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EURUSD behaved almost exactly as the pre-session preparation projected. A tight Asian consolidation near 1.1760 resolved into a sustained London-led grind higher, with the session high of 1.18108 reached precisely at the equal-highs liquidity level flagged as the primary target. The US PPI print (sharply softer than feared) arrived mid-session and validated the USD-weakness thesis. The only modest surprise was the sharpness of the 15:00 UTC reversal from the highs, which cut back 20 pips within a single candle — but price held well above the BOS support and closed constructively at 1.17943. Carry into next preparation: the 1.18108 swing high is now a confirmed equal-highs cluster; the next directional question is whether price can produce a clean H4 close above it or whether the market will consolidate this range before another attempt.

EURUSD spent the entire London session in a tight 1.16800–1.17050 range before a decisive NY breakout candle at 18:00 UTC drove price through the 1.17391 equal highs to a session high of 1.17651, validating the bullish thesis. The directional call was correct, but London was unexpectedly dead — all 87 pips came in a 3-hour NY window. PPI on April 14 is the next binary.

GOLD's April 13 session opened with a $117 Sunday gap-down to $4,632 — the largest weekend gap in recent sessions — which was entirely recovered within 4 hours of Asian trading. The session proper (06:49–21:14 UTC) ranged $4,700–$4,749, with the 4700 support holding to the pip at 4700.36. The neutral regime call was correct; the gap magnitude was not sized by the preparation. The market's refusal to accept prices below $4,700 is the key structural takeaway.