# XAUUSD 1h: noise hits ATR stops more often

> Gold price often reaches stop-loss levels set by ATR calculations.
- Title: XAUUSD 1h: noise hits ATR stops more often · TradingView
- Summary: Gold price often reaches stop-loss levels set by ATR calculations. Gold price hits ATR stop-loss levels more frequently than random chance predicts.
- Keywords: xauusd, atr, stoploss, randomwalk, tradingview, gold, business, finance, noise, hits, stops, more
- Source: TradingView — https://tradingview.com/chart/XAUUSD/NSvO5jSL-XAUUSD-1h-does-noise-hit-ATR-stops-more-often-than-chance
- Published: 2026-10-16T02:11:45+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: xauusd, atr, stoploss, randomwalk, tradingview, gold, business, finance
## The question
How often does gold price reach stop-loss levels set by ATR calculations?
## What was measured
1,116 non-overlapping events in 22,427 confirmed bars each against a random walk of same volatility.
## Hit rates
1 ATR: 72.3% hit rate (-2.6 pts), 1.5 ATR: 60.1% (-3.1), 2 ATR: 50.2% (-2.3), 3 ATR: 32.8% (-1.6).
## Short stops hit more
Short stop was hit 75.4% of the time vs 69.3% for long stop at 1 ATR.
## Key takeaway

Gold price hits ATR stop-loss levels more frequently than random chance predicts.