SELL XAUUSD — Breakout Continuation

Why this trade was taken

Market context

Trend

Up

Session

New York session

Volatility

Normal

Setup

Breakout Continuation

Direction

SELL

Opened

18 Sep 2026 18:45:00 UTC

Closed

18 Sep 2026 20:29:26 UTC

News

Not recorded

Rule

bko@1.0.0 · bko@1.0.0:20260918T184500

Weekly

Not recorded

Daily

swings 4282.227–4443.097 · ATR 92.121

H4

up · higher highs · swings 4333.997–4399.721 · ATR 42.411

H1

up · higher highs · swings 4342.626–4399.721 · ATR 18.316

M15

swings 4342.626–4397.075 · ATR 8.123

M5

swings 4388.917–4397.075 · ATR 3.525

Asian high / low

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London high / low

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Liquidity level

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ATR (M15)

8.123

Spread at entry

260.0 points (3.20% of ATR)

• ✓ Passed Range broken
  structure_break close 4380.920 vs 4381.495-4397.075 · needed beyond the 6-bar range
• ✓ Passed Break held
  m5_break_holds M5 close 4380.920 vs level 4381.495 · needed M5 still beyond the broken level
• ✓ Passed Trading cost is affordable
  cost 0.032 of ATR · needed <= 0.25
• ✓ Passed Stop at a sensible distance
  invalidation_band 1.07R · needed 0.5R to 1.5R
• ✓ Passed stop ceiling
  stop_ceiling 174 pips · needed <= 200 pips
• ✓ Passed family allowed
  family_allowed bko@1.0.0 · needed not a forbidden family (trend continuation is off)
• ✓ Passed entry location quality
  entry_location_quality 2 of 7 factors (momentum_fading, liquidity_taken) - 9% of a normal day down · needed no room-left factor of 3
• ✓ Passed confirmed trigger
  confirmed_trigger BKO_BREAK_HOLD: structure broke and the M5 close held beyond it · needed a reclaimed liquidity grab, or a break that held
• ✓ Passed near strong level
  near_strong_level 0.04 ATR from previous_day_high · needed within 1.00 ATR of a strong level

1. Entry 18 Sep 2026 18:45:00 UTC

   Opened with a stop and a strategy target set by the rule — the level it was aiming for, not an order resting at the broker. The levels themselves are shown to investors on their own dashboard.

2. No stop changes

   The trade did not reach the first protection stage (+0.6R).

3. Exit · Closed by the system 18 Sep 2026 20:29:26 UTC

   Closed for -0.02R after 104 minutes.

   Peak 0.16R → kept -11.7%, gave back 0.18R.

The range-exhaustion and liquidity take-profit logic is built and measured but is not enabled in live operation: across 11,037 development trades it added +3.2R in total and landed exits further from the eventual extreme than doing nothing. These fields stay “Not recorded” until the engine produces them.

Daily range used

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Weekly range used

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ATR / ADR

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Move state

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Nearest objective

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Smart TP decision

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