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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
- Min. 3 times hitting the gym + mandatory cardio
- Trading rules
- M15/M30 entries and exits at 1st DTTZ, M5 entries and exits at 2nd DTTZ
- Only price-action based exit rules (or if hit time stop comes earlier)
- Otherwise a Bart Simpson exercise
Compared against Weekly Trading Plan
- Trading within MN Bearish Inside Bar
- Trading above last week’s Doji’s body and range continuing reaction off W1-C‑D 1.92120
Non-conjecture observations of the market
- Price action
- D1 RBR with yesterday closing above D1 VWAP in DT leaving behind a very long selling wick after reacting off D1-C‑S 1.94900, D1 Phase 2
- H4 consolidation and Break Down at H4-C‑S 1.94650 (and H4 QHi) through a Bear Engulf (giving H4-C‑S 1.94090 although high in distribution curve) although without follow-through. Instead some demand was created above H4 UKC in R with nearby VWAP in UT
- Trend: H4 Up, D1 Down, W1 Up
- Prevailing trend: Mixed Trend after a down trend
- Market Profile
- Larger value area created above overall bracketing range
- Daily Range
- ADR: 1111
- ASR: 854
- 22
- Day
- Yesterday’s High 1.94810
- Yesterday’s Low 1.93055
Sentiment
- Locations
- H4-C‑S 1.94650 at VAH
- H4-C‑S 1.94090 (high in distribution curve) at VAL
- H4-C‑D 1.93851 just below VAL
- Sentiment
- LN open
- Within Value
- Open distance to value
- N.A.
- Premarket
- H4-C‑D 1.93851 was confirmed through H4 Three Inside Up
- Narrative
- Balancing Market. There was a H4 Three Inside Up created premarket just below VAL so there might be a bounce in the form of a Value Rejection Failure of this level. If price holds below in a sustained auction price could reject value.
- LN open
- Clarity (1–5, 5 being best)
- 4
- Hypo 1 — Balancing Market
- Narrative: Open sentiment, bounce off H4-C‑D 1.93851
- Preferred: Strong reversal pattern off H4-C‑D 1.93851 and consequent move higher
- Con: an IB extension and close below value
- Hypo 2 — Value Rejection Up
- Narrative: Possible continuation to D1 move higher
- Preferred: Strong Bullish PA with IB extension up and close above VAH
- Con: Possible H4 Phase 3
- Hypo 3 — Value Rejection Down
- Narrative: Possible H4 Phase 3
- Preferred: Strong close below value coinciding with an IB extension down.
- Con: Possible continuation to D1 move higher
Additional notes
- Capital Preservation Rule in effect
ZOIs for Possible Shorts
- D1-C‑S 1.94900
- H4-C‑S 1.94650
- H4-C‑S 1.94090 (high in distribution curve)
ZOIs for Possible Long
- H4-C‑D 1.93050
- H4-C‑D 1.92530
- W1-C‑D 1.92120
Mindful Trading (lack of sleep?)
- Feeling okay but did not sleep enough last night
Focus Points for trading development
- Monthly Goals
- No momentum trades on Non-Farm Fridays
- Feeling okay with NOT trading
- Have ‘quieter’ weekends
- Weekly Goal
- Min. 3 times hitting the gym + mandatory cardio
- Trading rules
- M15/M30 entries and exits at 1st DTTZ, M5 entries and exits at 2nd DTTZ
- Only price-action based exit rules (or if hit time stop comes earlier)
- Otherwise a Bart Simpson exercise
- Risk Management
- Without forcing a trade: aim to take 1 trade a day, if possible 2.
- Capital Preservation during drawdown allows for 1R profit-taking
- 2 consecutive days of lack of sleep = NO TRADING