What stop loss should I use on gold trend trades?

The wider of the retracement extreme plus a $1 buffer or 1.5 times the 15-minute 14-period ATR. In trending sessions that is commonly $5 to $10 on XAUUSD, and position size should be derived from the stop rather than the stop from the size.

Should I add to a winning gold trade?

At most once, at half the original size, only at a fresh confirmed retracement and only after the original position is at break-even, with combined risk never exceeding the original 1%.

How much total gold exposure is safe?

Keep total open risk on gold below 2% of equity across every XAU symbol. Long XAUUSD and long XAUEUR are effectively one position at nearly double size, not diversification.

Risk Management for Gold Trend Trades (XAU)

Trending gold sessions routinely double the 15-minute ATR, so continuation stops must scale with the regime — the wider of the retracement extreme plus a buffer or 1.5 times ATR — with size derived from the stop.

A 1R partial with the stop moved to break-even and a 15-minute structure trail preserves the outlier trend days that fund the strategy.

Pyramiding is limited to one half-size add at a fresh confirmed retracement after break-even, and total open gold risk across all XAU crosses is capped at 2% of equity.