How deep should a gold pullback be before I enter?

Typically between 38.2% and 61.8% of the prior impulse leg on XAUUSD. Shallower than 23.6% usually means the pullback is unfinished, while deeper than 78.6% puts the trend structure itself in question.

How do I tell a gold dip from a reversal?

By shape rather than depth. A corrective dip drifts against the trend on overlapping candles with declining range; a reversal retraces on large one-directional candles whose bodies match or exceed the impulse leg.

What confirms a gold pullback entry?

A 5- or 15-minute rejection candle inside a confluence zone where the 50% retracement, the 15-minute 20 EMA, VWAP or a broken swing level overlap — with the stop just beyond the pullback extreme plus a buffer.

Gold Pullback Entries: Buying the XAU Dip

Gold pullback entries are defined by two measurements: retracement depth, where 38.2% to 61.8% of the impulse leg is the continuation zone on XAUUSD, and pullback shape, where corrective overlapping candles are healthy and impulsive one-directional candles warn of reversal.

The strongest entries stack confluence — the 50% retracement, the 15-minute 20 EMA, session VWAP and a broken swing level within a few dollars — and trigger on a rejection candle inside that zone.

Stops sit beyond the pullback extreme plus a buffer, with the prior impulse extreme as the first target before trailing.