SELL XAUUSD — Breakout Continuation

Why this trade was taken

Market context

Trend

Up

Session

Asian session

Volatility

Normal

Setup

Breakout Continuation

Direction

SELL

Opened

28 Oct 2026 02:00:00 UTC

Closed

28 Oct 2026 07:30:03 UTC

News

Not recorded

Rule

bko@1.0.0 · bko@1.0.0:20261028T020000

Weekly

Not recorded

Daily

swings 3975.365–4199.048 · ATR 57.360

H4

up · range · swings 3989.014–4029.937 · ATR 22.147

H1

up · higher highs · swings 4054.204–4065.793 · ATR 11.039

M15

swings 4057.511–4070.895 · ATR 5.651

M5

swings 4055.418–4062.896 · ATR 5.051

Asian high / low

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London high / low

Not recorded

Liquidity level

Not recorded

ATR (M15)

5.651

Spread at entry

240.0 points (4.25% of ATR)

• ✓ Passed Range broken
  structure_break close 4048.694 vs 4050.904-4068.142 · needed beyond the 6-bar range
• ✓ Passed Break held
  m5_break_holds M5 close 4048.694 vs level 4050.904 · needed M5 still beyond the broken level
• ✓ Passed Trading cost is affordable
  cost 0.042 of ATR · needed <= 0.25
• ✓ Passed Stop at a sensible distance
  invalidation_band 1.50R · needed 0.5R to 1.5R
• ✓ Passed stop ceiling
  stop_ceiling 170 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 1 of 7 factors (liquidity_taken) - 32% 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 0.98 ATR from swing_low · needed within 1.00 ATR of a strong level

1. Entry 28 Oct 2026 02:00:00 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. Stage 2 · BREAK EVEN stop moved up

   stage 2 break_even: peak 0.46R, protecting +0.22R [exposure x1.00, risk 25.48, atr 3.98, be trigger 9.95 (0.39R), moved 11.74]

   peak 0.46R · protects 0.22R

3. Stage 3 · LOCKED stop moved up

   stage 3 locked: peak 0.55R, protecting +0.27R [exposure x1.00, risk 25.48, atr 3.98, be trigger 9.95 (0.39R), moved 14.00]

   peak 0.55R · protects 0.27R

4. Stage 3 · LOCKED stop moved up

   stage 3 locked: peak 0.58R, protecting +0.29R [exposure x1.00, risk 25.48, atr 3.68, be trigger 9.20 (0.36R), moved 14.82]

   peak 0.58R · protects 0.29R

5. Stage 3 · LOCKED stop moved up

   stage 3 locked: peak 0.71R, protecting +0.36R [exposure x1.00, risk 25.48, atr 3.98, be trigger 9.95 (0.39R), moved 18.15]

   peak 0.71R · protects 0.36R

6. Stage 3 · LOCKED stop moved up

   stage 3 locked: peak 0.73R, protecting +0.36R [exposure x1.00, risk 25.48, atr 3.98, be trigger 9.95 (0.39R), moved 18.53]

   peak 0.73R · protects 0.36R

7. Stage 3 · LOCKED stop moved up

   stage 3 locked: peak 0.73R, protecting +0.36R [exposure x1.00, risk 25.48, atr 3.98, be trigger 9.95 (0.39R), moved 18.57]

   peak 0.73R · protects 0.36R

8. Stage 3 · LOCKED stop moved up

   stage 3 locked: peak 0.74R, protecting +0.37R [exposure x1.00, risk 25.48, atr 3.88, be trigger 9.71 (0.38R), moved 18.85]

   peak 0.74R · protects 0.37R

9. Stage 3 · LOCKED stop moved up

   stage 3 locked: peak 0.77R, protecting +0.38R [exposure x1.00, risk 25.48, atr 3.91, be trigger 9.77 (0.38R), moved 19.57]

   peak 0.77R · protects 0.38R

10. Exit · Stop loss hit 28 Oct 2026 07:30:03 UTC

    Closed for +0.38R after 330 minutes.

    Peak 0.77R → kept 50.0%, gave back 0.38R.

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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