What's Consolidation Chart Pattern in XAUUSD?

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This Consolidation patterns charts guide explains how to identify xauusd patterns - identifying xauusd chart patterns is the first step when it comes to learning how to trade with Consolidation xauusd chart patterns in XAUUSD.

Consolidation gold trading price patterns commonly form on XAUUSD charts and this chart pattern analysis guide explains how to trade and analyze xauusd charts using Consolidation gold trading chart patterns.

Consolidation Trading Patterns

Consolidation gold trading patterns are xauusd chart patterns with converging xauusd trend lines that form a gold trading price consolidation period. The technical buy point from a consolidation chart pattern is the upside break, while a downside break is a technical sell signal. Ideally, a market breaks out from a symmetrical triangle prior to reaching the apex of the triangle.

XAUUSD Trendlines can be drawn connecting the lows & highs of the consolidation phase, the trend lines formed are symmetric and converge to form an apex. A breakout should occur somewhere between 60-80% into the consolidation chart pattern - triangle pattern. An early or late breakout is more prone to failure, and therefore less reliable. After a gold trading price breakout the apex forms support and resistance levels for the gold trading price. XAUUSD Price that has broken out of the apex should not retrace past the apex. The apex of the consolidation pattern is used as a stop-loss setting area for the open XAUUSD trades.

When these consolidation patterns form we say that the XAUUSD market is taking a break before deciding the next direction to take.

These consolidation chart patterns form when there is a tug of war between the buyers & the sellers & the gold market can't decide which way to proceed.

Consolidation Chart Pattern - What is Consolidation Chart Pattern in XAUUSD?

However, this consolidation chart pattern cannot go on forever & just like in a tug of war one side eventually wins, looking at gold chart below see how the consolidation eventually had a breakout and moved in one direction. Now how do we as gold traders make sure that we are on the side that is winning?

Breakout Downwards Sell XAUUSD Signal after a Consolidation Chart Pattern in XAUUSD

Break-Out Upwards Buy XAUUSD Signal after a Consolidation Chart Pattern in XAUUSD

Now back to our question, how do we make sure we are on the side that is winning?

Well we wait until gold trading price moves past one of the lines of the consolidation chart pattern formation and put buy or sell orders in that direction. After consolidating, If gold price breaks out the upper line we buy, if it breaks out the lower line we sell.

Alternatively if you do not want to wait out the consolidation chart pattern, you can use pending xauusd orders. If you would like to know more about setting pending xauusd orders go to the topic: Stop Entry XAUUSD Order Types

The two types of XAUUSD stop order types used to trade consolidation patterns are:

• Buy Entry Stop XAUUSD OrderAn order to buy at a level above the gold market price - above consolidation chart pattern.

• Sell Entry Stop XAUUSD OrderAn order to sell at a level below the gold market price - below consolidation trading pattern.

These are xauusd orders to buy above the xauusd market or to sell below the gold market.