Higher low formed. Buy now or wait? One candle decides it
Price just made a higher low. Do you buy? Buy too early and you catch the dip that keeps going. Wait for one thing.
- A higher low is only a guess until price closes above the last high.
- Real gold 1H, Oct 7–9: low 4,066, bounce 4,143, higher low 4,105. A wick poked above, but no close.
- The first close above 4,143 came at 4,145. Buy there, stop under 4,105. Gold went on above 4,200.
- No close above the high? Stay flat. The higher low can still fail.
The real chart used in this lesson
Real XAUUSD 1-hour chart · Oct 7 – Oct 9 · quiz: XAUUSD 1-hour Oct 14 – Oct 15
Quiz at the end: Higher low printed. Buy now, wait for the break, or sell?
Full transcript
Price just made a higher low. Do you buy?
Buy too early and you catch the dip that keeps going. Wait for one thing.
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A higher low is only a guess until price breaks the last high.
Real gold, 1-hour chart. Low at 4,066, bounce to 4,143.
Then a dip that held at 4,105. A higher low. Don't buy yet.
You need a close above 4,143.
This candle closed at 4,145. Buy there, stop under 4,105.
Gold went past 4,200 that day.
No close above it? Stay flat. That low can still fail.
Save this. Higher low: get ready. Close above the high: buy, stop under the low. No close: stay flat.
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