gold is still trading within a major daily/4h rising channel.
after setting a new higher high higher close within that, the price started to consolidate. the market formed a bullish flag pattern setting a sequence of lower lows and lower highs on 1H.
to catch a bullish continuation, you can wait for a bullish violation of a flag. then buying on retest we can get a great trend following trade.
next goal will be 1823.0
in case of a bearish violation of a major channel, bias will shift to bearish