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Day 2 - My Journal

As usual, I traded Gold (XAUUSD).

After sitting out on Friday, I watched the dramatic moves during NFP. With a strong bullish weekly and daily close, my plan coming into Monday was to look for a bullish setup.
I don’t trade on Mondays until the London session is fully in play. During the Asian session, price dropped which didn’t bother me. All I needed was a bullish H4 candle for confirmation.
Once the H4 closed bullish, I dropped down to lower timeframes to refine my entry.
The H1 candle closed bearish, so I didn’t rush in. I needed that candle to be engulfed.
Another bearish H1 formed—still no entry.
Then came an H1 candle that engulfed the most recent bearish candle, reaching a high of 3358. Still, I waited for it to also break the high of the previous bearish H1, which was 3362.

That was my trigger.

📍 Entry: Buy at 3362
🛑 Stop Loss: 3358
📈 Exit: 3368 (SL trailed to M15 lows and got taken out)

✅ Result: +60 pips profit

This trade was a lesson in discipline and patience. I strongly respect when highs or lows are broken on any timeframe—it's a core part of how I trade.
So that’s the full reasoning behind my entry... and my exit.

Day 2 - My Journal

Pair: XAUUSD (Gold)

After skipping Friday, I watched NFP push price with a strong bullish weekly and daily close. My bias for Monday was clear: look for buys.
I waited till London session as usual. Price dropped during Asian, so I needed a bullish H4 to confirm my entry bias.
Got the bullish H4, but H1 closed bearish, so I waited.
Next H1 also bearish still waited.
Then an H1 candle engulfed the previous one (high: 3358), but I waited for it to also break the earlier bearish H1’s high at 3362.

📍 Buy: 3362
🛑 SL: 3358
🔚 Exit: 3368 (trailing SL to M15 lows until i get kicked out)

✅ +60 pips profit

I respect highs/lows on all timeframe this This trade was a lesson in discipline and patience. I strongly respect when highs or lows are broken on any timeframe it's a core part of how I trade.
So that’s the full reasoning behind my entry... and my exit.

Since it's weekend.. i just want to rest and look at the market tomorrow... For back testing

Earlier I trade only Gold

Well i sold gold today...
Entry was 3389

It was a level it struggle to break but after bullish m30, a bearish m30 formed and closed in side the level.....

I closed the trade partially at 3386

After it struggled to break past that level and a bullish m5 candle was engulfed

This is where I journal my trade
[b][The Pair I'm trading is Gold/b]

I decided to stay off the market because of few reasons.. i love analysing my trade's from higher tf.....

The major reason, the daily candle formed yesterday was bullish, so im expecting bulls to ride today but I'm not comfortable with them, the bullish candle formed yesterday did not break past the bearish candle high, meaning there's a bear presence.. and with nfp today i expect uncertainty......

So I'm looking to sell but no sign to sell....
I can only start considering selling gold from below yesterday low...

Which is 3371 by then ... The trend must have aligned with the monthly tf...
And all the bullish h4...

Cleared....

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Alexas58:
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Is that what they told you??