Powerful Gold Strategy for 2026 - Scalping , Day, Swing Trading
Hey whats up traders,
Before we go full focused on trading In 2025. I want to share a simple but effective way to analyze and trade Gold (and honestly, it works on almost anything). The reason is simple: its built around liquidity sweeps and the fake breakout behavior that keeps showing up in every market.
This is a mechanical, structured approach. Clear rules, fixed targets, defined invalidation. No diagonal lines. No it kinda looks like setups.
And that matters because if you can backtest it, you can measure it.
Not your feelings but Your real statistical numbers
- Win rate.
- Average R:R.
- How often it triggers.
- How often you follow the rules.
Once you collect a real sample size, you start fixing the biggest issues traders struggle with: fear, greed, and overtrading. Not by motivation. By clarity.
Because if you know something like:
Your Gold model wins 6070% of the time
Average R:R is around 2.02.5
You only get a few clean trades per month
Basic concept (Gold version)
Price breaks a clear high or low, creates FOMO, and breakout traders jump in.
Then price snaps back and runs the real direction. Thats where I want to be involved.
Im not chasing the breakout. Im trading against the trapped crowd and targeting 50% and then full opposing range of the manipulated candle on specific timeframe.
The two continuation models
Model 1
Entry after the manipulation confirms (after the sweep and shift)
Target is the 50% level of the range (first logical objective) Model 2
Let price pull back into the reload zone
Entry between 61.8% and 80% retracement
Then target the full run back through the range toward the opposite side Why the manipulation phase matters
This is the key. Without the sw

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Simple Guide to High Risk-Reward Setups Using Market Context
Hey whats up traders.
In this post we are going to look at high risk-reward trades. And I want to keep it simple, because most people overcomplicate this.
A high R:R trade is usually nothing more than this:
You trade a lower timeframe reversal that happens inside the higher timeframe trend.
Thats it. You are not guessing tops and bottoms. You are not trying to be clever. You are just aligning context from a higher timeframe, then using a lower timeframe shift to get a clean entry. Why its not easy to take such a trades because it require skill which you can gain only by practicing - Patience.
EURAUD
We will break down step-by-step this setup. At first it can look complicated but you will find out that we just need to understand market context and we just logically extend the target of what we are doing every time 1. Define the HTF trend
Define the trend by checking where the price is respecting level and where is potential liquidity where the market is heading - Equal lows often gives a clue. We are bearish
2. Measure last swing with the Fibo
drop you fib to the last swing and measure 50% of it as we can see on the picture below.
If we are bearish you do not trade below a 50% pullback. You are looking to trade above the 50% the highs ( liquidity). There you also want to find a key level. Described above is most important part of trading. It's called Market context. We want to trade our Pattern in that right moment. And here is where many traders make mistakes, they are entering their patterns every time when it occurs without applying right market context.
Market context helps us to filter out low probability trades.
3. Pattern with right context
At this moment when price is tapping in to the liquidity above

BTCUSDT Pullback to Buyer Zone $87,900 Before Next Expansion
Hello traders! Heres my technical outlook on BTCUSDT (3H) based on the current chart structure. Bitcoin is trading within a broader consolidation phase following a strong bearish impulse earlier in the chart. After the sell-off, price found a clear pivot low, from which buyers stepped in and initiated a recovery. This recovery led to a breakout above a key structure level, confirming a shift from bearish pressure into stabilization. Following the breakout, BTC moved into a well-defined range, highlighting balance between buyers and sellers. The lower boundary of this range aligns with the Buyer Zone around 87,300, which has acted as a strong support area with multiple successful defenses. Each dip into this zone has been met with buying interest, confirming it as a key demand area. On the upside, price remains capped by the Seller Zone / Resistance around 89,80090,700, where selling pressure has repeatedly limited further advances. More recently, BTC has started to form a rising support line, indicating gradually strengthening bullish pressure. Price is currently trading above this support line and holding above the Buyer Zone, suggesting that the latest pullbacks are corrective rather than impulsive. The overall structure shows compression between rising support and horizontal resistance, often a precursor to an expansion move. My scenario: Bitcoin may first attempt a corrective pullback toward the Buyer Zone (TP1) around 87,900, which aligns with a key horizontal support level and the lower boundary of the recent consolidation structure. This area has already shown strong demand in the past, making it a high-probability reaction zone. As long as price approaches this zone without strong impulsive bearish momentum, the move can be viewed as a healthy retracement

XAUUSD 30M Support Hold & Trendline Break Setup
Price is reacting from a strong support zone around 4,3004,320 after forming a descending trendline, suggesting a potential short-term reversal.
A break above trendline and resistance at 4,3454,360 may confirm bullish momentum toward first TP at 4,3904,400.
Further continuation above 4,405 opens the path toward the target zone near 4,4404,460, while failure to hold support would invalidate the bullish setup.

BITCOIN - Flat holding back the market. Focus on 90K...
BINANCE:BTCUSDT.P is forming a local uptrend, based on cascading support generated by the market during low (holiday) liquidity.
Fundamental support for Bitcoin and the cryptocurrency market is still absent, or not felt. Accordingly, it's too early to talk about a bullish reversal, rally, or pump. The daily chart shows a downtrend and consolidation in a flat/symmetrical triangle pattern. The zone of interest (liquidity area) is 89950 - 90600. A false breakout/short squeeze could shift the imbalance toward bears and trigger a reversal and decline within the current trading range, which in turn could trigger a decline in the altcoin market.
Resistance levels: 89950, 90600, 91900
Support levels: 88000, 86800, 85000
A localized upward movement amid a global downtrend, as long as this zone is not broken, can be considered a counter-trend correction. A short squeeze through the liquidity zone could trigger a bluer price move toward lower zones of interest, such as 88K - 85K.
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EURUSD: Fake Breakout at Resistance Signals Move Toward 1.1680
Hello everyone, here is my breakdown of the current EURUSD setup.
Market Analysis
EURUSD previously traded inside a clear downward channel, reflecting sustained bearish pressure during that phase. After forming a base, price broke out of the descending channel and transitioned into a strong upward channel, confirming a shift in market control toward buyers. This bullish leg was supported by a sequence of higher highs and higher lows, showing healthy upside momentum. As price approached the key Resistance Zone around 1.17701.1780, bullish momentum started to weaken. Multiple attempts to break above this resistance resulted in fake breakouts, signaling strong seller interest at the highs.
Currently, following these rejections, EURUSD failed to hold above the upper boundary of the ascending channel and broke below short-term support, indicating a loss of bullish structure. Price is now compressing below resistance and forming a structure that resembles a triangle breakdown, suggesting increasing downside pressure. Below current price, a well-defined Support Zone around 1.1680 stands out as the next key area where buyers may attempt to defend and slow the decline.
My Scenario & Strategy
My primary scenario: as long as EURUSD remains below the 1.1770 Resistance Zone and continues to respect the broken channel / triangle resistance, the bias favors sellers. Any pullbacks toward resistance that show rejection can be considered short opportunities, with downside continuation toward the 1.1680 Support Zone as the main target.
However, a clean breakout and acceptance back above resistance would invalidate the short scenario and signal a potential return to bullish continuation. Until then, structure and price action favor further downside or corrective movement lower.

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