Day 10 of 90 — How to Trade the First Pullback Inside ExpansionGoldOANDA:XAUUSDPips0mnian🛡 Day 10 of 90 — How to Trade the First Pullback Inside Expansion (Mechanical Model) 🛡 Phase 1 — Discipline > Profit M15 | Sentinel Lite | XAUUSD Weekend Review — Market Closed No live trading today. Weekend is for clarity, not execution. Today I’m reviewing one of the most important continuation setups: The first pullback after expansion. The Model (Mechanical) Step 1 — Confirm Real Expansion Do NOT look for pullbacks unless expansion is valid. ✔ Strong displacement candle ✔ Clean break of range ✔ EMA 21 separating clearly from 50 ✔ Clear structure shift ✔ No immediate snap-back If these are missing → no expansion → no trade. Step 2 — Wait for the First Pullback Do NOT enter on the breakout candle. Wait for: • 2–5 small candles against the move • Pullback staying above EMA 21 (for longs) • No deep retrace into EMA 50 • Higher low remains intact This is controlled profit-taking — not reversal. b]Step 3 — Mechanical Entry Trigger You do not anticipate. You wait for confirmation. For Longs: ✔ A bullish candle CLOSES above the pullback high ✔ The close is above EMA 21 ✔ The higher low structure remains intact Entry is taken on the candle close — not mid-candle. For Shorts: ✔ A bearish candle CLOSES below the pullback low ✔ The close is below EMA 21 ✔ The lower high structure remains intact Again — entry on close only. Step 4 — Stop & Target Stop: Below pullback low Target: Minimum 2R If risk does not allow 2R → skip. Why Study This on a Weekend? Because when the market opens, I don’t want to think. I want to execute. Weekend review builds automatic discipline. No trade today. Only preparation. 🛡 Structure first. 🛡 Momentum second. 🛡 Execution last. #XAUUSD #Gold #Forex #SentinelLite #MarketStructure #Momentum #WeekendReview #TradingEducation #90DayChallenge