BUY XAUUSD — Breakout Continuation

Why this trade was taken

Market context

Trend

no trade

Session

Quiet hours

Volatility

Quieter than usual

Setup

Breakout Continuation

Direction

BUY

Opened

21 Sep 2026 22:50:03 UTC

Closed

22 Sep 2026 00:16:51 UTC

News

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Rule

bko@1.0.0 · bko@1.0.0:20260921T225003

Weekly

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Daily

swings 4234.930–4443.097 · ATR 80.409

H4

flat · range · swings 4342.626–4383.454 · ATR 28.655

H1

down · range · swings 4337.263–4357.059 · ATR 16.283

M15

swings 4339.123–4353.934 · ATR 4.274

M5

swings 4339.123–4353.202 · ATR 2.711

Asian high / low

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London high / low

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Liquidity level

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ATR (M15)

4.274

Spread at entry

260.0 points (6.08% of ATR)

• ✓ Passed Range broken
  structure_break close 4359.256 vs 4339.123-4353.202 · needed beyond the 6-bar range
• ✓ Passed Break held
  m5_break_holds M5 close 4359.256 vs level 4353.202 · needed M5 still beyond the broken level
• ✓ Passed Trading cost is affordable
  cost 0.061 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 128 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 0 of 7 factors - 6% of a normal day up · 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 0.57 ATR from swing_high · needed within 1.00 ATR of a strong level

1. Entry 21 Sep 2026 22:50:03 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 0.61R, protecting +0.23R [exposure x1.00, risk 19.23, atr 5.85, be trigger 14.62 (0.76R), moved 11.67]

   peak 0.61R · protects 0.23R

3. Exit · Stop loss hit 22 Sep 2026 00:16:51 UTC

   Closed for +0.23R after 87 minutes.

   Peak 0.78R → kept 28.8%, gave back 0.56R.

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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