Among the strategies and signals I relied on in 2025, 3 exceptional setups stood out for their accuracy and profitability.
In this article, I will explain the structure and price model of these setups and equip you with the best entry signals for trading in 2026.
Discover what worked best in Forex and Gold trading in 2025.
The first powerful setup that showed great results last year is based on an old-school price action chart pattern - double top & bottom.
But don't trade each double top & bottom that you spot.
To achieve the highest win rate, these patterns should form on specific time frames and on specific price levels.
Please, study a bullish model:
The price should test a key daily support level.
After that, a double bottom pattern should form on the 1H time frame.
Your signal to buy will be a breakout and an hourly candle close above its neckline.
Set your buy limit order on a retest of that,
stop loss will lie below the bottom,
take profit will be the closest intraday resistance.
Here is an example:
Now, examine a bearish model.
The price should test a key daily resistance level.
After that, a double top pattern should form on 1H time frame.
Your signal to sell will be a breakout and an hourly candle close below its neckline.
Set your sell limit order on a retest of that,
stop loss will lie above the bottoms,
take profit will be the closest intraday support.
=> Meeting all the required criteria, this setup achieved 76% accuracy in 2025.
The second setup that had a high win rate last year is from Smart Money Concepts trading.
It is based on a combination of liquidity zones, traps, and imbalances.
Let's examine a bullish model of that setup.
We need a test of a daily liquidity demand zone and a bearish trap below that.
After a trap, a bullish imbalance should occur on an hourly time frame.
I suggest looking for a bullish engulfing candle and return of the price within or even above a liquidity zone with a close of that candle.
Buy the market immediately after a candle closes.
Set your stop loss below the low of the trap.
Your take profit will be the closest intraday supply zone.
=> Meeting all the conditions, this setup showed 79% accuracy.
The last setup worked phenomenally well in Gold $XAU trading last year.
Because of a crazy bullish rally that the market started straight from the beginning of 2025, this simple pattern provided huge gains.
I am talking about a bullish flag pattern.
Please, note that the first 2 setups were bullish and bearish.
In a current case, we are considering only a bullish flag.
Make sure that the market is bullish.
After an update of a new high and a formation of a new higher high higher close, expect a correctional movement on a 4H time frame.
The price should start falling, forming an expanding, parallel or contracting channel - a bullish flag.
Your strong signal to buy will be a bullish breakout and a 4H candle close above a resistance of the flag and the last lower high within that.
Set your buy limit order on a retest of the broken level of the last LH.
Set stop loss below the lows of the flag,
Your take profit will be the closest psychological level above the current high.
Alternatively, you can trade this model without a take profit and apply a trailing stop loss.
That's the example of this price model:
This pattern achieved 69% accuracy.
But because of a strong bullish momentum, each profitable signal produced enormous gains.
If Gold continues rallying next year, and I think it definitely will, keep an eye on bullish flags as your signal to buy.
Using these 3 setups, you can successfully trade Crypto and TradFi on Binance in 2026.
Integrate them in your trading strategy, learn to recognize them, and follow the rules that I provided.
Let these setups bring you huge gains this year.