XAUUSD swept hourly buyside liquidity during Asian session and reacted directly from an H1 FVG. Lower timeframe weakness later confirmed the short setup.
HTF Context
Gold taking hourly swing high before rejecting lower.
Gold had already been looking weak overall, so when price pushed above the hourly swing high during Asian session, I was more interested in how it reacted after taking liquidity.
What made this setup interesting was the location. The sweep happened directly into an H1 FVG, and price failed to continue higher from there.
That was enough to start watching for bearish confirmation on lower timeframe.
The Alert
Real time hourly buyside liquidity alert triggered by ScanLiquidity.
The alert came right as price swept the highs. But with Gold, I usually avoid shorting immediately after a sweep because it can keep expanding for quite a while.
So instead of forcing an entry, I waited for lower timeframe structure to shift first.
M1 Execution
Bearish CHoCH followed by FVG rejection on M1.
Here’s how I approached the entry:
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Bearish CHoCH
Price failed to hold above the highs and formed a bearish CHoCH on M1. That was the first sign of weakness. -
FVG Formation
The displacement lower left behind a bearish FVG. Instead of chasing the move, I waited for the retrace. -
FVG Tap + Rejection
Price tapped the FVG and rejected cleanly from the zone. That became the short entry trigger.
This one respected structure pretty nicely after entry and moved cleanly toward target.
Trade Summary
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Pair | XAUUSD |
| Direction | Short |
| HTF Bias | Bearish |
| Entry Timeframe | M1 |
| Confirmation | CHoCH + FVG rejection |
| Session | Asian |
| Risk Reward | 1:2 |
Why I Took This Trade
The hourly sweep into the H1 FVG already made the setup interesting. Once lower timeframe structure shifted bearish and price started rejecting from the FVG, the short became much cleaner.
Simple HTF context + clean LTF execution.
For educational purposes only. Not financial advice.
