# Gold Killzone Sweep Matrix

A trading indicator for XAUUSD that finds liquidity sweeps and confirms market turns to generate buy signals.

Canonical: https://prismaticalgos.com/compendium/algo/10171-gold-killzone-sweep-matrix
Record ID: 10171
Catalog rank: 1690 (reading order, not performance)
Snapshot: 2026-10-31 15:46 UTC
Family: Time, Session & Seasonality (F)
Source: https://www.mql5.com/en/market/product/199989
Evidence label (unverified): backtest_shown

## Scope and limitations

These are machine-extracted research records, not verified trading systems. Catalog rank measures specification detail and claimed evidence, not profitability. The catalog extraction pipeline did not independently backtest these records. Its separate selected testing ledger does not validate the wider corpus. Rules, labels and parameters can be incomplete or wrong; consult the original source and its reuse terms.

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## Extraction warnings

No automated warnings recorded; this is not validation.

## Recorded profile

- symbols: XAUUSD
- timeframes: M5, M1, M15, H1, H4
- sessions: New York time, automatic
- market_regime: any

## Indicators

No indicator stack recorded.

## Recorded long-entry rules

- candle closes through the swing after a sweep in the London, NY AM or NY PM kill zone with a body of at least 0.5 × ATR

## Recorded short-entry rules

- Not specified.

## Recorded exit rules

- stop loss hit
- target hit

## Recorded filters

- high-impact news within the next 30 minutes
- unusually wide spread
- holding a trade in the same direction

## Risk controls

- Stop loss: beyond the most extreme price of the sweep plus a small ATR buffer
- Take profit: nearest untouched liquidity level on the other side with at least 1.5 R:R, or fixed 2 R:R if no level is far enough
- Position sizing: risk the same small amount on every trade, for example 0.5–1 % of the account