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Record symbol, venue, quote currency, contract size, tick size, tick value, minimum lot, and margin convention beside the sample.
Editorially reviewed 24 August 2026
Gold symbols hide contract differences
CHECK 17XAUUSD quote digits, tick value, contract size, spread, trading breaks, and financing vary by venue. Store the instrument specification used by the intended platform; “gold H1” is not enough to reproduce account risk or a fill.
Hourly gold candles frequently contain scheduled US releases and rapid repricing. Tag event windows before reviewing results, then keep the core rule unchanged. Large event candles require explicit slippage and same-bar sequencing assumptions rather than ideal stop and target fills.
Record symbol, venue, quote currency, contract size, tick size, tick value, minimum lot, and margin convention beside the sample.
Document session breaks, rollover, data timezone, and H1 boundaries. Different feeds can build different four-price summaries.
Stress spread and slippage for chosen release windows. OHLC data cannot recreate the quotes available during a fast move.
The ticker can match while the economic trade being simulated does not.
OTC XAUUSD specifications can vary across venues in contract size, quote precision, session, swap, and spread. Record the tested feed and calculate account risk from the actual price distance and contract specification.
Gold can reprice quickly around US data, rate expectations, liquidity transitions, and market stress. Event stories belong in a predeclared calendar; they do not justify changing a losing rule after the candle is known.
| Measurement | How to define it | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| Instrument spec | Contract size, tick/point value, quote digits, account conversion | Makes position size and P&L auditable |
| Trading session | Feed hours, maintenance break, timezone, missing bars | Explains gaps and hourly alignment |
| Execution tail | Spread/slippage quantiles and gap fills by event bucket | Tests whether stops remain executable in fast markets |
| Normalised risk | Initial risk, ATR fraction, MAE/MFE, account-currency loss | Allows comparison across changing gold volatility |
A historical headline high or rally is not itself a test. Select dates without seeing the forward path and report results across quiet, trending, reversing, and stressed windows.
Minimum evidence label: publish the rule version, instrument and feed, timezone, dates, opportunity count, quote and cost model, unresolved-trade policy, holdout status, and uncertainty with the result.
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