Entry Limit XAUUSD Orders: Buy Entry Limit and Sell Entry Limit

Limit order definition - Entry limit is an order to buy or sell a XAUUSD Trading at a certain gold price which is a retracement level where gold price is predicted to pullback to before resuming the original XAUUSD trend. XAUUSD traders use them to buy or sell at better market gold price. These types of orders are available in most online trading platforms, for our example we will use the MetaTrader 4 platform.

An entry of this type can be used to buy below the xauusd market level (up xauusd trend market retracement) or sell above the xauusd market level (down xauusd trend xauusd market retracement).

Buy limit - When buying, your entry buy limit is executed when the xauusd market falls to your set gold price. (retraces down)

Sell limit - When selling, your entry sell limit is executed when the xauusd market rises to your set gold price. (retraces up)

Entry orders are placed by xauusd traders when they expect gold price to bounce back after reaching this level.

• Entry Buy Limit XAUUSD Orderbuy at a level below the current market price.

• Entry Sell Limit XAUUSD Ordersell at a level above the current market price.

Buy Entry Limit Example

In the xauusd example shown below, the buy limit xauusd order was placed to buy at a xauusd price below the current market gold price. Point B is the point at which it was set.

Limit buy order entry placed to buy below the current market xauusd price

The gold price then retraced and went down to hit the buy entry limit, and afterwards gold price continued to move upwards in the direction of the original XAUUSD Trading upward gold trend. When the limit buy order was hit it changed to a buy.

XAUUSD Price hits buy limit, order now changes to a buy

Sell Entry Limit XAUUSD Order

In the xauusd example shown below a the sell entry limit was placed to sell at a xauusd price above the current market gold price. This is the level for the gold price retracement.

Entry limit sell order placed to sell above the current market xauusd price

The gold price then rallied, went up to hit the sell entry limit, and afterwards gold price continued to move downwards in the direction of the original XAUUSD Trading downward trend.

XAUUSD Price hits sell limit, order now changes to a sell

When xauusd quote hit the set level the order changed to a sell, this is therefore a nice method to buy or sell at a better gold price after a retracement.

Setting Buy and Sell Limit Gold Orders on MetaTrader 4

To set up these xauusd orders on the MetaTrader 4 platform, Right click on XAUUSD Trading chart>> Select "Trading">> Then Select "New">> Then on the popup window that appears (shown below), under the label "Type" select the option of "pending" instead of "market execution">> Under the pending xauusd order options select the pending xauusd order type: for This trade select either "Buy Limit XAUUSD Order" or "Sell Limit XAUUSD Order" depending on whether you want to place a pending buy or sell.

Setting Buy and Sell Limit Gold Orders on MetaTrader 4

Sometimes, setting the point value to place your trade can be tricky, setting to far might mean your entry market limit not getting executed, the best tool to use is Fibonacci retracement indicator and use the 38.2 % retracement levels. This retracement level is watched by many xauusd traders and entry orders tend to crowd at this level, therefore the best odds to catch a trade would be presented by using the 38.2% Fibonacci retracement level.

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Tip: in XAUUSD online trading, If you want to set a good take profit level (not retracement level, take profit level) for your trades you can use the Fibonacci expansion 100% level for the best take profit area. To Read more on Fibonacci Retracement and Fibonacci expansion use the right navigation menu section Technical Analysis.

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