Definition Going Short in Gold Trading
An entry stop order is designed either to initiate a buy position at a price level situated above the current market price or to open a sell position below the currently ruling price.
Going short is therefore just another term used to refer to selling of gold.
You'll use charts to figure out when to sell: you'll sell if the prices on the charts are going in a downwards direction.
Definition Going Short in XAUUSD Trading
If the price is going down we sell gold, this is known & referred to as going short. When market trend is moving down it is known as to as a bearish market. The example shown & explained below portrays a downwards trend, this is when a short sell trade is placed & a gold trader goes short. The short sell is identified by drawing a downwards trendline on a xauusd chart. The example shown & explained below portrays a short sell signal.

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