August 2026
83% win rate- Trades
- 24
- Wins
- 20
- Losses
- 4
- Avg R:R
- 1:2.6
- Return
- +31.4R
- Max drawdown
- -4.2R
Strong London-open continuation month. Two losses came from CPI-day reversals.
Results
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Total trades recorded
82
Rolling 3-month log
Wins
58
Losses
24
Win rate
70.7%
Wins ÷ total trades
Average risk/reward
1:2.4
Maximum drawdown
-8.1R
Peak-to-trough, in R
Average trade duration
2h 41m
Average Gold move captured
$14.80
Per closed XAUUSD position
Results are expressed in R, where 1R is the amount risked on a single trade. This keeps the record meaningful regardless of account size and removes the incentive to present outsized percentage returns produced by oversized positions.
Win rate on its own is not a quality measure. A strategy winning 85% of trades at 1:0.3 risk-to-reward loses money over time, while a 45% win rate at 1:3 is highly profitable. Read win rate, average risk-to-reward and maximum drawdown together.
Monthly log
Month-by-month Gold results
July 2026
68% win rate- Trades
- 31
- Wins
- 21
- Losses
- 10
- Avg R:R
- 1:2.2
- Return
- +18.9R
- Max drawdown
- -6.8R
Choppy mid-month range in Gold; setups were reduced until structure resolved.
June 2026
63% win rate- Trades
- 27
- Wins
- 17
- Losses
- 10
- Avg R:R
- 1:2.4
- Return
- +13.2R
- Max drawdown
- -8.1R
FOMC week produced the largest drawdown of the quarter.
Monthly figures are updated at the close of each month from the trade journal. Historical months are never edited after publication.
Verification
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Published idea history and chart marks for each recorded XAUUSD setup.
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Independently tracked account statistics, drawdown and trade history.
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Per-trade reasoning, screenshots and post-trade review notes.
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