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Introduction

VolatilityMarkets Momentum Trade Idea

According to AQR the quantitative hedge fund and Yale University, over the past 100 years markets moved in trends. Trends are successive upwards and downwards movements in price that occur at a greater frequency than would be predicted by randomness alone. The following trade idea is a momentum trade idea which takes the assumption that the market will continue moving in the way it has over the previous sessions. momentum trading, is different than trend trading due to the time horizon of the trade as momentum trades will happen intraday or over the course of a single session while trend trading is done over the course of a week or more.

Market summary

Price

XAUUSD last price was $ 1,977.5352.

Trend analysis

In the short term Gold has been accelerating higher. In the long term Gold has been accelerating higher.

Value analysis

Over the past 20 days, the XAUUSD price increased 14 days and decreased 6 days.

For every up day, there were 0.43 down days.

The average return on days where the price increased is 0.8793%.

The average return on days where the price decreased is -0.5894%.

Performance

Over the past 20 Days, the price has increased by 9.02% percent.

Over the past 20 days, the average return per day has been 0.451% percent.

Trade idea

Taking into account the long term trend accelerating higher, we propose a long trade idea with an overnight time horizon.

Trend trade idea

XAUUSD

Buy $ 219,988 USD of Gold, take profit at $ 1,992.8885 level with 25.03% odds for a $ 1,707 USD gain, stop out at $ 1,968.5459 with 50.0% odds for a $ 1,000 USD loss through an overnight time horizon

Intraday predictions

Chart

XAU/USD trend analysis

XAUUSD

Gold last price was $ 1,977.5352. The long term trend accelerating higher is stronger than the short term trend accelerating higher. This trade goes long when price has been moving higher and accelerating over the past 20 days.

Gold value analysis

Gold

Over the past 20 days, the Gold price increased 14 days and decreased 6 days. For every up day, there were 0.43 down days. The average return on days where the price increased is 0.8793% The average return on days where the price decreased is -0.5894% Over the past 20 Days, the price has increased by 9.02% percent. Over the past 20 days, the average return per day has been 0.451% percent.

Gold worst/best case scenario analysis

Chart

Within 1 week, our worst case scenario where we are 95% certain that this level won't trade for Gold, is $ 1,951.2709, and the best case scenario overnight is $ 2,003.7995. levels outside of this range are unlikely, but still possible, to trade. We are 50% confident that $ 1,968.5459 could trade and that $ 1,992.8885 could trade. These levels are within statistical probability.

Expected range

Gold

Within 1 week, our worst case scenario where we are 95% certain that this level won't trade for Gold, is $ 1,951.2709 , and the best case scenario overnight is $ 2,003.7995 . levels outside of this range are unlikely, but still possible, to trade.

We are 50% confident that $ 1,968.5459 could trade and that $ 1,992.8885 could trade. These levels are within statistical probability.

Probability vs payout chart

This graph contrasts the percentage payout of holding a position vs the probability that the payout occurs. The red and green columns represent the probability of stopping out and taking profit and their associated payouts.

Chart

Key takeaways

  • Price today $ 1,977.5352.

  • Over the past 20 days, the Gold price increased 14 days and decreased 6 Days.

  • For every up day, there were 0.43 down days.

  • The average return on days where the price increased is 0.8793%.

  • The average return on days where the price decreased is -0.5894%.

  • Over the past 20 Days, the price has increased by 9.02% percent.

  • Over the past 20 days, the average return per day has been 0.451% percent.

  • Over the past 20 days, The price has on average been accelerating: $ 0.0171 per day higher.

  • Over the last session, the price increased by $ 1.641108.

  • Over the last session, the price increased by 0.083 %.

  • Over the last session, the price decelerated by $ -1.2522.

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Volatility Markets provides trend following trade ideas for momentum traders. The Volatility Markets Newswire measures the direction and acceleration of a security and then structures a trade idea to capitalize on the trend. While trends have been shown to exist in markets over the past 100 years, they are no guarantee of future asset prices. You should take these ideas lightly and at your own risk.

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