Posted by This long setup is a straightforward intraday continuation buy on XAUUSD, taken after a clean 100/200 EMA bullish crossover and a retest of intraday support.
Trade context
Price had already flipped to a bullish structure on the intraday chart, with the 100 EMA trading above the 200 EMA and both EMAs starting to fan out rather than coil. The first impulsive leg up stretched away from the EMAs, then price rotated back down in a controlled pullback into the prior breakout zone around 5045–5050, which had acted as short‑term resistance earlier in the session.
Trigger and execution
On the pullback, price tagged the 200 EMA and briefly dipped through it, but sellers failed to close the candle below that level with momentum, leaving a rejection wick sitting right on top of the marked support band. As the next candle started to push back above 5049–5050, I hit the buy at 5049.75 with a 200‑ounce position, effectively trading the first bounce after the retest of the 100/200 EMA crossover zone.
Stop loss and target
The stop is parked just under the 200 EMA and the intraday swing low, around 5045.80, which keeps the invalidation tight: if price closes below that cluster, the whole “retest of bullish EMAs” idea is wrong and I am out. The take‑profit is aligned with the prior intraday high near 5058–5060, giving a reward that’s comfortably larger than the risk while staying inside the day’s realized range instead of chasing blue‑sky levels.
Live management notes
As long as candles keep closing above the 200 EMA and buyers defend the 5045–5046 pocket, I’m happy to hold and let the EMAs keep acting as dynamic support. If price rips quickly into 5058–5060, I’ll look to either scale out partial size or trail the stop to just below the last higher low to protect realized gains while still giving the move room to breathe.
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