Gold gave us a choppy, narrow-range session today. Not a trend day. Not a clean expansion day. One of those environments where forcing trades usually does more damage than good.
This is where context matters more than execution.
On the chart, price spent most of the session rotating around weekly VWAP, with Strata Levels framing the range cleanly above and below. No follow-through. No acceptance away from structure. Just repeated tests and failures.
That combination tells a simple story:
- Weekly VWAP = fair value
- Strata Levels = boundaries of balance
- Inside that range = noise
When price can’t build acceptance away from VWAP and structure holds, patience is the trade.
Days like this are a good reminder that the framework isn’t just about finding entries — it’s about knowing when conditions don’t favor them.
If you stayed selective today or played the range, that is the win.
We’ll see what happens when price either:
- Accepts away from weekly VWAP, or
- Breaks cleanly through structure with follow-through
Until then, it’s just rotation.