GHX-01 — TREND CONTINUATION

This model waits for a clear trend to establish itself, then looks for pullbacks or continuation signals to enter. It aims to capture the middle portion of trends rather than trying to predict reversals.

• It first reads the hourly picture and will only consider a trade in the direction gold is already travelling.
• It then waits for a measured push in that direction, followed by a shallow pause that holds rather than unwinds the move.
• It takes the trade only when a completed 15-minute candle closes back in the original direction, and it declines the trade if price has already run too far to be worth joining.
• Every trade carries a stop beyond the level that would prove the idea wrong and a target at twice that distance, both fixed before the order is sent.
• If the conditions are not all present, it records a wait with the one reason that stopped it.

• Reads structure on the timeframe you set and only takes entries that agree with it.
• Waits for a measured pullback instead of buying the top of an extended candle.
• Places a stop beyond the last swing that would prove the trend wrong, sized in dollars per ounce.

The method itself is documented in full in Gold trend continuation. It explains the wider trading idea, its risks and the conditions that can invalidate it.

Performs best in markets showing clear directional movement with regular pullbacks. Works well during trending sessions and when market structure is well-defined.

• Sustained dollar or real-yield moves that push gold in one direction for days.
• London and New York hours, where gold has the volume to hold a trend.
• After a policy shift that gives gold a reason to keep going.

May struggle in choppy, ranging markets where trends frequently fail. Can experience drawdowns when trends reverse unexpectedly without warning signals.

• Tight ranges, where every pullback entry becomes a stop-out at the range edge.
• Choppy pre-data sessions when gold drifts with no participation.
• Sharp reversals on a surprise print, when the trend it was reading no longer exists.

No model is right about gold all of the time. When available, it will act only while you leave it switched on, on an account you choose and within the limits you set.

• 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.

Every order still passes the same pre-trade checks as a trade you place by hand. Reducing or closing risk is never blocked.

No demonstration trades published on this model yet. The record begins with its first closed forward-test trade.

No closed gold trades have been recorded for this model in that period.

Scope: XAUUSD only, closed trades only, grouped by London trading day, across Gold Hunts practice and real-money accounts. Cash outcomes are deliberately not published, because they depend on account size, lot size and leverage. Older rows do not always record whether the account was real or practice.

Trend Continuation trades a method Gold Hunts has already documented in full. These 7 pieces cover the rules, the sessions, the failure modes, the risk arithmetic and worked examples on XAUUSD.

• Gold trend continuation: the full method

  The institutional guide to XAUUSD trend continuation: what makes a gold trend real, the higher-timeframe filter, entry checklist, invalidation, target logic, session suitability and two fully worked gold trades.

• WHEN GOLD TREND CONTINUATION ACTUALLY PAYS

  Hour-by-hour XAUUSD trend continuation behaviour in UTC: why the London to New York overlap carries the trade, why Asia kills it, weekday and macro-week effects, DST handling and the hours to avoid.

• WHEN GOLD TREND CONTINUATION FAILS

  Why XAUUSD trend continuation fails: positioning squeezes with no macro driver, exhausted third and fourth legs, deep retracements sold as pullbacks, timeframe conflict, data resets and fixed targets that remove the tail.

• SIZING GOLD TREND TRADES

  Sizing XAUUSD trend continuation on the 100-ounce contract: pullback stops against gold ATR, overnight swap and gap risk, correlation across XAU crosses, partial exits, daily loss caps and prop-firm limits.

• THE PSYCHOLOGY OF RIDING A GOLD TREND

  The four behavioural failures that break gold trend continuation: fear of buying highs, cutting winners early, adding at the worst point, and fighting the trend after one reversal candle — with a hard rule and journal prompt for each.

• JOURNALING GOLD TREND CONTINUATION PROPERLY

  What to log on every XAUUSD trend continuation trade: trend definition used, pullback depth, entry trigger and trail method, plus edge-decay metrics — R by trend age, MFE capture ratio, hit rate by pullback depth — and a Gold Hunts walkthrough.

• THREE GOLD TREND CONTINUATION TRADES, WORKED IN FULL

  Three fully annotated XAUUSD trend continuation trades — a clean win, a valid loss, and a setup that should never have been taken — with level, entry, dollar stop, target, lot sizing from a stated balance and risk percentage, R outcome and a post-trade review.

• Higher Timeframe Bias — Takes direction from the daily chart, needs the 4-hour to agree, and enters on the hourly.

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