#fintwit #XAUUSD #GOLD #MarketProfile #Orderflow
This is my premarket prep for today’s European session for GOLD. This prep builds off of my weekly trade plan I made here:
The purpose of a premarket prep is to find setups within my weekly trade plan bias
Larger Timeframe
- MN
- Price trading within body
- MN QHi rejected, price trading mid swing
- W1
- W1 Bullish Inside Bar at W1 QLo, with no confident continuation (yet)
- Instead an Inverted Hammer
- Price testing W1 QLo again
Narrative
- D1
- D1 Bullish Inside Bar at W1 QLo
- Price hugging D1 VWAP in DT
- D1 QLo rejected, price trading mid swing
- Prev. Day Exceeded ADR by 1.01
- H4
- H4 Three Outside Down at H4 VWAP
- H4 QLo rejected, price trading mid swing
- Trend
- Trend is Down 2/3
- Market Profile
- Value created below overall range
- LN Open
- LN wider than NY
- Asia formed a Neutral Day but mostly traded higher
- 1.29xASR Above Value, Outside Range
- Large to Huge Imbalance
- 0.25xASR Tight IBR
Additional Notes
- NFP is tomorrow
Hypos
- Hypo 1
- Short
- Failed Auction, Reversal
- Hypo 2
- Long
- Late-Sustained Auction
- Hypo 3
- Short
- Late-Sustained Auction
- Hypo 4
- Long
- Auction Fade
Clarity
- 3
Mindful Trading (lack of sleep?)
- Feeling okay
Focus Points for trading development
- Monthly Goals
- Either hit SL or target, reassess after Trading Window Close
- Use SL scaling in case the profit target for the setup doesn’t provide 2R for example for FA or VAA setups
- Risk Management
- 2 consecutive days of lack of sleep = NO TRADING