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XAUTUSD short — 23 Sep 2026 (hit target)
This short on XAUTUSD entered at 4,297.4 and hit its target at 4,276.5 after 18.2 hours, closing at +0.49%.
| Asset | XAUTUSD |
| Direction | short |
| Issued (UTC) | 2026-09-23 14:08 |
| Entry | 4,297.4 |
| Stop-loss | 4,325.5 |
| Take-profit 1 | 4,276.5 |
| Take-profit 2 (stretch) | 4,262.5 |
| Reward:risk at entry | 1.24 |
| Outcome | hit its target |
| Close price | 4,276.5 |
| Realized P&L | +0.49% |
| Time open | 18.2 hours |
What the model saw at issue time
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1. REGIME READ: Bear trend — full_bearish MTF 4/4, all TFs bear_aligned, 1h ADX 24.8 slope +6.2 (firming), ER-10 0.93 (clean recent down-leg), choppiness 35.4 (trending), Hurst 0.32 mean-reverting, HMM calm full-conf. 2. LEAN CHECK: clear short lean — spot gold -0.97%/24h, macro gold -0.38%/1d & -0.64%/5d, net_move_4h -0.66%/12h -1.01%/24h -0.92% (persistent down drift), DXY firm +0.35%/1d, price -2.23% from 5d high and sitting at the 5d low. 3. DIRECTIONAL THESIS: trend-aligned short — full MTF bearish stack with strengthening 1h ADX and a clean 0.93 ER-10 down-leg, backed by falling spot gold and a firm dollar; funding z +1.22 shows crowded-ish longs that can fuel further downside on a flush. 4. PRE-MORTEM: 1h RSI 26 (oversold) and z-score -1.44 with price 0.02% off the 5d low — an oversold reclaim bounce off support would invalidate. 5. LEVEL PLACEMENT: entry 4297.39; stop above the 4h consolidation shelf / recent swing at 4325.5 (~0.65% risk, within the ~1.6% 24h range); TP at 4262.5 (~0.81% reward, R:R ~1.25, inside clamps) targeting a break below the 5d low with room toward next support. 6. EXPECTATION: trend-aligned but oversold near support and low realized vol, so meaningful expire tail.
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