# Trend Confirm Lock

Trend-following strategy that confirms trend with pullback and locks profit after 20 price units.

Canonical: https://prismaticalgos.com/compendium/algo/11802-trend-confirm-lock
Record ID: 11802
Catalog rank: 364 (reading order, not performance)
Snapshot: 2026-10-31 15:46 UTC
Family: Trend Following & Directional (A)
Source: https://github.com/LiinIT/Bot-EA17-Trading-Gold_TrendConfirmLock_v1
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

Claim warnings: THIN SAMPLE: 90 trades - below the ~100 needed before a win rate or profit factor carries much information.

## Recorded profile

- symbols: XAUUSDm
- timeframes: M15, M30
- sessions: any
- market_regime: trending

## Indicators

- SMMA: {"period": 20}; applied to: close
- SMMA: {"period": 50}; applied to: close

## Recorded long-entry rules

- MA fast > MA slow
- MA gap ≥ 0.2 ATR
- MA fast slope up over 3 bars
- Close price > MA slow

## Recorded short-entry rules

- ...

## Recorded exit rules

- MA fast slope change > 0.1 ATR over 3 bars
- Held for 96 bars (24 hours)
- Profit ≥ 20 price units, SL locked at entry +10

## Recorded filters

- max spread 1.0 price unit

## Risk controls

- Stop loss: Below the low of the confirmation bar and pullback bars, minus 0.1 ATR. Min 0.5 ATR, max 15 price units.
- Take profit: Not used by default
- Position sizing: Fixed lot size of 0.01 (1 price unit = $1)