Gold, recently it's been hard to trade, still fluctuating, going up one day and down the next, then up again, then down again, with no clear trend. Now all the funds have probably shifted to US stocks to focus on AI.

When a market doesn't have a particularly good trend, the best approach is to stay away from it. If you're worried about missing out on the trend, participate with very small mini positions. Otherwise, it's easy to lose a lot of money. Although it's a sideways move, the fluctuations aren't small, making emotional trading very likely.