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This is my premarket prep for today’s European session for WTI crude oil. 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.
Non-conjecture observations of the market
- D1 Bear Engulf forming D1-C‑S 40.846 and move down to demand D1-C‑D 39.998 currently trading below yesterday’s body
- New H4 Supply formed after some consolidation with a drop away from H4-C‑S 41.224 down to D1 and H4 demand proving reactive thus consequent move away
- New H4 Bear Engulf formed with H4-C‑S 40.033
- Market Profile
- Price below VA and range
Compared against Weekly Trading Plan
- W1 demand not taken out yet
Sentiment — Slightly Bearish
ZOIs for Possible Shorts
- D1-C‑S B.E 41.396
- H4-C‑S B.E. 41.888
- H4-C‑S 41.533
- D1-C‑S 40.846
- H4-C‑S 40.033
ZOIs for Possible Long
- D1-C‑D 39.998
- H4-C‑D 38.859
Mindful Trading
- I slept okay last night.
Focus Points for trading development
- Weekly Goal
- Have correct SL placement and position sizing
- Risk Management
- 3 allowed products
- Crude
- GBPNZD
- DAX
- 2 active opened positions — not on the same product
- 2% daily loss limit
- 3 trades allowed if ‘in the zone’
- Only trade off M30 candles or momentum plays
- After 4 losing trades in a week reduce TP to 1.5R but after 1R can consider taking profits
- 2 consecutive days of lack of sleep = NO TRADING
- 3 allowed products