February CPI came in hotter than expected. The Fed isn't cutting. Gold was at $4,432 before the print $4,492 after.
The tell? $XAUT went up despite rising yields. When that happens, something bigger than rate expectations is driving the bid. Safe-haven rotation. Geopolitical premium. Institutional money leaving equities. All three, running at once and $BTC confirmed the same institutional flow.
CPI windows don't give you time to hesitate. I suspect the retest held for maybe 90 seconds before the next leg started. Entry, TP, SL I'd have set them all on Bitget before the candle closed.
Then I would have walked away, Fast execution on volatile moves isn't a nice-to-have. On gold during a CPI print, it's the whole trade.