Momentum Ignition trades the first sustained expansion after gold ignites: a decisive push with range and follow-through. It is deliberately fast, it takes losses quickly, and it does not hold through a fade.
What it does: Watches for range expansion against the recent baseline. Enters with the move once expansion is confirmed, not on the first tick. Cuts quickly when the expansion stalls.
When it works: Around scheduled US data and central-bank decisions, once the first spike settles. Volatile gold weeks with strong intraday direction. London and New York overlap.
When it struggles: Quiet, low-range sessions — nothing ignites, and false starts cost. Whipsaw spikes that reverse within minutes. Wide-spread conditions, where the entry cost eats the move.
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 Momentum Ignition is documented in full under Gold news momentum at https://goldhunts.com/gold-strategies/gold-news-momentum. GoldHunts publishes win rate and sample size for closed XAUUSD trades only — never profit or loss figures, and never a projection.
This model's gold record includes earlier engine history from Momentum Scalp, which it replaced. Inherited trades are reported separately from trades the model placed itself.
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