Week of Oct 24, 2022 - Price Action StudyDownload the Chart and Use the Groups of Drawings to Navigate the HTF Bias(Trend) and Context (PD Arrays), Narrative (Probable PD Array to be reached for next), Entries (1H/15m), and Risk (CBDR and levels in chart)
With the period starting mid-week Oct 24, 2022 - Thursday Journal
Define Weekly Range Profile with IPDA True Day Markers
Done - IPDA True Day Lines
Out of IPDA 60 Day Range, Price is in the bottom of a Discount range
Guess for Weekly Range Profile - Classic Tue Low of Week
Reason: Tues had a lower close, my hypothesis is that Price will make the high of the week aligned with the short term weekly high from Sep 12, 2022
Therefore if Price has not reached the target Premium PD Array by the London session, I aim to buy Orderblocks into the Sep 12 Weekly High before turning Bearish (FULL CONTEXT HYPOTHESIS)
On 1H Chart, you can frame the target areas you want to trade from
EOD Wednesday - End of NY PM Session ends the day on a higher high and the high of the week so far
Thu Asian Session - Consolidation above the 1H OB from Oct 26th
The 1H OB has been wicked twice in previous NY AM Session
Price has created EQ Candle lows across Wed NY PM Session and Asian Session
Thu London Session - Price moves aggressively into the 1H OB
I know now that I am going to drop down to the 15m timeframe to look to execute an entry
Huge Detail: WE ARE LOOKING FOR A LTF PD ARRAY TO FORM INSIDE THE 1H ORDERBLOCK TO VALIDATE ENTRY
London Session continues to move down into the 1H OB
Thu London Session EOD (5m/15m)
Shortly after 5am Close, 5m and 15m chart shows MSS and creates 15m OB
Looking for Entry on PD Array on 15m Timeframe (More Probable TF)
5m if refined entry
NY Session AM (5m/15m)
BIG NOTE: If News coming at 830a EST, move should happen after that - try to not Trade through 830a - that is GAMBLING, not Trading
Depending on news being present, entry as the following
Entry Price:
Top of OB - 1.157
OB 50% Threshold - 1.156
No High Impact News/Events post 830a EST: 15m candle down close inside of 15m OB
With High Impact News/Events post 830a EST: After 830a or whenever time the news is released (FOMC 2p EST)
Entry in Case Study if condition is present: 845am
Entry in Case Study if condition NOT present: 800am
May just wait for 830a since it’s closer to NY AM Session Open?
Important: What made this entry work?
Price never closed under OB low after entering 15m OB
Price showed 15m MSS (a 2 bar close under 15m OB is low proabability)
William %R Divergence: Price making Lower Lows dropping into 15m OB and Higher Highs on William %R
Exit Analysis:
Original Price Target:
Sept 12th Old Highs (4:1 RR) | Price: 1:174
Intermediate Target(s):
Asian Session Bearish OB (1:1 RR) | Price: 1.162 (50% threshold)
Result: Price failed to reach Original Price Target which makes sense as there did not seem to be high impact news present - with this we would aim for 1:1 or 2:1 moves using CBDR as reference for spread
Move ended up reaching 1:1 RR aligned with 1H Bearish OB BREAKEVEN
Thu IPDA Range Conclusion:
Asian Session created Thu High
NY Session AM Distribution leg created a lower high on 1H timeframe
IPDA True Day closed in Discount area of the Wed 1H OB
Midnight Price closed at EQ area of the Wed 1H OB
With the period starting mid-week Oct 24, 2022 - Friday Journal
Define Weekly Range Profile with IPDA True Day Markers
Done - IPDA True Day Lines
Guess for Weekly Range Profile - Classic Tue Low of Week
Reason: Wed had a higher close and made the High of the Week around 1AM Thu before selling off and creating a lower high, my hypothesis is that Price will finish the week with a choppy day or lower close than Thu
Therefore if Price has not reached the target Premium PD Array by the London session, I aim to buy Orderblocks into the Sep 12 Weekly High before turning Bearish (FULL CONTEXT HYPOTHESIS)
On 1H Chart, you can frame the target areas you want to trade from
EOD Thursday - End of NY PM Session ends with price
Idenfied Wed FVG under the 1H OB that was mitigated Thu
Marked 50% level of FVG
Thu Asian Session
Short Rally after closing below Thu NY Close then selling off later into day
I know now that I am going to drop down to the 15m timeframe to look to execute an entry
Fri London Session - Price moves aggressively down into the 1H FVG
Huge Detail: WE ARE LOOKING FOR A LTF PD ARRAY TO FORM INSIDE THE 1H ORDERBLOCK TO VALIDATE ENTRY
Price creates a 15m Breaker Block and 15m Bullish OB in London
Fri London Session EOD (5m/15m)
Price trades back into Breaker Block at 5am
Entry Price: 1.152
NY Session AM (5m/15m)
Price Trades to Thu NY Session close before print Bearish hammer candle and close below Thu NY Session close
Intermediate Price Target
As price moves into NY Session, adjust 15m OB to last unmitigated candle before 830a EST
BIG NOTE: If News coming at 830a EST, move should happen after that - try to not Trade through 830a - that is GAMBLING, not Trading
Depending on news being present, entry as the following
Same with or without News:
FVG nested Breaker Block retest 845am | Entry Price: 1.152
Important: What made this entry work?
Breaker Block forming on 15m timeframe aligned with 15m OB inside of 1H FVG near EQ (Strong Probablity)
Exit Analysis:
Original Price Target:
Fri Asian Session Highs (2:1 RR) | Price: 1:159
Intermediate Target(s):
Thu NY Session Close (1:1 RR) | Price: 1.156
Result: 2 Trade Opportunities
London Session 530a - 730a, 1:1 (Entry/Exit/RR)
NY Session AM 845a - 1045a, 2:1 (Entry/Exit/RR)
If held through 4p EST close, 2.75:1 RR (2x CBDR from entry)
Fri IPDA Range Conclusion:
Friday closes Higher than NY Session Low
We do not count Sun price action independently
Confirmed Weekly Profile - Classic Tue Low of Week
Price seems to be close to discount than Premium range
Traded inside of Wed Oct 26th candle on Thu/Fri
Weeklyrange
Weekly Bias for SPX - 10/1/2023Weekly Chart: Traded into last week's bearish engulfing candle and then took out its low.
Traded into a +POI (W+FVG), wicked near MT at 4236.6
Weekly Idea: Because we are bearish but entered into this +POI, with may get a bounce but would look to see if the PWL is taken out for a continuation lower. For now, I'm 505/50 on this mainly because of the W+FVG. A bullish scenario would need to be revisited
Daily Chart: Price took out the PWL and set a low on the Daily in the W+FVG, however, price bounced from the area without making a new high. This is logic to stay on the downside for now. Another thing to note, Friday's close is at the mid point of the weekly range, Weekly high 4347.4, Weekly Low 4243.2, and Weekly mid point 4295.3, finally Weekly close/ Friday closing price 4295.3.
Daily idea: Because of the close and the price failing to make a new high this give reasoning to at least look for the price to take out the PDL and -LP ( $ trend line liquidity) with best case scenario, price taking out the PWL. A bullish scenario would need to be revisited
4H Chart/Idea: We have a 4H-OB and 4H-FVG, one the LTF, do we have price return to mitigate this area? The +breaker is hold price up for now and this will be the first thing that I look at for a response of what price decides to do. The low was made in a +POI, a +OB but will it hold?
Weekly Bias for Nas100 - 10/1/2023Weekly Chart: Price took out the PWL and the August low into a W+OB and we did close positively for the week. We did create the low of a W-FVG (not drawn but, it's there) and price closed near the middle of the weekly range, Weekly High 14906.5, Weekly Low 14429.3, Weekly Mid point 14667.9, Weekly close 14741.8.
Weekly idea: Price took out lows into the W+OB but for now there is a W+FVG below that may be the target. If we take out the PDL, this will be my target into the the W+FVG(H) near 14232.7. In order to turn bullish I will need to see a high taken out and I'll want to see what price does inside the W-FVG.
Daily Chart: Price traded into a D-FVG and set the high near the D-FVG (MT) and left a huge wick with a Friday close near the Mid point of the Weekly range. We took out the bearish engulfing made on Tuesday but by Friday we traded back into it.
Daily Idea: Price leaving that large wick will cause for me to look at how price response to the close, middle and high of the candle. Do we fail inside this wick or take out the high? This is the question I'll be looking to answer. If we fail, I'll be looking to take out the PDL and THURS PDL. If we take out the high, price should close the D-FVG and trade into another D-FVG just above (not drawn) with the low near 14974.1.
4H Chart: Price left a 4H-OB inside the daily wick and the low was made inside a 4H+FVG(H) 14661.5. There is a +CHOCH above THURS PDH and the this is my hesitation to go full on bearish on the short term. There is also a 4H+Breaker that Friday could not take out as well.
4H Idea: I want to see if price will take out the 4H-OB or the PDL
SPX top down short 9/29/22So far we've rejected the weekly high and pushed down into the LTF points of interest. Going into the premarket and NY session I'll be looking for signs of rejection to return to the upside or a continuation of the overall trend.
Mostly favoring a neutral to bearish point of view on this but I don't mind reacting on movement to the upside for a buy if the level 2 data confirms it
SPX Top Down Analysis 9/27/22We are trading within a range near the most recent low on the daily after a big move to the downside. Definitely still overall bearish but we are trading into HTF points of interest to the downside, basically buy to sell setup's in the making. Missed the trade yesterday off of the range high but that's okay. Lots of news today so I won't be so quick to pull the trigger and just be more reactive today.
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GBP/USD Weekly Range ExampleHello Traders!
As you can see this was last weeks trading range.
Open, High, Low, Close
Sunday Opening Price is drawn out to Friday
We knew heading into this month that DXY was bullish and GBP was bearish (sessional tendencies).
As I say as usual the high of the week when bearish will form either on Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday
(I personally favor Tuesday and Wednesday). The same can be said vice versa when bullish.
I also when bearish the low of the week will form either on Thursday or Friday. The same can be said vice versa when bullish.
Friday typically will give you a higher close from the low of the week when bearish. The same can be said vice versa when bullish.
Overall last week has given traders a Judas Swing. A fake move above S.O.P (Sunday opening price), then a sell off
for the rest of the trading week.
Does this occur every week? No. Will it always be like this? No.
This is the simplest form or most basic level of weekly market templates.
Sunday Opening Price Bullish Tutorial Hello Traders!
We know that these markets are not random and have an algorithmic structure to them.
Sunday Opening Price is important to keep in mind when day trading or swing trading.
Each new trading week the market will reset its oversold and overbought levels.
S.O.P (Sunday opening price) allows us to see those levels WITHOUT INDICATORS!
Anything above S.O.P is premium (overbought) and anything below is discount (oversold).
When bullish we are seeking buying opportunities under S.O.P.
Mon., Tue., and Wed is typically going to give you the low of the week.
Thursday is typically going to give you the high of the week then give a mid-week reversal.
Friday can also pose to give the high of the week or follow Thursdays reversal trend.
The same can be said when in bearish conditions, just vice versa.
Market Range - Anticipating Price ExpansionI have mentioned several times in my post that when a pair didn't reach its minimum range based on the 20-day average daily range, the market will compensate that "pips shortages" in the following day, in two or three days or the following week.
These small ranges are more common in a flat market, where it is in an accumulation phase. "Ranging market begets trends" was the common belief back when I first started trading. I do not think it's necessarily true BUT I do believe ranging market or market in an accumulation phase, whatever you want to call it, will beget price expansion and more often than not, when the price do expand, it will pay back all the pips shortages few days/weeks earlier.
How can you benefit/what are the actionable you can do from this repetitive yet tend to be overlooked market behaviour? Here are the three things I tend to use this information into my advantage :
1) Liquidity Pool will be there in a day where the range is so small because price is in accumulation phase
2) You can start managing your trades as small ranges particularly after a price expansion, means a retracement or reversal will happen. This gives us opportunities to look for either continuation trades or to move your stops to protect your profits
3) If you have a trading signal during the accumulation phase, you can expand your profit target more than usual as the smaller the ranges in the previous day(s) the bigger the price expansion would be. The smaller the ranges and the longer is the period of accumulation, the bigger the liquidity pool going to be hence the more delicious the price expansion going to be
Read the Right Side of the Chart : XAUUSD Sept 10thThis pair has certainly moved to the downside followed by the bank's price manipulation around 1555.225-1555.400
You can read the post about where the current wave originated (the setup that I missed. Yes writing this isn't easy for me
:
Price closed below last week's and Friday's low. Monday was pretty quiet and low volume trading day as this pair didn't reach the 20-day average daily range, which I believe it will eventually be "paid" the following days which it did during Sydney session today.
Price also trading inside the liquidity pool that I have determined but there is also price zones that I have determined below it and I would love it if price reach in that zone. I would be an interested buyer at those prices, but of course, after there is a bullish trigger.
Depending how volatile this pair going to be this week, if this pair goes off to the upside with momentum, price entering the liquidity pool at 1520-1535, I will be looking for a bearish signal and would seriously consider it as a continuation of the bearish wave
You can read the linked posts below to understand the context of this post and also to understand my concept in navigating the market
Long BTCUSD on break of weekly high/low range Nov 20
1. Long on break of Nov 8 weekly high
2. Strategy: Break of weekly high low range on strong volume
3. Target 1: 127.0% Fib extension of weekly high/low range - move stop to breakeven
4. Target 2: 161.8% Fib extension of weekly high/low range - take 100% profit
5. Stop: Below 89.0 Fib of weekly high/low range
6. Potential RR: 1:2.73
7. The break saw upwards momentum change from last week's range-bound momentum ( RSI & RSI Composite index)
8. RSI Composite Index & RSI levels greater than moving averages
9. RSI Composite Index & RSI moving average crossed higher
10: Concerns: Daily chart show negative divergence in price and momentum