# Gold Pullback Price Action

Trends are identified on H4, waits for pullbacks, and enters on specific price-action candle patterns.

Canonical: https://prismaticalgos.com/compendium/algo/10103-gold-pullback-price-action
Record ID: 10103
Catalog rank: 1631 (reading order, not performance)
Snapshot: 2026-10-31 15:46 UTC
Family: Price Action & Market Structure (E)
Source: https://www.mql5.com/en/market/product/200441
Evidence label (unverified): backtest_shown

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## Extraction warnings

Claim warnings: THIN SAMPLE: 99 trades - below the ~100 needed before a win rate or profit factor carries much information.

## Recorded profile

- symbols: XAUUSD
- timeframes: H4
- sessions: Not specified
- market_regime: trending

## Indicators

- EMA: {"period": 50}; applied to: close

## Recorded long-entry rules

- Higher highs and higher lows on H4
- Last daily close above daily EMA 50
- Price retraces between 38.2% and 78.6% of the last impulse leg
- Engulfing candle
- Hammer candle
- Inside bar candle
- Buy stop order placed above the high of the signal candle
- Breakout within 2 candles

## Recorded short-entry rules

- Not specified.

## Recorded exit rules

- Breakeven at 1.5 times the initial risk
- Take profit expansion up to 20R
- Profit lock at 50% of open profit
- Optional trailing stop and partial close

## Recorded filters

- Higher timeframe filter on daily EMA 50
- Trend filter on H4
- Max drawdown and daily loss limits

## Risk controls

- Stop loss: Below the low of the signal candle
- Take profit: First target 2R, subsequent targets expand 1R for 80% of the way to the next level
- Position sizing: Risk per trade as a percentage of the balance or as a fixed lot