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Gold sweeps SL, wait for BUY LIMIT at Demand Zone 4,223-4,225Timeframe analysis: H4/30M Logic: Trend Continuation after liquidity sweep. MARKET STRUCTURE ANALYSIS (SMC Analysis) Main Trend: Bullish (Price is moving within a parallel channel). Structure Confirmation (BOS): The chart has confirmed an upward Break of Structure (BOS), indicating that buyers are controlling the market. Liquidity Sweep/Fake: The strong bearish candle (marked as "Fake") is a move to sweep Stop Losses of early buyers and gather liquidity before Smart Money pushes the price in the main direction. This is an Inducement action. Key Demand Zone (POI/Demand Zone/Order Block): The TIMING BUY area (4,223.154 - 4,225.000) is a potential Demand Zone/Order Block identified by Smart Money. The price is expected to retest this area before continuing to rise. MAIN TRADING SCENARIO (LONG SETUP) SCENARIO: Wait for the price to Pullback to the POI area to enter a buy order, continuing the main bullish trend. Parameter Value SMC Description Action BUY LIMIT Place a pending buy order Entry Zone (POI) 4,225.000 - 4,223.150 Demand Zone/Order Block after liquidity sweep. Stop Loss (SL) 4,214.390 Place below the low of the liquidity sweep candle ("Fake Low"), ensuring safety. Take Profit 1 (TP1) 4,240.000 Target the nearest Swing High. Take Profit 2 (TP2) 4,250.000 Target psychological resistance and mid-channel. Take Profit 3 (TP3) 4,260.000+ Target the upper boundary of the parallel channel. R:R Ratio Approximately 1:2.5 to 1:3.5 (Depending on TP) Good R:R ratio for a trend-following trade. RISK MANAGEMENT Risk: Only risk a maximum of 1-2% of the account for this trade. Breakeven: When the price hits TP1, move SL to the Entry point (Breakeven) to protect capital. Invalidation: If the price closes the D1/H4 candle below the SL level (4,214.390), the buy plan will be invalidated.
OANDA:XAUUSDLong
by Linda_OneShotTrader
1
BTC forming wonderful scenarioBTC is forming good scenarios for bullish and subsequently bearish trade. It has created ABC pattern and retracing back to bullish FVG. We need to wait for price getting into right zones. We may also see a sell side trade once reaches to bearish FVG. 1. Currently price has broken ABC pattern neckline and retracing towards 1h FVG. 2. We may also see a sell side trade once price tap into bearish FVG and shows reversal pattern. 3. Most probably price will take liquidity of FVG and create MSS/CISD/TS/iFVG in LTF. 4. Price should show rejection/reversal in LTF (5m,1m) at FVG zone. 5. Take the trade only once clear entry model i.e. turtle soup. iFVG break, CDS or MSS happens on LTF All these combinations are signalling a high probability and ~4R trade scenario. Note – if you liked this analysis, please boost the idea so that other can also get benefit of it. Also follow me for notification for incoming ideas. Also Feel free to comment if you have any input to share. Disclaimer – This analysis is just for education purpose not any trading suggestion. Please take the trade at your own risk and with the discussion with your financial advisor.
DELTAIN:BTCUSD.PLong
by hari_log
BTC is developing ~4R down side tradeBTC has done MSS on 4h time frame and showing rejection at 4H FVG after displacement. We can see a good downside trade once below FVG is mitigated and changed to iFVG. We need to wait for price getting into right zones. 1. Currently price is moving inside 4H FVG after displacement and showing rejection as well. 2. Price should break below FVG and retest. 3. There are several SIBIs which may be target for it and further buy side reversal trade. 4. RSI has already shown bearish divergence. Which support coming down move. 5. Most probably price will take liquidity of FVG and create MSS/CISD/TS/iFVG in LTF. 6. Price should show rejection/reversal in LTF (5m,1m) at FVG zone. 7. Take the trade only once clear any of the entry model i.e. turtle soup. iFVG break, CDS or MSS happens on LTF All these combinations are signalling a high probability and ~4R trade scenario. Note – if you liked this analysis, please boost the idea so that other can also get benefit of it. Also follow me for notification for incoming ideas. Also Feel free to comment if you have any input to share. Disclaimer – This analysis is just for education purpose not any trading suggestion. Please take the trade at your own risk and with the discussion with your financial advisor.
DELTAIN:BTCUSD.PShort
by hari_log
Beautiful 6R BTC trade scenariosBTC is forming both buy and sell side trades as the price is in critical zone. BTC will possibly give us both side good trades. We need to wait for price getting into right zones. 1. Currently price is moving around daily and 4H gradient levels. 2. 125275 level is creating a gradient cluster of both 1d and 4h time frame. Which may give us a good sell side trade if price show clear reversal signals. 3. There is an 1hour iFVG if price takes liquidity of it, most probably it will touch gradient cluster level and good sell scenario may be confirmed. 4. There are several SIBIs which may be target for it and further buy side reversal trade. 5. Buy side reversal trade may be good trade as overall BTC order flow is upside. 6. Most probably price will take liquidity of FVGs and create MSS/CISD/TS/iFVG in LTF. 7. Price should show rejection/reversal in LTF (5m,1m) at FVG zone. All these combinations are signalling a high probability and 5.5R trade scenario. Note – if you liked this analysis, please boost the idea so that other can also get benefit of it. Also follow me for notification for incoming ideas. Also Feel free to comment if you have any input to share. Disclaimer – This analysis is just for education purpose not any trading suggestion. Please take the trade at your own risk and with the discussion with your financial advisor.
DELTAIN:BTCUSD.PShort
by hari_log
2
Weekly Candle Closes High | Prioritise Buying on Pullback to Sup🟡 XAU/USD – 22/09 | Captain Vincent ⚓ 🔎 Captain’s Log – Quick Overview Last week, gold closed around 3,685, paving the way for further advancement and a new ATH. After the FED cut 25bps, Powell's 'brake' remarks slowed the rise, but the larger trend remains bullish. This morning, prices surged to 3,697.xx, now slightly adjusting around 3,692 – 3,690 → a sensible strategy: wait for a pullback to continue Buying. ⏩ Captain’s Summary: The gold voyage still heads North, Buying remains the main choice, but wait for a pullback to board. 📈 Captain’s Chart – Technical Analysis Golden Harbor (Support / Buy Zone): Thin support: ~3,698 (recently broken old range top). OB Dock: 3,687 – 3,690. FVG Dock: 3,672 – 3,676 (liquidity check on deep pullback). Storm Breaker (Resistance / Sell Zone): 3,714 – 3,720 (supply cluster / old ATH – likely to react). Price Structure: Continuous BoS series, price breaks short-term up channel and creates higher highs → bullish remains the main trend. 🎯 Captain’s Map – Trading Plan (before US session) ✅ Buy (trend priority) Buy Zone 1 Entry: 3,698 – 3,701 SL: 3,688 TP: 3,706 – 3,714 – 3,720+ Buy Zone 2 (OB) Entry: 3,687 – 3,690 SL: 3,680 TP: 3,698 – 3,706 – 3,714 – 3,72x Buy Zone 3 (FVG) Entry: 3,672 – 3,676 SL: 3,664 TP: 3,687 – 3,706 – 3,714 ⚡ Sell (only scalp when overbought) Sell Zone (ATH test) Entry: 3,740 – 3,738 SL: 3,750 TP: 3,730 – 3,690 – 3,695 Captain’s Note ⚓ “The new week kicks off with a high-closing candle, the gold vessel continues its bullish course. Golden Harbor 🏝️ (3,690 – 3,672) is a safe anchorage for the crew to watch for Buys. Storm Breaker 🌊 (3,714 – 3,720) is the wave crest where winds may rise, suitable for Quick Boarding 🚤 short scalps. Before the US session, the seas might get choppy – hold the helm tight and manage volume wisely.”
OANDA:XAUUSDLong
by CaptainVincent
ETHUSD 2.5R sell side trade scenarioETHUSD is forming sell side trades as current bias and draw on liquidity both are at down side. Price has also left SIBIs to attract price upside for a while and then return back to target. In weekend price may have low volatility and trade possibly generate on Monday or later. 1. There is a daily time frame bearish FVG. 2. There is bearish FVG in 4H TF. Now price is approaching it slowly. 3. These FVGs are forming inside OTE zone. 4. Order flow is bearish. And draw on liquidity is also at downside. 5. Most probably price will take liquidity of FVGs and create MSS/CISD/TS/iFVG in LTF. 6. Price should show rejection/reversal in LTF (5m,1m) at FVG zone. 7. BTC is also forming similar scenario. All these combinations are signalling a high probability and 2.5R trade scenario. Note – if you liked this analysis, please boost the idea so that other can also get benefit of it. Also follow me for notification for incoming ideas. Also Feel free to comment if you have any input to share. Disclaimer – This analysis is just for education purpose not any trading suggestion. Please take the trade at your own risk and with the discussion with your financial advisor.
DELTAIN:ETHUSD.PShort
by hari_log
BTCUSD 3R Sell side trade BTCUSD is forming sell side trade as current bias and draw on liquidity both are at down side. Price has also left SIBIs to attract price upside for a while and then return back to target. In weekend price may have low volatility and trade possibly generate on Monday or later. 1. There is a 4H time frame bearish FVG. 2. There is bearish FVG in 1H and 30m overlapping with 4H FVG. Now price is approaching it slowly. 3. These FVGs are forming inside Fib golden zone. 4. Order flow is bearish. And draw on liquidity is also at downside. 5. Most probably price will take liquidity of FVGs and create MSS/CISD/TS/iFVG in LTF. 6. Price should show rejection/reversal in LTF (5m,1m) at FVG zone. All these combinations are signalling a high probability and 3R trade scenario. Note – if you liked this analysis, please boost the idea so that other can also get benefit of it. Also follow me for notification for incoming ideas. Also Feel free to comment if you have any input to share. Disclaimer – This analysis is just for education purpose not any trading suggestion. Please take the trade at your own risk and with the discussion with your financial advisor.
DELTAIN:BTCUSD.PShort
by hari_log
XAGUSD Step-by-step entry plan for XAGUSD 1. We have our Daily Point of Interest (POI) - On the daily a zone that contains: * a fair value gap (FVG), * a break of structure (BOS) that previously acted as resistance and is now expected to act as support, and * support from the 44 SMA. 2. Wait for price to return to the Daily POI - Only consider the setup if price actually comes back into that daily POI zone. 3. Switch to the 1-hour timeframe to refine the entry - Look for a shift in structure on the 1-hour (i.e., evidence that momentum is shifting bullish: BOS to the upside, higher highs/higher lows). 4. Confirm a 1-hour fair value gap forms - The structure shift on 1-hour should create a 1-hour FVG (a short intraday imbalance). 5. Wait for the 1-hour FVG to be filled - Let price fill that 1-hour FVG (price moves into/through the gap). 6. Look for a bullish confirmation on the filled 1-hour FVG - After the fill, require a clear bullish formation on 1-hour (examples: bullish engulfing candle, strong demand candle, a higher-low + rejection wick). 7. Enter on the 1-hour bullish confirmation - Enter when price breaks the confirmation level (e.g., breaks above the local 1-hour high formed by the bullish setup) or on a confirmed bullish candle close per your entry rules.
OANDA:XAGUSDLong
by AryanDixit
3
USDJPY Sell entry 1::5 RnRUSDJPY is forming a beautiful day trade for selling side. It can be a very good intraday trade if everything goes as per plan. 1. Price kissed 4H Iceberg Block and showed sniper liquidity and left bearish FVGs at both 30m and 15m. 2. 15m FVG is inside 30m FVG and upper side of OTE area. 3. Now it is moving toward FVG areas after taking reversal from bullish 15m BPR 4. Most probably price will take liquidity of FVG and OTE zone and create MSS in LTF. 5. Order flow confirming bearish bias. 6. Price should show rejection/reversal in LTF (5m,1m) at FVG zone. All these combinations are signalling a high probability and high Risk and Reward (1:5) trade scenario. Note – if you liked this analysis, please boost the idea so that other can also get benefit of it. Also follow me for notification for incoming ideas. Also Feel free to comment if you have any input to share. Disclaimer – This analysis is just for education purpose not any trading suggestion. Please take the trade at your own risk and with the discussion with your financial advisor.
Short
by hari_log
1
Gold (XAUUSD) 1:4 intraday buy scenario.Gold is in up move and forming a good buy scenario on 30/15-minute chart. It can be a very good intraday trade if everything goes as per plan. 1. 30/15m bullish FVG is pending and price is showing pull back towards it. 2. Most probably price will take liquidity of FVG and OTE zone and create MSS in LTF. 3. Order flow confirming bullish bias. 4. Price should show rejection/reversal in LTF at FVG zone. All these combinations are signalling a high probability and high Risk and Reward (1:4) trade scenario. Note – if you liked this analysis, please boost the idea so that other can also get benefit of it. Also follow me for notification for incoming ideas. Also Feel free to comment if you have any input to share. Disclaimer – This analysis is just for education purpose not any trading suggestion. Please take the trade at your own risk and with the discussion with your financial advisor.
OANDA:XAUUSDLong
by hari_log
BTC developing a good sell opportunityBTC is moving in range for long time. Now it has shown a displacement after ChoCH and formed a bearish 15m FVG. There may be a good trade at sell side if price approach it. Well there are two trade scenarios are forming. 1. Price moves to 15m FVG and OTE overlap zone. 2. Most probably price will take liquidity of FVG and OTE zone and create MSS in LTF. 3. After breaking trend line it should pullback till FVG/trend line or any newly created OB/FVG. All these combinations are signalling a high probability and high Risk and Reward (1:8) trade scenario. Note – if you liked this analysis, please boost the idea so that other can also get benefit of it. Also follow me for notification for incoming ideas. Also Feel free to comment if you have any input to share. Disclaimer – This analysis is just for education purpose not any trading suggestion. Please take the trade at your own risk and with the discussion with your financial advisor.
DELTAIN:BTCUSD.PShort
by hari_log
ETH multiple Sell OpportunitiesETH is moving in range for almost a week time. Now it has shown a displacement after ChoCH and formed a bearish 15m FVG. There may be a good trade at sell side if price approach it. Well there are two trade scenarios are forming. Trade # 1 1. Price is moving around a short term trend line and resistance. 2. If price breaks trend line and take the liquidity of resistance than it may be sell trade. Trade # 2 3. Price moves to 15m FVG and OTE overlap zone. 4. Most probably price will take liquidity of FVG zone and break trend line. 5. After breaking trend line it should pullback till FVG/trend line or any newly created OB/FVG. All these combinations are signaling a high probability and high Risk and Reward (1:8) trade scenario. Note – if you liked this analysis, please boost the idea so that other can also get benefit of it. Also follow me for notification for incoming ideas. Also Feel free to comment if you have any input to share. Disclaimer – This analysis is just for education purpose not any trading suggestion. Please take the trade at your own risk and with the discussion with your financial advisor.
DELTAIN:ETHUSD.PShort
by hari_log
Gold (XAUUSD) forming wonderful sell scenarioGoldUSD price is moving at higher side and showing weakness. It is also forming double top kind of scenario. We may see a good short trade if liquidity sweep is witness at the resistance level with the additional confirmation of higher volume. Overall trend is still upside but buyers seems exhausted. We may find a good sell trade if Liquidity sweeps at resistance and everything goes as we planned. 1. Price is approaching 4H resistance zone. Which may act as a strong supply zone. 2. Buying is slow and weak. 3. Most probably price will take liquidity of resistance zone and break trend line. 4. After breaking trend line it should pullback till resistance/trend line or any newly created OB/FVG. All these combinations are signalling a high probability and high Risk and Reward (1:8) trade scenario. Note – if you liked this analysis, please boost the idea so that other can also get benefit of it. Also follow me for notification for incoming ideas. Also Feel free to comment if you have any input to share. Disclaimer – This analysis is just for education purpose not any trading suggestion. Please take the trade at your own risk and with the discussion with your financial advisor.
OANDA:XAUUSDShort
by hari_log
NZDUSD Forming a Great Sell side scenario....NZDJPY is approaching 4H resistance zone, which has already show rejection previously. There is also a steep bullish trend line creating a confluence. There is a valid 4H FVG at upside. All these things signalling a coming very good sell side opportunity. Below are points detailing the same. 1. Price is approaching 4H resistance zone. Which may act as a strong supply zone. 2. Very steep Bullish Trend line developing a confluence at resistance. Steep trend line is always prone for breakout/breakdown. 3. Most probably price will take liquidity of resistance zone and break trend line. 4. After breaking trend line it should pullback till resistance/trend line or any newly created OB/FVG. 5. There are two possible reversal point 1. At nearest resistance. 2. At 4H FVG and higher trendline. All these combinations are signalling a high probability and high Risk and Reward (1:8) trade scenario. Note – if you liked this analysis, please boost the idea so that other can also get benefit of it. Also follow me for notification for incoming ideas. Also Feel free to comment if you have any input to share. Disclaimer – This analysis is just for education purpose not any trading suggestion. Please take the trade at your own risk and with the discussion with your financial advisor.
Short
by hari_log
1
XAUUSD SD + OTE Long Trade (Smart Money Logic)This is my recent LONG trade on OANDA:XAUUSD on the 15 min chart. When everyone was waiting to SHORT , I was waiting patiently in my LONG position. Entry : $3378 - Order Block + FVG + 0.5 Optimal Trade Entry level Exit : 1st Target - $3400 (Standard Deviation Target 1 + 3400 psychological level) 2nd Target - $3418 (Standard Deviation Target 2) NOTE: Smart Money DOES NOT HUNT stoplosses , they trigger their positions slightly below where they find maximum liquidity, because their positions are WAY TOO HUGE and need all the anti-orders (buy/sell stops) basically buy side or sell side liquidity so that they can fill in their orders. They are literally there to HELP YOU push the price up or down, you just need to place your stoplosses right! not too tight not too far off which may cause market structure shifts. SLs need to be absolutely perfect Trade Explanation : OANDA:XAUUSD should have used the 1D Bearish Order Block and we should have seen a fall or at least a decent enough retracement, but only 1 thing saved us, that is 15 min Bullish INDUCMENT and 1H BIAS . I never entered in a short trade! I hope everyone saw these liquidity pools at the bottom and waited for them to get swept, but yeah, not always will liquidity be hunted right? Pools are areas with the most number of orders + stops. So aren't they supposed to be a good thing? :) So, yes, DAILY bias is good, but again, LTF bias is also very necessary. Markets won't always respect the DAILY bias. Else, they would always be stuck in a sideways momentum right? Think about it! Also, do let me know in the comments what you feel about this trade and also share your analysis!
OANDA:XAUUSDLong
by Mukul_9
EURJPY - SD + OTE + FVG Long EntryFX:EURJPY - Analysis on the 15min TimeFrame. (Look at the charts for all the levels) 1. Bullish IDM 2. 15min Bullish FVG tapped 3. Optimal Trade Entry ( OTE ) level 0.5 tapped 4. Standard Deviation ( SD ) TP 1 will be used as Target 5. Bearish 15min Order Block is also aligned with SD and can be used as target as well 6. SL - just below last 15min Bullish Order Block Entry is triggered, let's see if this trade hits TP or SL. Also, I'd love to hear your analysis as well. What do you guys think? Let me know in the comments
Long
by Mukul_9
XAU/USD SD + OTE + Fractal Reversal TradeHey traders! Here you can see all the trades taken by me in accordance with some major concepts of ICT. 1. OTE - Optimal Trade Entry 2. SD - Standard Deviation 3. Fractal Nature - If you can't find a pattern on the HTF, you'll surely find something on the LTF and vice versa. For example: - The SELL entry over here, we had an FVG on the 5 min TF , there was no other valid level to short the markets. - The other BUY Entries were taken on HTFs , and gave us very good targets as well! Standard Deviations when combined with PD arrays , work like a charm and can be used as targets for LTF trades and reversals for HTF trades. Hope you learned something today! Share your analysis as well in the comments!
Long
by Mukul_9
2
XAUUSD - SD + OTE + PD Array Entry/ExitThis long trade in XAUUSD includes cumulative entry and exit models. 1. SD - Standard Deviation Target 1 - 3274 Standard Deviation Target 2 - 3408 2. OTE - Optimal Trade Entry ( Equilibrium + 40 pips) 3. PD Array - 4H/15m FVG (caused due to CPI news) PD array + OTE overlapping perfectly, so there's double confirmation. Last manipulative leg before IDM (Inducement) and MSS (Market Structure Shift) taken for predicting Standard Deviation Targets. This is a 1D + 4H PD array at play, with Liquidity of previous weekly candle already taken. So it's very possible that trade hits both of our targets. Already 333pips captured in this trade, waiting for more, let's see what happens! Share your thoughts and analysis below in the comments. I'd honestly like to know about your opinion :)
Long
by Mukul_9
Gold Plan 12/08 – Captain VincentGold Plan 12/08 – Captain Vincent ⚓ Background: After sliding from the Storm Breaker 🌊, Gold has broken below the 3358 zone and successfully retested it. The ship is now heading straight towards the Buy Scalp – Quick Boarding 🚤 dock. Today’s Plan: Only buy when price reaches the pre-defined support zones — no chasing in open waters. Zone 1 – Quick Boarding 🚤 (Buy Scalp) Entry: 3,333 – 3,331 SL: 3,327 TP: 3,336 → 3,339 → 3,342 → 3,345 → 3,348 → 33xx Note: Fast in & out. Take partial profits at each TP hit. Zone 2 – Golden Harbor 🏝️ (Main Buy Zone) Entry: 3,311 – 3,309 SL: 3,305 TP: 3,315 → 3,319 → 3,323 → 3,327 → 3,331 → 33xx Note: Main accumulation zone. Hold longer if buying momentum stays strong. Today’s Scenarios: If price hits Quick Boarding → Wait for a reversal signal (pin bar, engulfing) on M15/H1 before entering. If price dips to Golden Harbor → Observe the bounce strength; enter only on clear confirmation. If neither zone is touched → Stay on the shore; wait for the next voyage. Captain’s Note: “The Gold ship has left the 3358 waters, turning its bow towards Quick Boarding 🚤. If docking is smooth, the crew will sail out swiftly to the open seas. Golden Harbor 🏝️ remains the main refuge if stronger waves push deeper.”
OANDA:XAUUSD
by CaptainVincent
2