#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 below body, within range
- W1
- Price made a HH and is currently trading above body
Narrative
- D1
- D1 Bear Engulf giving D1-C‑S 1763.229 at the inside of W1 QLo
- H4
- H4 demands taken out
- H4 Three Outside Up reacting off Old H4 demand coinciding with H4 UKC in UT TC
- H4-C‑S 1775.377 within value
- Trend
- Trend is Down 3/3
- Market Profile
- Values in UT, 2 overlapping values
- LN Open
- 0.17xASR Below Value, Outside Range
- Moderate to Large Imbalance
- Asia extended and traded higher
- 0.25xASR Tight IBR
Additional Notes
- Friday, Aug 05, USD, Nonfarm Payrolls Private (Jul)
Hypos
- Hypo 1
- Short
- Return to Value, Reversal, Possible Failed Auction
- Hypo 2
- Short
- Sustained Auction, H4 demand in the way could be risky, late-sustained preferred
- Hypo 3
- Long
- Value Acceptance, possible Failed Auction due to Tight IBR
- Hypo 4
- Long
- Auction Fade
Clarity / Confidence (1 — 5, low to high)
- 3
Mindful Trading (lack of sleep?)
- Feeling okay
Focus Points for trading development
- Monthly Goals
- Use SL scaling