Why I Waited on Gold’s Feb 19 NY Buy Trend - Discipline Over Impulse

Dear Gold Traders,
On Feb 19, I shared a Gold buy signal during the pre-NY session. Yet six hours later, I told you I hadn’t opened a buy trend- even though Gold was bullish in the last NY session. Let me explain the reasoning behind that decision.

I had already pointed out that smaller timeframes were messy, and that was the exact issue.

The 1-marked sell candle: This formed in the pre-NY session. Ideally, we needed a strong bull candle to follow the 1-marked sell candle. That confirmation never came.

The 3-marked buy candle: A strong buy finally appeared before the Unemployment Claims release. But entering during high-impact news is risky, so we stayed out.

Post-news move: After the release, Gold exploded upward. On the 30M chart, one bull candle closed at $5,010, covering nearly 75% of the $5,080-$5,020 range (the 2-marked buy candle). That left only about 10% of the range to chase-not worth the risk. By then, the NY session was closing, so I chose discipline over impulse.
This is the beauty of trading Gold: you can be right on the trend, yet still have no trade if the structure doesn’t align with your rules. And that’s perfectly fine.

My takeaway: Being right about direction isn’t enough. Execution must respect structure, timing, and discipline.

Now I’ll throw the question back to you: What do you do when you’re right on the trend, but the market refuses to give you the structure you need to enter?