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This is my premarket prep for today’s European session for the Forex pair GBPNZD. 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
Weekly goal
- Formulate hypos in order of likelihood and track with actual development on the day
Non-conjecture observations of the market
- D1 follow-through after the Bull Engulf on Tuesday, no close above D1 QLo
- H4 Bull Engulf followed by rally taking out overhead supply, consolidation, and rally creating demand at H4-C‑D 1.92541
- H4 Phase 2
- Market Profile
- Profiles Bracketing but price trading over bracket high
- ADR: 1291
- ASR: 1223
- 306
- Day
- Yesterday’s High 1.92989
- Yesterday’s Low 1.91287
- Price above yesterday’s high
Compared against Weekly Trading Plan
- Retracing last week’s move down to LKC, currently trading above W1 Demand.
Sentiment
- Locations
- H4-C‑D 1.92541 above value within range
- Yesterday’s Low 1.91287 at W1-C‑D 1.92067
- Sentiment
- LN open
- Above value, outside range
- Open distance to value
- 1.3xASR
- Sentiment
- Open at ADR exhaustion followed by IB trading down, mean reversion might be done soon
- LN open
- Clarity (1–5, 5 being best)
- 3
- Hypo 1 — Mean Reversion Short
- 1.3xASR, with profile sentiment
- Preferred: Price action confirmation reversal, IB extension down, sustained auction, value acceptance (would change medium/higher time frame sentiment)
- Hypo 2 — Bounce off H4-C‑D 1.92541
- Yesterday’s high is near, VAH
- Preferred: price action confirmation reversal, failed auction
Additional notes
- N.A.
ZOIs for Possible Shorts
- H45-C‑S 1.94667
ZOIs for Possible Long
- H4-C‑D 1.92541
- W1-C‑D 1.92067
Mindful Trading
- Feeling okay
Focus Points for trading development
- Weekly Goal
- Formulate hypos in order of likelihood and track with actual development on the day
- Incorporate profile day type
- Trading Rules
- If Open outside of value consider the placement in relation to ADR
- Risk Management
- 3 trades 1% risk, 3rd trade only if first 2 worked out
- OK to take 1R when in DD
- 2 consecutive days of lack of sleep = NO TRADING