Gold vs Silver

We counted the same 19 buy and sell setups on both. Taken together, the target came first 33% of the time on Gold and 34% on Silver. Pattern by pattern, Gold did better in 9 and Silver in 10.

An average day's range (high to low) over the last 250 daily candles: Gold 2.56%, Silver 5.76%. Silver moves about 2.3 times as much in a normal day, so a stop set by ATR sits further from the entry.

Target first, pattern by pattern

Pattern	Gold	Silver
Stochastic bearish cross	27% of 295	31% of 234
Stochastic bullish cross	36% of 187	38% of 162
Volume profile bounce	43% of 127	35% of 139
Volume profile rejection	33% of 122	32% of 131
MACD bearish cross	35% of 148	32% of 99
RSI overbought drop	24% of 131	33% of 86
EMA 9/21 bullish cross	35% of 103	37% of 99
EMA 9/21 bearish cross	34% of 105	38% of 97
MACD bullish cross	39% of 104	42% of 91
RSI oversold bounce	41% of 59	28% of 57
Fibonacci bounce down	41% of 66	33% of 30
Bearish engulfing	30% of 46	32% of 41
Fibonacci bounce up	30% of 33	12% of 26
VWAP rejection	29% of 24	41% of 34
Bullish engulfing	30% of 30	20% of 25
Tweezer top	18% of 34	24% of 21
Bearish harami	28% of 32	15% of 20
Bollinger breakout down	45% of 22	33% of 27
Bullish marubozu	25% of 24	65% of 20

Counted by the Trading Class research engine on real past candles: entry at the signal candle's close, target 1.5 × ATR(14), stop 1 × ATR(14), 12 candles to decide, a candle that touches both counts as the stop. How we count. Past data, not a forecast and not advice.

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Questions

Which is better for patterns, Gold or Silver?

In our count the target came first 33% of the time on Gold and 34% on Silver, across the same 19 setups. Neither is reliable on its own: most setups hit the stop first on both. Past data, not a forecast.

Which moves more in a day, Gold or Silver?

Over the last 250 daily candles the average day's range was 2.56% for Gold and 5.76% for Silver.