
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  • #17
  • Aug 19, 2025 1:33am Aug 19, 2025 1:33am
Quoting thedaytrader
{quote} Cool... so stochastic with 5,3,3... do you have a TP/SL ?
actually i added stoch to just give a random reason, main thing is that powel may not cut rates prompting usd to appreciate forcing people to cut gold longs
  • #18
  • Aug 19, 2025 1:37am Aug 19, 2025 1:37am
Quoting PatienceFx
{quote} actually i added stoch to just give a random reason, main thing is that powel may not cut rates prompting usd to appreciate forcing people to cut gold longs
the target comes on daily, rising lows
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  • #19
  • Aug 19, 2025 1:38am Aug 19, 2025 1:38am
Quoting PatienceFx
{quote} actually i added stoch to just give a random reason, main thing is that powel may not cut rates prompting usd to appreciate forcing people to cut gold longs
So a short on H1 based on Powell's rate decision which isn't due till 16th September?
Its all just one persons opinion
  • #20
  • Aug 19, 2025 1:38am Aug 19, 2025 1:38am
Quoting PatienceFx
{quote} actually i added stoch to just give a random reason, main thing is that powel may not cut rates prompting usd to appreciate forcing people to cut gold longs
That sounds a bit better than Stoch

This will be on Fri, right ? So you plan to hold it thru...
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