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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
Weekly Focus Points
- Don’t take trades where SL placement is suboptimal. Instead, reassess for a better entry if possible. Unless there is a momentum play.
Compared against Weekly Trading Plan
- Moving deeper into W1-C‑S 1888.729 and trading above last week’s body
Non-conjecture observations of the market
- Price action
- D1 Inside Bar turning H4-C‑D 1883.401 into a RBR if today closes up
- Mid D1 swing
- Asia moving higher taking out supplies
- H4 move away from H4-C‑D 1883.401
- H4 Pin bar / Shooting Star premarket
- D1 Inside Bar turning H4-C‑D 1883.401 into a RBR if today closes up
- Market Profile
- 2‑day bracketing
- ADR: 25856
- ASR: 16089
- 410
- Day
- Yesterday’s High 1889.520
- Yesterday’s Low 1877.330
Sentiment
- Locations
- H4-C‑D 1883.401 at VAH
- LN open
- Above Value, Outside Range
- Open distance to value
- 0.7xASR
- Sentiment
- Slightly large imbalance. W1 C‑sup nearby. Possible H4 Evening Star in process although can also become another RBR.
- Clarity (1–5, 5 being best)
- 4
- Hypo 1 — Return to Value
- Preferred: IB extension down, Price action reversal, failed auction and quick follow-through
- Hypo 2 — Swing Reversal
- Preferred: Bearish price action, IB extension down and sustained auction
Additional notes
- Brexit talks are still on
ZOIs for Possible Shorts
- W1-C‑S 1888.729
ZOIs for Possible Long
- H4-C‑D 1883.401
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