Simple Break of Structure BoS Trading Strategy Explained
One of the best and reliable strategies to trade break of structure BoS is to apply multiple time frame analysis.
In this article, I will teach you my break of structure gold forex trading strategy. You will get a complete step-by-step guide with examples.
Let's start with a quick theory and let me explain to you what is break of structure BoS in Smart Money Concept SMC trading.
In a bullish trend, break of structure BoS is an important event that signifies a continuation of an uptrend. It is based on a violation and a candle close above the level of the last higher high (HH).
After a breakout, the broken level becomes the first strong support for trend-following buying.
Check multiple examples of confirmed breaks of structure BoS on GBPNZD forex pair on a weekly time frame.
In a downtrend, Break of Structure BoS means a bearish trend continuation . Break of Structure is considered to be confirmed when a candle closes below the level of the last lower low (LL).
The broken key level becomes the closest strong support for buying.
That's the example of a healthy downtrend on USDJPY forex pair on a daily. Each break of structure BoS pushed the prices lower, providing a strong signal to sell.
What newbie traders do incorrectly, they trade break of structure without a confirmation strategy, and it leads to substantial losses.
Though GBPCHF is trading in a bullish trend and though each BoS provided a trend-following signal. The price retraced significantly lower below the broken structure before the growth resumed.
When the price retests a broken structure after BoS in a bullish trend, start lower time frame analysis.
If you identified a break of structure on a daily, analyze 4h/1h time frames.
If on a 4H, then 30/15 minutes.
After the price sets a new higher high with BoS in uptrend, it usually starts trading in a minor bearish trend on lower time frames.
With our strategy, your signal to buy will be a retest of a broken structure and a consequent bullish Change of Character CHoCH . That will provide an accurate bullish signal.
In a bearish trend, analyze the lower time frames after a retest of a broken structure. Your signal to sell will be a bearish Change of Character CHoCH.
Look at a price action on EURCHF on a daily.
We see a strong bullish trend and a confirmed Break of Structure BoS.
According to the rules of our trading strategy, we start analyzing 4h/1h time frames after a retest of a broken level of the last Higher High.
Our signal to buy is an intraday bullish CHoCH. We open a long trade after that with the stop loss below the intraday lows and take profit being a current high.
That's how simple this strategy is.
Multiple time frame analysis provides the extra level of security.
Strong lower time frame confirmation substantially increases the win ratio of a trading setup.
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Multiple Time Frame Analysis
GOLD (XAUUSD): Trading Plan BEFORE FOMC
Gold bounced yesterday, as I predicted.
Today, we see a retest of a broken daily resistance
that turned into support after a breakout.
BEFORE FED Rate Decision today, there is another opportunity
to buy Gold:
I see a double bottom pattern on an hourly time frame.
Bullish violation of its neckline and an hourly candle close above
3394 will provide a strong intraday confirmation.
It will push the prices at least to 3429 level.
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GbpAud now the “buyers” are within!Good day traders, we back with GBPAUD but before I go into it. Last week I took loss because I was buying GBPAUD but I lately found out I was way too early and my narrative has not changed at all.
1D- Daily TF we have a bearish structure and we know that once price shifts structure we want price to retest Atleast till the 0.705 of the OTE fib level to later continue to the Sellside liquidity.
4H- On this respective TF we are also in a bearish structure but I believe not for long because on the lower TF the shift higher has materialised, giving confirmation that we can start positioning ourselves for the up movement.
1H- ICT has a entry model(F.PFVG), on the hourly we saw prices giving back all of yesterday’s gains till it reach that level of first presented FVG and that’s what we gonna use as the level of interest.
Short trade
15min TF Structure
📘 Trade Journal Entry — BTCUSD (Sell Side)
🗓 Date: Tuesday, 6th May 2025
⏰ Time: 3:35 PM
📍 Session: New York PM
🪙 Pair: BTC/USD
📉 Direction: Short (Sell Side)
🔹 Entry Details:
Entry Price: 95,116.74
Take Profit: 93,856.07 (−1.33%)
Stop Loss: 95,230.19 (+0.12%)
Risk-Reward Ratio: 11.11
🔹 Trade Context: Based on the narrative of supply and demand...and liquidity
🎯 Targeted the opening day high-low region, anticipating liquidity grab
Executed during the New York PM session, often a time for reversals...?
#5min TF entry
#NYSessionPM
#SellsideSetup
#OpeningRangeTarget
#LiquiditySweep
Stock Of The Day / 05.06.25 / FWRG05.06.2025 / NASDAQ:FWRG
Fundamentals. Negative quarterly report
Technical analysis.
Daily chart: Sideways. We mark the levels of 15.0 and 12.90 formed by the trend break in April 2025 and October 2024.
Premarket: Gap Down on moderate volume.
Trading session: The downward movement from the opening of the trading session is stopped at 12.9. The price makes a small pullback after the first touch of the level and is bounded by large limit orders in a narrow range of 12.90 - 13.00. We draw attention to the significant increase in Buy volumes after 10:30 a.m. We are considering a long trade in the counter-trend in case of holding the level of 12.9
Trading scenario: #rebound from the level of 12.90
Entry: 13.09 when exiting upwards from accumulation above the level.
Stop: 12.87 we hide it below the level with a small reserve.
Exit: Cover part of the position before the level of 13.00 (RR 1/8.5), cover the remaining part of the position at a price of 15.5 when the structure of the uptrend is broken (RR 1/11) at the end of the session.
Risk Rewards: 1/9 (1/11 max)
P.S. In order to understand the idea of the Stock Of The Day analysis, please read the following information .
“GJ | Bullish Playbook in Motion — Waiting for the Draw“30M broke to the upside — same bullish intent showing as UJ. Now it’s all about the setup. Waiting for that IDM/liquidity sweep to the downside before taking action. 5M CHoCH will confirm the move. Let price do the hard work — I’m just the trigger.”
Bless Trading!
“UJ | Bullish Intent Locked — Patience Before Precision”“30M just broke structure to the upside — clear bullish intent after sweeping previous highs. Now I’m waiting patiently for price to take out liquidity/IDM to the downside. Once that clears, I’m striking on the 5M CHoCH for the entry. No rush — just precision.”
Bless Trading!
GBPUSD SHORTMarket structure bearish on HTFs DH
Entry at both Weekly and Daily AOi
Weekly Rejection at AOi
Daily Rejection at AOi
Previous Structure point Daily
Around Psychological Level 1.33000
H4 EMA retest
H4 Candlestick rejection
Levels 4.49
Entry 90%
REMEMBER : Trading is a Game Of Probability
: Manage Your Risk
: Be Patient
: Every Moment Is Unique
: Rinse, Wash, Repeat!
: Christ is King.
USDJPY LONGMarket structure bullish on HTFs DH
Entry at both daily and weekly AOi
Weekly Rejection at AOi
Daily Rejection at AOi
Previous Structure point Daily
Around Psychological Level 144.000
H4 EMA retest
H4 Candlestick rejection
Levels 5.63
Entry 90%
REMEMBER : Trading is a Game Of Probability
: Manage Your Risk
: Be Patient
: Every Moment Is Unique
: Rinse, Wash, Repeat!
: Christ is King.
Will BEARISHNESS CONTINUE..?As we can see NIFTY couldn’t sustain itself above the neckline and fell below leading to a directional downtrend throughout the day as we analysed in our previous post! Now that NIFTY is maintaining itself below the given zone, it is likely to remain bearish unless it manages to close above the neckline so plan your trades accordingly.
Stromm | GOLD Bullish Continuation in PlayIt’s good to see Gold OANDA:XAUUSD getting the attention it deserves again. But honestly, the performance it’s putting in right now is just insane.
If you zoom into the 4-hour chart, you’ll spot a clear Demand Continuation Pattern:
Rally → Base → Rally.
In simple terms: strong move up, sideways consolidation, strong move up again.
The first rally pushed Gold up 9.77% within a few days, followed by a sideways base, and then another 9.6% rally straight into the $3,500 mark.
With commodities like Gold, you really feel how powerful psychological levels are — $3,000, $3,500, $4,000 — all massive magnet zones where large investors naturally look to take profits.
Now, after tagging $3,500, we’ve pulled back.
If this Demand Continuation structure holds, here's how I see it playing out:
Inside the current base, there’s a 4-hour order block, and it’s the one I’m watching most closely.
Ideally, we get a push up into the 4h Balance Price Range between $3,336–$3,347, followed by a rejection that sweeps the Previous Weekly Low, tagging that 4h order block for a proper retest.
From there, a move toward the 8h Balance Price Range would be good.
Now, two possibilities:
Best case for bears: After retesting that 4h zone, we fall further — possibly targeting $3,050.
Sneaky scenario: We fake a drop to trigger stop-losses, push back up toward $3,510, then properly roll over.
On the monthly chart, it gets even more interesting:
Given the massive rejection off $3,500, I wouldn’t rule out a much deeper retracement toward $2,500–$2,000 before Gold makes another serious attempt at $4,000.
That would perfectly fit into a larger Elliott Wave structure, completing a Wave 3 or setting up a Wave 5 push later.
(And yes — catching a Wave 3 top is brutal — especially when it is an all-time high)
Unless geopolitical events massively change the landscape, it feels like $3,500 is a strong local top — for now.
But if the world starts burning again?
Gold might have other plans.
Boeing to $300 - Falling wedge** The year ahead **
On the above 6 day chart price action has corrected over 50% since December 2023. A number of reasons now favour a long position, they include:
1. Price action and RSI resistance breakouts.
2. Support on past resistance.
3. Double bottom on price action (yellow arrows)
4. Falling wedge breakout confirmation with forecast to $300 area
5. The Majority of other traders are bearish. Remember, trading has a high fail rate.
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Is it possible price continues to correct as others suggest? For sure.
Is it probable? No.
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Type: Trade
Risk: <= 6% of Aerospace & Defence
Return: 60% from current levels
Stop loss: Will say elsewhere
May 6, 2025 - EURUSD Sell📉 Bias: Bearish | Risk: 0.5% (+0.5% potential add-on) | 🎯 Targets: 1:3 (75% off), final TP > 1:8
🧠 Reasoning:
Price reacted from Daily Orderblock, broke structure on 15m ⛓️.
Refined entry from 15m OB → 5m OB for more precision on the tap entry🎯.
2x Asia lows below = high-probability targets 🔻.
Looking to add 0.5% if 1m BOS + retracement OB confirm.
⚠️ Note:
There’s unmitigated Asia High & 15m OB above, but too far to affect today’s bearish idea.
EURAUD breakout? Multi-timeframe trigger in focusEURAUD is up 13% since February, driven by euro strength and Aussie weakness from China’s slowdown. A breakout could be coming, but short-term bearish momentum means we wait for better alignment before jumping in.
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May 6, 2025 GBPUSD Sell📉 Bias: Bearish | Risk: 0.5% | 🎯 Targets: 1:3 (take 75%), final target ~1:7
🧠 Reasoning:
Price reacted from a Daily / Weekly Orderblock with confluence from a 15m OB
Asia Low as target provides clean downside structure
Morning Star formed inside the OB → entry taken at the imbalance left behind
10 pip SL covers highs efficiently ✅