I've noticed gold likes to build liquidity, essentially limit orders or stop losses
Combining a break and retest like box which contains liquidity and waiting for a break out above or below this box for an entry
Before news this happens on much higher time frames. look into this.
Using 8 MA and 50 or 20 EMA you very often see crossovers before and after a big move, however institutions like to fake retail investors out.
Now by combining a momentum based indicator RSI or MACD (preferred) and waiting for momentum to move clearly passed the neutral point this will give you another confluence.
This works best on higher timeframes.