Session Open Volatility concentrates on the minutes around a gold session open, where range and spread both jump. It trades the expansion, in a strict window, and is flat outside it.
What it does: Trades only inside defined windows around the session opens. Requires expansion relative to the pre-open baseline. Stands aside outside those windows, whatever price does.
When it works: The London open and the London–New York overlap. Days with a scheduled catalyst near an open. Traders who cannot watch the market all day.
When it struggles: Wide opening spreads that make the entry cost too high. Public holidays and early closes. Sessions that open flat and stay flat.
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 Session Open Volatility 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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