#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 is trading below body, within range, above MN QLo
- W1
- W1 Bear Engulf followed by an Inside Bar with longer buying wick almost taking out W1 Demand End 1614.772
- Price trading above MN/W1 QLo
Narrative
- D1
- D1 Inside Bar followed by a Near-Doji with longer buying wick, possible Base
- H4
- BIg Bull Engulf giving H4-C‑D 1650 coinciding with H4 VWAP BO to CAS
- Price trading within Wide H4 QHi, getting close to take it out (IB took it out and established a new one)
- Price trading at H4 200MA in DT
- Trend
- Trend is Down 2/3
- Market Profile
- 2 overlapping values
- LN Open
- LN wider than NY
- 1.08xASR Above Value, Outside Range
- Large Imbalance
- Asia formed a Neutral Day but mostly traded higher
- 0.40xASR IBR
Additional Notes
- N.A.
Hypos
- Hypo 1
- Short
- Reversal, Failed Auction
- Hypo 2
- Long
- Late-Sustained Auction
- Hypo 3
- Short
- Sustained Auction
- Hypo 4
- Long
- Failed 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