XAUUSD Trend Line Break

After price has moved in a specific direction for an extended period of time within a channel it reaches a point where it stops moving within the channel. When this happens we say that the trendline has been broken.

Since the line is point of support or resistance then we expect the market to move toward the opposite direction. When this happens traders will close the orders that they had bought or sold. This is referred to as taking profit.

Up trend Reversal

When xauusd price breaks-out up-wards line (support) the market will then move down

This signal is considered to be confirmed with formation of lower high or lower low. This also provides a trading opportunity to go short once it is broken.

Down trend Reversal

When xauusd price breaks downward line (resistance) the market will then move up

Downward Channel break

This signal is considered to be complete with formation of higher low or higher high. This also provides a trading opportunity to go long once it is broken.

NB: Sometimes when price breaks its trend it may first of all consolidate before moving in the opposite direction. Either way it's always good to take profit when the market direction reverses.

To trade this trading setup as a trader once you open a new trade in the direction of the trend reversal the price should immediately move in that particular direction, in a price break out manner. This means that the market should immediately move in that direction without much of a resistance.

If on the other hand the market does not immediately move in direction of the price breakout then it is best to close out the trade because it means that the trend is still holding.

Another tip is to wait for the trendline to be broken and for the market to close above or below it so as to confirm this trade signal.

What happens is that most traders open trades waiting for a reversal even before the trend is broken, only for the price to touch this line and for the current market direction to hold and gold to continue with the current market direction.

Therefore, when trading this trading setup it is better to wait until the breakout has been confirmed by xauusd price closing above or below the trendline, depending on the direction of the market.

• Upward Market Direction Reversal - this signal is confirmed once the market closes below this upward line, this should be the correct time to open a sell short trade, so as to avoid a trade whipsaw.

• Downward Market Direction Reversal - this signal is confirmed once the market closes above the downwards line, this should be the correct time to open a buy long trade, so as to avoid a trade whipsaw.

Combining with Double Tops or Double Bottoms Chart Patterns

A good trade set up to combine this trading setup with is the double tops and double bottoms patterns. Read Double Top and Double Bottom Chart patterns Guide.

This setup should already have formed before the trend break signal. Because these double tops and double bottoms are also reversal trading signals, then combining these 2 setups will give the trader a good probability of avoiding a trading whipsaw.

In the above chart screenshots these setups can be confirmed to have formed even before the reversal xauusd trade signal popped up.

First Example of Upwards Direction Reversal - the Double tops pattern had already formed before trend break signal appeared on the chart.

Second Examples of Downward Direction Reversal - the Double bottoms trading pattern had already formed before trend break signal appeared on the chart.

Double Top or Double Bottom Combined with other Reversal Trading Signals