Consolidation Expansion works on longer sideways phases than the compression model. It maps the consolidation, waits for a decisive exit and trades the expansion, treating a return inside as invalidation.
What it does: Maps the consolidation boundaries over several sessions. Requires a decisive exit, with a close beyond the boundary. Treats a return inside the consolidation as invalidation.
When it works: Multi-day gold balance that finally resolves. Ahead of a repricing driven by policy or inflation data. Markets with clear, widely watched boundaries.
When it struggles: Consolidations that keep widening rather than resolving. Repeated fake exits at the boundary. Any period where the boundaries cannot be defined cleanly.
What the trader controls: Risk per trade, as a percentage of the account or a cash amount. Daily loss limit — once hit, no new entries for the rest of the London trading day. Maximum open positions on gold at any one time. Sessions it may trade, and whether high-impact news blocks new entries. You can switch the model off at any time, and reducing or closing risk is never blocked.
The method behind Consolidation Expansion is documented in full under XAU session breakout at https://goldhunts.com/gold-strategies/xau-session-breakout. GoldHunts publishes win rate and sample size for closed XAUUSD trades only — never profit or loss figures, and never a projection.
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