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Trading setups
Trading setups to practice on replay
Honest, hindsight-free guides to common trading patterns. Each page covers recognition, entry, risk, common failure modes, and how to practice the setup inside Candlune.
Patterns
20 setups indexed
- 01Head and shoulders — How to recognise, enter and manage a head and shoulders reversal on XAUUSD, plus the common ways the pattern traps traders who chase it.
- 02London breakout — How to trade the London open breakout on gold using the Asian range, with entry rules, stop placement and the failure modes that catch most traders.
- 03Double top — How to recognise and trade a double top on gold, with entry rules, stop placement and the common failure modes that turn the pattern into a trap.
- 04Double bottom — How to identify and trade a double bottom on gold, with entry triggers, stop placement and the reasons the pattern fails more often at minor lows.
- 05Bull flag — How to identify a bull flag on gold, where to enter, where to put the stop, and the common reasons flags fail to break out.
- 06Bear flag — How to spot a bear flag on gold, when to short, where to place the stop, and the common reasons bear flags break upward instead.
- 07Breakout pullback — How to trade the breakout-and-retest pattern on gold, with entry triggers, stop logic and the failure modes that punish impatient traders.
- 08Supply and demand zones — How to identify and trade supply and demand zones on gold, with entry rules, stop placement and the common ways traders draw zones to confirm a bias.
- 09Fair value gap — How to identify a fair value gap on gold, when to use it as an entry, and the common ways the concept gets misused to justify any trade.
- 10Order block — How to identify order blocks on gold, how to enter and manage trades, and the common ways traders rationalise weak setups as order blocks.
- 11Opening range breakout — How to trade the opening range breakout on gold, with timeframe choices, entry rules and the failure modes that come from forcing the trade on quiet days.
- 12Fakeout reversal — How to trade fakeout reversals on gold — false breaks of swing highs or lows — with entry rules, stop placement and common ways the setup fools the trader instead.
- 13Triangle — How to identify and trade triangle patterns on gold, with entry rules, target projection and the common ways triangles trap impatient traders.
- 14Wedge — How to identify rising and falling wedges on gold, with entry rules, stop placement and the reasons wedges are mistaken for flags.
- 15Range breakdown — How to trade a range breakdown on gold, with entry triggers, stop placement and the common ways breakdowns turn into reversals.
- 16Liquidity sweep — How to recognise and trade a liquidity sweep on gold, with entry rules, stop placement and the reasons sweeps are sometimes the start of real continuation.
- 17Smart money concept — How to apply smart money concepts to gold trading — break of structure, liquidity, order blocks, FVGs — and the honest limits of the framework.
- 18Range reversion — How to trade range reversion on gold, with entry rules, stop placement and the most common reason mean-reversion blows up.
- 19News fade — How to trade the news fade on gold — CPI, FOMC, NFP — with entry rules, stop placement and the reasons the setup is not for everyone.
- 203-bar scalp — How to trade the 3-bar momentum scalp on gold, with entry triggers, stop placement and the reasons scalpers burn out trying to take every signal.