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The Gold Trading Blog: page 4
Articles 73–96 of 211, newest first, all published 30 October 2026. Looking for something specific? Search every article on page 1 or browse by topic.
Why Does the Gold Spread Widen at Rollover? XAUUSD at the Daily Close
Why the XAUUSD spread jumps at the 5 pm New York daily close, what real hourly data shows about that hour, and how to trade around it.
Why Was My Gold Stop-Loss Hit When Price Didn't Touch It?
Charts show the bid; short stops trigger on the ask. Why your XAUUSD stop was hit without the candle touching it, and how to fix it.
Gold News Straddle Strategy: Why Straddling NFP and CPI Blows Accounts, Tested on Real Releases
A buy-stop/sell-stop straddle around 44 real NFP and CPI releases on gold, with three spread and slippage scenarios and the account paths that result.
Gold Grid Trading and Hedging Strategies: Why They Blow Accounts, Simulated on Real XAUUSD Prices
Fixed-spacing buy, sell and two-way gold grids plus a zone-recovery hedge, simulated on two years of real hourly XAUUSD prices with a $10,000 account.
Gold Martingale Strategy: Why Doubling After Losses Blows Accounts, Simulated on Real XAUUSD Data
A doubling martingale simulated on real gold prices: two years of hourly data and daily data since 2015, with account sizes, losing streaks and the point of ruin.
Gold Inside Bar Breakout Strategy: Daily, 4-Hour and Hourly Inside Bars Tested on XAUUSD
Inside bar breakouts on daily gold since 2015 and on two years of H4 and H1 data, with and without a 50 EMA trend filter, after costs.
Harmonic Patterns on Gold: Gartley, Bat, Butterfly and Crab Explained, With an Honest Test
The Gartley, Bat, Butterfly and Crab on gold: ratios, entry zone, stops and targets, plus a ZigZag-based detection test that found too few trades to judge.
Turtle Soup Strategy on Gold: Fading False 20-Day Breakouts, Tested on XAUUSD
The Turtle Soup and Turtle Soup Plus One rules tested on daily gold since 2015 and two years of hourly data, plus the opposite breakout trade for contrast.
ICT Judas Swing on Gold: A Mechanical Version of the London False Move, Tested
A mechanical approximation of the ICT Judas swing, an Asian-range sweep in the London window, tested on two years of hourly gold and 60 days of 5-minute data.
Candle Range Theory (CRT) on Gold: A Precise Definition and a Mechanical Test
Candle Range Theory defined precisely and tested mechanically on 4-hour gold candles (two years) and daily candles since 2015, with costs.
Gold Weekly Open Strategy: Bias or Retest? Two Ways to Trade the XAUUSD Weekly Open, Tested
The weekly open as a directional bias vs as a retest level, tested on 104 weeks of hourly gold and daily data since 2015, with several variants.
New York Opening Range Breakout on Gold: 15 and 30-Minute ORB Tested, With Time Zones Done Right
15 and 30-minute New York opening ranges on gold, tested on 49 sessions of 5-minute data and two years of hourly data, with the GMT time shift handled.
Gold Previous Day High and Low Strategy: Break or Fade? Tested on XAUUSD
Break vs fade of the prior day's high and low, tested on 513 gold trading days of hourly data and on daily bars since 2015, with costs.
Gold 15-Minute Intraday Strategy: A Session Momentum Breakout Tested on XAUUSD
A 2-hour high/low breakout with a 200 EMA filter on the 15-minute gold chart, flat by 20:00 UTC: tested on 50 days of M15 and two years of H1 data.
Gold 5-Minute Scalping Strategy: The EMA 50/200 and RSI(7) Pullback, Tested on XAUUSD
A 50/200 EMA trend filter plus RSI(7) pullback scalp, tested on 50 days of 5-minute gold data and checked on two years of hourly bars.
Gold 1-Minute Scalping Strategy: An EMA Pullback Scalp Tested, and What Costs Do to It
A 9/21/50 EMA pullback scalp tested on four weeks of 1-minute gold data, with the same trades re-run at $0, $0.30 and $0.60 per ounce cost.
OBV and Volume on Gold: Does On-Balance Volume Work on XAUUSD?
OBV tested on COMEX gold futures volume with costs, plus a control with volume removed: what volume added, and what MT4/MT5 tick volume really is.
CCI Indicator for Gold: Momentum Beats Overbought/Oversold on XAUUSD
CCI 14, 20 and 50 tested on hourly and daily gold with costs, as a momentum breakout and as a reversal signal. One approach held up and the other lost.
Donchian Channels on Gold: Turtle-Style Breakouts Tested on XAUUSD
Donchian 10/5, 20/10, 55/20 and 100/50 breakouts tested on hourly and daily gold with costs: strong hourly results, and why daily breakouts lost before 2021.
Keltner Channels on Gold: Best Settings Tested on XAUUSD Breakouts
Keltner Channel breakouts tested on hourly and daily gold with costs: 20 EMA with 1.5 and 2 ATR, a 10 EMA and a 50 EMA version, and how they compare with Bollinger Bands.
Heikin Ashi on Gold: Does It Work on XAUUSD? Tested on 2 Years of Data
Heikin Ashi colour-change, 2-candle, 3-candle and no-wick rules tested on hourly and daily gold at real prices with costs, plus the backtesting trap to avoid.
Supertrend on Gold: Best Settings for XAUUSD and Why They Faded
Supertrend 7,3, 10,2, 10,3, 14,2 and 20,4 tested on hourly and daily gold with costs: small hourly edges that vanished in year 2, and why the multiplier matters most.
Parabolic SAR for Gold Trading: 4 Settings Backtested on XAUUSD
Parabolic SAR 0.02/0.2, 0.01/0.1, 0.01/0.2 and 0.04/0.4 tested on hourly and daily gold with costs: what worked, what reversed on D1, and how to use it.
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