# XAU Pivot break and liquidity

8 breakout engines trade XAUUSD breakouts with stop loss and take profit, using candle confirmation to exit fake-outs.

Canonical: https://prismaticalgos.com/compendium/algo/10347-xau-pivot-break-and-liquidity
Record ID: 10347
Catalog rank: 1537 (reading order, not performance)
Snapshot: 2026-10-31 15:46 UTC
Family: Time, Session & Seasonality (F)
Source: https://www.mql5.com/en/market/product/201236
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

Opacity warnings: UNDEFINED ENTRY TERM: the entry conditions are prose naming a concept with no numeric definition, so two readers would implement them differently. Advisory only -- this does not affect the score.

## Recorded profile

- symbols: XAUUSD
- timeframes: any
- sessions: any
- market_regime: breakout

## Indicators

No indicator stack recorded.

## Recorded long-entry rules

- not explicitly stated

## Recorded short-entry rules

- not explicitly stated

## Recorded exit rules

- candle in which the order was filled closes back inside the range

## Recorded filters

- NFP filter (automatic GMT detection) + live MQL5 economic calendar filter for high-impact USD news
- max spread filter
- max open-risk cap
- max open positions
- cooldown per engine after a loss + global pause after a losing streak
- Friday stop hour, close pending / open on Friday

## Risk controls

- Stop loss: stop loss is sized as a percentage of price
- Take profit: not explicitly stated
- Position sizing: Risk % per trade (default 0.70) - % of balance risked at the effective stop