#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
- MN closed within MN demand but did not make a LL
- Price trading at MN UKC in UT
- MN QHi rejected, price trading mid swing
- Price made a LL but is trading within body again
- W1
- Price closed within Wide W1 QLo but failed to close within W1-C‑D 1807.673 leaving a longer buying wick.
- Price trading within body
Narrative
- D1
- D1 Hammer reacting off D1-C‑D 1797.673 (near round number)
- Wide D1 QLo sharing the same levels as W1 QLo
- H4
- H4 Bull Engulf at D1 demand with continuation rejecting H4 QLo
- H4 consolidation at H4 VWAP in DT
- Trend
- Trend is Down 2/3
- Market Profile
- Value created below the previous
- LN Open
- Prev. Day Exceeded ADR by 1.26
- 0.53xASR Above Value, Outside Range
- Moderate to Large Imbalance
- Asia formed a Neutral Day
- 0.16xASR Tight IBR
Additional Notes
- N.A.
Hypos
- Hypo 1
- Long
- Failed Auction, possible continuation
- Hypo 2
- Short
- Late-Sustained Auction
- Hypo 3
- Long
- Return to Value, Reversal, possible Auction Fade
Clarity / Confidence
- 2
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