24 May Premarket Prep Gold 20210524
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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
- Min. 3 times hitting the gym + mandatory cardio
- Trading rules
- 1 trade per day minimum (unless I missed the 1st DTTZ and the 2nd DTTZ is a continuation to the first)
- 1R targets allowed if conditions are less than optimal (buffer trades allow for 0.5–0.8R profit-taking)
- 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
- 1 trade per day minimum (unless I missed the 1st DTTZ and the 2nd DTTZ is a continuation to the first)
Compared against Weekly Trading Plan
- Price trading slightly above last week’s boyd within range (although very tight)
- Still trading below W1 QHi
Non-conjecture observations of the market
- Price action
- Price trading higher on D1 with 3 tests of D1 QHi and W1-C‑S 1889.818
- Possible H4 Phase 1 / 3 with some demand created at H4 VWAP in UT giving H4-C‑D 1877.917 (although high in distribution curve)
- Trend: H4 Up, D1 Up, W1 Up
- Prevailing trend: Trend is up but has reached D1/W1 QHi and W1 Supply
- Market Profile
- Price trading at the top of overall range
- Daily Range
- ADR: 22928
- ASR: 14994
- 375
- Day
- Yesterday’s High 1889.280
- Yesterday’s Low 1870.020
Sentiment
- Locations
- H4-C‑D 1877.917 within value at PPOC
- Sentiment
- LN open
- Above Value, Within Range
- Open distance to value
- 0.1xASR
- Premarket
- H4 Inside Bar after a move higher
- Narrative
- Moderate Imbalance although very close to value edge. WIth H$ demand underneath at PPOC there could be a bounce. Although price could close within value before reversing without a rotation through value due to said H4 demand. With trading at W1 supply, if there is an acceptance of value and consequent rotation there could be a shift in sentiment and possibly usher in the end of the uptrend.
- LN open
- Clarity (1–5, 5 being best)
- 4
- Hypo 1 — Return to Value
- Narrative: Open sentiment, H4 demand at PPOC
- Preferred: Strong Bullish PA at VAH possibly probing within value before bouncing off it. IB extension up, sustained auction possibly taking out H4 supply
- Con: Possible H4 Phase 3, W1 Supply
- Hypo 2 — Value Acceptance
- Narrative: Possible end of Uptrend, W1 Supply, possible H4 Phase 3, possible W1 pullback in rally
- Preferred: early acceptance and quick follow-through, possibly continuing to the downside (less likely,
- Con: Trend is up
Additional notes
- Capital preservation rule in effect
ZOIs for Possible Shorts
- W1-C‑S 1889.818
ZOIs for Possible Long
- H4-C‑D 1853.372
- D1-C‑D 1825.850
Mindful Trading (lack of sleep?)
- Feeling okay
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
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