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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 Focus Points
- Only trade the main account
- Focus on time-based exits
- Don’t look at M5 chart unless within the last hour of trading window
Compared against Weekly Trading Plan
- Trading within last week’s body
Non-conjecture observations of the market
- Price action
- D1 Consolidation continued
- H4 consolidation closing below H4 QHi, although trading within D1 Qhi
- Premarket: closed as a H4 spinning top
- Trend: H4 Down, D1 Down, W1 Down
- Market Profile
- Price created value below overall range on Thursday to Return again within the overall range on Friday
- ADR: 1192
- ASR: 1040
- 26
- Day
- Yesterday’s High 1.94264
- Yesterday’s Low 1.93393
Sentiment
- Locations
- H4-C‑S 1.94100 at VAH within M30 QHi
- H4-C‑D 1.93065 at M30 QLo
- Sentiment
- LN open
- Below Value, Outside Range
- Open distance to value
- 0.3xASR
- Narrative
- Moderate Imbalance. Possible H4/D1 Phase 3 and H4 consolidation breaking down. Price could see a move lower. Although Asia has taken it lower.
- LN open
- Clarity (1–5, 5 being best)
- 3
- Hypo 1 — Return to Value
- Narrative: Open sentiment and H4 consolidation with break down from H4 QHi, possible H4/D1 Phase 3
- Preferred: Bearish price action with IB extension down and sustained auction taking out H4 supply.
- Con: Lots of demand underneath and price is not quite at M30 QLo
- Hypo 2 — Value Acceptance
- Narrative: Consolidation continued
- Preferred: Early acceptance with quick follow-through
- Con: Price mid M30 swing after rejecting H4 Qhi
Additional notes
- N.A.
ZOIs for Possible Shorts
- H4-C‑S 1.94100 (old)
- D1-C‑S 1.92964
ZOIs for Possible Long
- H4-C‑D 1.93065
Mindful Trading
- Feeling okay
Focus Points for trading development
- Monthly Goals
- Continue tracking my DRC tracking sheet
- Focus on my own progress and less on others
- Feeling okay with NOT trading
- Have ‘quieter’ weekends
- Weekly Goal
- Min. 3 times hitting the gym
- Trading Rules
- Trade from D and upwards unless a possible momentum trade, value acceptance or otherwise.
- Risk Management
- 3 trades 1% risk, 3rd trade only if first 2 worked out
- Capital Preservation during drawdown allows for 1R profit-taking
- 2 consecutive days of lack of sleep = NO TRADING