#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 down as a Hammer leaving a long buying wick reacting off MN demand
- W1
- W1 Three Outside Up failing to close above W1 QLo
- Price trading above body and made a HH probing above W1 QLo
Narrative
- D1
- D1 QLo rejected, price trading mid swing not quite near D1 50MA in DT yet
- H4
- Price trading at H4 200MA in DT
- H4-C‑D 1769.106 High in Dist. Curve within value
- H4-C‑D 1764.557 created at H4 VWAP in UT, below VAL
- Trend
- Trend is Down 2/3
- Market Profile
- Values in UT
- LN Open
- Open Within Value
- Asia formed a Neutral Day but mostly traded higher, then reversed
- 0.43xASR IBR
Additional Notes
- Friday, Aug 05, USD, Nonfarm Payrolls Private (Jul)
Hypos
- Hypo 1
- Long
- Failed Auction
- Hypo 2
- Short
- Failed Auction
- Hypo 3
- Short
- Late-Sustained Auction
- Hypo 4
- Long
- Late-Sustained Auction
Clarity / Confidence (1 — 5, low to high)
- 2
Mindful Trading (lack of sleep?)
- Feeling okay
Focus Points for trading development
- Monthly Goals
- Use SL scaling