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XAUUSD - 1H - Gartley and triangle breakout

We currently sittin at the breakout of the triangle and confirming it with a flag. if we can break above the flag look to buy.
Im further looking to sell if we complete the gartley.

Trade active

bough the break above the recent abcd swing.
TG1: retest of B point of gartley
TG2: gartley completion
TG3: runaway target at 1375 area

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target 3 explaination. if we follow the break of the trendline and the triangle chances are there that we will go up to the white box, where i have my TG3

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TG1 hit. stops be
Im now looking to take TG2 profits at the gartley completion point and tog oshort there as well whiling im hoping for more upside for my TG3

since i see Gold overall more bullish im only taking a small 1:1 trade for gold, hoping to book some easy profits b4 the market goes higher

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TG2 hit for the breakout. now im selling the gartley with a one target setup. stop tight above X(dont wanna see new highs) and TG 1230 for a 1:1 trade

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if you have room to add to the position (like i do with plain harmonics) or u want to still enter short but need a reason, then here you go

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addon active

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pattern stop to breakeven. addon stop to the last swing(orange line)
im looking for a further addon if we can break the current consolidation without spiking up too much

Trade active

addon active. TG1 1233(382 CD). TG2 618 of CD leg

Trade closed: target reached

initial pattern target reached. as well as tg1 for addon 1 and 2.
addon 1 stop to the last swing high - 1242ish. addon 2 stop to breakeven.

tg2 for both addons is the 618 of the CD move so 1224.

stop of tg3 of the initial longbreakout is still at the starting point at 1220, below the consolidation from the first chart. lets hope we stay above there and continue higher after hittin the 618

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oops. 1224 isnt the full 618, but i dint want to go all the way. because we have the old triangle trendline coming in b4 that and a fair bit of horizontal resistance. thats why im goin for 1224

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currently looking for a last addon below this triangle. not that if we break above it confirming the Doublebottom we will most likly see a bigger retracments.

Trade closed: target reached

Target 2 for all position hit. i didnt take the addon because we didnt see the breakout till the market close and it was bedtime anyway.

TG3 long is also still active due to good stopplacement and is now set to +breakeven at 1230 below structure. i wanna see the market up from here, if its goin down further ill be out for the moment anyway.

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little bit late on the addon because i just got to the pc. but im looking for a retracementbuy with stops below the lows

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U can also look at buyin the breakout

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addon active for breakout on top. sadly didnt get filled on the bottom due to spread

target setup. All TG3s on for long addons merge with the TG3 of the original breakout, so 1375
TG1 Retest of D(gartley) TG2 Retest of X(gartley)

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Nother chance for an addon. since i can significantly improve my stop on the latest addon, once we confirm this flag, i will be also trading this

Trade closed: stop reached

still waiting for the addon entry. but i got stopped out on your first addon. we did see good followthrough after the breakout, but i am ofc always trading a bigger picture move, so i didnt take profits.

the last posted addon setup is still intact so far.

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Market is really on the Edge right now. if we can make new highs above 1237,5 takin out the last swing, i will be looking to buy (this time with fast profittaking)
if this doesnt happen, then the market will likly break down from here. from there on i will be lookin to sell probably, if the chart looks promising

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if i get filled long i will be takin profits pretty early(doubletoparea) and bring my stops to breakeven. since the market can very well also break down from here. if we take down the highs tho, i will be looking for further longs

i will also set up short orders below my stop(so below the flag) if im gettin filled long.

Trade active

long active. 4156 tg1
stop and short orders at 1234

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position reversed. small loss on the long, i pulled the stoploss up abit during the spike after the entry. sadly reversed shorty before my tg1. im goin to stay. if we see some followthrough to the downside i will look for addons, but for now i leave gold alone. its always hard to trade at the 618 retracment of a bigger move.

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currently look for an addon if we can break the consoldidation to the downside

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but we might continue higher first forming a head&shoulders formation. we will see what happens

Trade closed manually

i closed my short trades a couple of minutes ago after we came down again for minimal profit. i just didnt like the way the market behaved after i went short (mainly the recent spike up) so im happy to go out with a bit of profit.

i just dont see any reason to be short currently. i might rethink about it if we go lower, but for me the question always is while being in a trade "would you want to enter a trade in the direction of your position at this point currently" and if the answer is no, then why am i in the trade. thats why i closed it

for me the current picture is as following. but again. im more on the long side. im probably not trading this short, maybe long, but today seems alot choppier marketstate, so i might not trade at all. so far around full position down today, which i guess is fine, for the attempts i took.

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* one full position down.

and also in the picture the lower callout should ofc be "below this line"

why cant i edit those things :(

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looking at a breakout from this orange consolidation on top of a expanding wedge. if we break this, i think chances are good we will complete the gartley and maybe move further up after a bit of a retracement from there

Trade closed: stop reached

out for 1/3 of a full position after trailing the stops below the swings, because i was worried about having not enough power in the market (which showed to be true)

i still wanted to take the trade in anticipation of maybe finally some marketdesicion but didnt happen.
over around full positions in 4 trades today for gold. so i guess i can still be happy with the result and that i didnt lose more.

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around 2 full positions down in 4 trades today for gold*** i maybe should check this bullsht im typing b4 im posting it ;)

SergeantPringles

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