Телеграм канал «Forex Automation With Andrei Kreicbergs»

🗞️🔥 What Happened to Gold and Silver Last Week

📉 Gold and silver experienced a sharp reversal after a strong rally.
Following several weeks of growth, prices turned lower abruptly — with the most aggressive selling occurring toward the end of last week.

📊 Key Numbers of the Decline

Gold: from recent highs, prices fell by approximately 10–15% within a few trading days.

Silver: the decline was much steeper — around 25–35%, making it one of the most volatile drops in recent years.

📆 In other words, within 2–4 trading days, precious metals gave back a significant portion of the gains accumulated over weeks and months.

📌 Main Reasons Behind the Sell-Off
🏦 1) Macro and Monetary Shock

The primary catalyst was a sharp shift in monetary expectations. Markets began pricing in a more hawkish outlook for U.S. monetary policy, which strengthened the U.S. dollar and pushed real bond yields higher.

📌 A stronger dollar and rising real yields traditionally put pressure on non-yielding assets such as gold and silver.

📉 2) Massive Profit-Taking

Ahead of the drop, both metals were technically overbought after an extended rally. Large players began locking in profits near the highs, which accelerated the downward move.

📊 3) Liquidity and Technical Pressure

As prices started to fall, margin requirements increased, triggering forced liquidations. This effect was especially pronounced in the silver market, amplifying the decline.

🔄 4) Silver’s Higher Volatility

Silver typically outperforms during bullish phases but underperforms sharply during corrections, due to its thinner liquidity and strong industrial demand component.

📌 Market Summary

👉 This was not a minor pullback of 1–2%, but a fast and aggressive correction following an overheated market, driven by a combination of macroeconomic shifts, technical exhaustion, and liquidity stress.

💪 Our Trading Systems: An Honest Assessment

Yes, our trading systems also recorded losses during this period — which is a normal part of trading in highly volatile conditions.

What matters is this:

✅ The deposit was preserved.
📌 In the face of a sudden macro-driven regime shift, the systems correctly adjusted risk exposure and prevented destructive drawdowns.
🔍 We did not try to “predict” the reversal — we followed strict risk-management rules and adapted to changing market structure.

👉 Sharp market declines are a stress test for any strategy. Our systems passed that test by keeping losses controlled and capital intact — which is the foundation of long-term performance.

📌 Final Takeaway

📌 The gold and silver sell-off last week was not random. It was the result of monetary repricing, profit-taking, technical pressure, and volatility dynamics.
📌 And it is precisely during such periods that robust trading systems prove their value — not by avoiding losses entirely, but by protecting capital and remaining adaptive across market conditions.

❌Trading Results for January 29

SMARTSTRIKE:
📊 – $1,935.09 (–18.03%)

IRONPIPS:
📊 + $217.97 (+2.25%)

SmartStrike commentary:
It is important to properly understand the SmartStrike result. At first glance, an 18% loss may look alarming, but it occurred under extremely volatile market conditions. Yesterday, gold prices dropped sharply, triggering massive liquidations — millions of traders and billions of dollars were wiped out across the market.

📉 The attached chart clearly shows the sharp sell-off in gold, which happened within a very short period of time. Such impulsive moves create maximum risk for high-aggression strategies.

In this situation, the trading robot performed its primary function — capital protection, correctly limiting exposure and preventing uncontrolled losses.
For a high-risk, high-return strategy like SmartStrike, such periodic losses are a normal part of the system and primarily serve as a protective mechanism.

IronPips commentary:
Amid challenging market conditions, IronPips delivered an excellent and stable performance, confidently closing the trading day in profit.
The system handled market movements precisely and once again demonstrated its reliability 📈

We continue to trade strictly according to the rules and risk management.

🤝 Thank you to everyone who stays with us and follows the strategy.

💵To get connected to our trading systems simply message our admin through Telegram 👉 @kalnrozes saying word ‘FOREX’ and we give you a start.

✅❌Trading Results for January 28

IRONPIPS:
📊 – $37.73 (–0.38%)

SMARTSTRIKE:
📊 + $28.78 (+0.26%)

Yesterday, gold once again reached new all-time highs, leading to increased market volatility.
As a result, SmartStrike was mostly inactive and traded very conservatively, focusing on capital preservation.

IRONPIPS closed the session with a small controlled loss — a normal outcome under such market conditions.

We continue to trade strictly according to the rules and risk management.

🤝 Thank you to everyone who stays with us and follows the strategy.

💵To get connected to our trading systems simply message our admin through Telegram 👉 @kalnrozes saying word ‘FOREX’ and we give you a start.

🚀 SmartStrike — Updated and Relaunched

We have updated and relaunched SmartStrike — a trading system designed for active work with market volatility.

⚙️ How it works
SmartStrike is based on an adaptive grid logic, where position sizes are scaled progressively. This approach allows the system to efficiently capture short-term market impulses while managing exposure in changing volatility conditions.

🧠 Control and management
During periods of increased uncertainty — such as major news releases or reduced market liquidity — the system can be switched to manual mode.

📊 System metrics
• Potential return — up to 40%
• Maximum drawdown in the previous period — 16.5%

SmartStrike is suitable for traders who value a clear trading logic, systematic approach, and active work with volatility.

✅ Anyone interested in connecting to the system is invited to submit a request via private chats.

✅ ❌Trading Results for January 27

IRONPIPS:

📊 – $213.61 (–2.14%)
SMARTSTRIKE:
📊 + $556,13 (+5.47%)

IRONPIPS closed the day in the red — a normal outcome within the strategy.
SMARTSTRIKE confidently finished the session in profit 📈
Market conditions remain stable. We continue to trade calmly and strictly according to the rules.

💵To get connected to our trading systems simply message our admin through Telegram 👉 @kalnrozes saying word ‘FOREX’ and we give you a start.

😱😱$912 client made in a day last night, Forex Automation

How to start with us? all info at the post above guys 👆

✅Last night both systems closed the session in a positive.

IRONPIPS:
📊 + $106.17 (+1.07%)

SMARTSTRIKE:
📊 + $167.82 (+1.67%)

Trading conditions remain stable, and we continue to work calmly and within our rules.

🔔 Important update:
SmartStrike has just been re-released after a major update.
In the near future, please expect an official announcement, full details about the product, and a new connection guide.

We’ll share all the information very soon.
Stay tuned and thank you for your trust 🤝

💵To get connected to our trading systems simply message our admin through Telegram 👉 @kalnrozes saying word ‘FOREX’ and we give you a start.