How do you manage trailing stop on XAUUSD during strong trends?

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Hello traders,
I have been testing different trailing stop techniques on XAUUSD (M1) and noticed that a fixed Take Profit often closes trades too early during strong Gold trends.
Instead of using a fixed TP, I tested a ladder-based trailing approach where the Stop Loss moves only after price reaches the next predefined level. This allows profitable trades to continue while gradually locking in profit.
I'm interested in hearing from experienced Gold traders:
Do you prefer a fixed Take Profit or trailing stop?
How do you avoid getting stopped out by normal Gold volatility?
Have you found a trailing method that works consistently during strong trends?
 
Vilas Javle:
Do you prefer a fixed Take Profit or trailing stop?

I prefer a dynamic exit which more or less trails on the client-side. For example, an EMA(13) does fairly well─waiting for price to cross it.

Vilas Javle:
How do you avoid getting stopped out by normal Gold volatility?

If you're worried about getting stopped out right away, use a dynamic exit with more leeway. For example, a Supertrend or a Chandelier.

Vilas Javle:
Have you found a trailing method that works consistently during strong trends?

These are all different forms of the same question to some extent. A strong trend is basically a windfall. In that case, any of the above dynamic exits will continuing chasing price.

 
Ryan L Johnson #:

I prefer a dynamic exit which more or less trails on the client-side. For example, an EMA(13) does fairly well─waiting for price to cross it.

If you're worried about getting stopped out right away, use a dynamic exit with more leeway. For example, a Supertrend or a Chandelier.

These are all different forms of the same question to some extent. A strong trend is basically a windfall. In that case, any of the above dynamic exits will continuing chasing price.

Thanks for your feedback. I appreciate your suggestions. I'm currently testing a ladder-based trailing stop on XAUUSD (M1) and comparing it with EMA-based trailing. I'll also test Chandelier Exit to compare the results. Thanks again!
 

Methods I'd rank

  1. 🥇 Swing High/Low + ATR filter
  2. 🥈 Chandelier Exit (3×ATR)
  3. 🥉 ATR trailing stop (2.5×ATR)
  4. EMA 20/34 trailing
  5. Fixed-point trailing stop
 i recommend the above 
 
Gunapu Sankara Rao #:

Methods I'd rank

  1. 🥇 Swing High/Low + ATR filter
  2. 🥈 Chandelier Exit (3×ATR)
  3. 🥉 ATR trailing stop (2.5×ATR)
  4. EMA 20/34 trailing
  5. Fixed-point trailing stop
 i recommend the above 
Thanks for sharing your ranking. ATR and Chandelier Exit are definitely popular approaches. My current goal is to compare those methods with a ladder-based trailing stop that only moves the Stop Loss after price reaches predefined price levels. I'll backtest them under the same XAUUSD (M1) conditions and compare the results. Thanks for the suggestion!
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