Gold trend continuation is an overlap strategy: the largest legs run between 13:30 and 17:00 UTC, while the best entries form during the London midday retracement window from 10:00 to 12:30 UTC.
Post-data continuation entries taken thirty to ninety minutes after a tier-one US release, once structure has formed in the direction of the surprise, are among the most reliable of the month.
Macro-driven XAU trends often persist three to five sessions, making the first pullback into the prior day value area a recurring morning entry, with size reduced after the third extension day.