Yesterday .... and today
Targets both above AND below price
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Targets both above AND below price
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- #11,683
- Dec 5, 2025 3:31pm Dec 5, 2025 3:31pm
- Joined Dec 2018 | Status: Trader | 4,594 Posts
And so ends (well almost in ½hr)
the first week of the last month of this year 2025
Trade safe, trade well all
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the first week of the last month of this year 2025
Trade safe, trade well all
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- #11,684
- Dec 7, 2025 1:17pm Dec 7, 2025 1:17pm
- Joined Aug 2007 | Status: Trader | 3,199 Posts
I used to trade the GJ every evening..and it was one of the first Forex pairs I traded back in 2004ish...huge spreads back then.
But it moved like the dickens lol...I was like a dog chasing my tail or the mailman
One thing that will always be on my GJ chart and something I am always aware of on any chart is BRN Big Round numbers.
and in particular with the GJ it just loves the quarter numbers as well.
First thing that jumped out was what I have circled... Trading can be as complicated or simple as we make it..
Whether your flying a Cessna 172 or a 747 your still flying...Whatever trips your trigger.
But it moved like the dickens lol...I was like a dog chasing my tail or the mailman
One thing that will always be on my GJ chart and something I am always aware of on any chart is BRN Big Round numbers.
and in particular with the GJ it just loves the quarter numbers as well.
First thing that jumped out was what I have circled... Trading can be as complicated or simple as we make it..
Whether your flying a Cessna 172 or a 747 your still flying...Whatever trips your trigger.
Master your Mind,,,Master the Market
- #11,686
- Dec 7, 2025 3:09pm Dec 7, 2025 3:09pm
- Joined Aug 2007 | Status: Trader | 3,199 Posts
Been quietly reading here for months, absorbing more than posting. Finally something clicked hard enough that I feel I have to throw it into the pot. Last week I stripped every single line, zone, MA, and indicator off my charts. Literally nothing but raw candles on 5 min and 15 min (no higher TF context either, just to see what would happen). What I saw was almost embarrassing in its simplicity: Price does NOT respect anything until the moment liquidity on one side has been completely cleaned out. The “respect” we think we see is actually just the...
And these traders are much more sophisticated than retail... There is no round number religion but what I can tell you is if you are to look into these larger traders.. Institutions etc,,they use alot more sophisticated tools such as options.
Crude Oil is a great example..if your not observing round numbers your missing the boat... Why is that...take a look at options and their strike prices etc..What do you see ? and this goes with all markets.. The heaviest volumes are normally whole numbers. You simply wont see large Option orders at say 58.26
they will be 58.00 or most likely 60.00
There is a very big difference in Fibs and whole numbers... One is price the other is a subjective number.
Good job on just watching the candles...price is after all the one thing we all agree on
and I think more should just observe to helpthemselves understand in whatever way makes sense to each of us.
Cheers
Master your Mind,,,Master the Market
- #11,687
- Dec 7, 2025 3:20pm Dec 7, 2025 3:20pm
- Joined Dec 2018 | Status: Trader | 4,594 Posts
The key to many locks, if I may say so myself is 
From years of observation ....
Where are traders (ie liquidity in AND liquidity out) ATTRACTED
and is this visible (day after day, after day)
and are these horizontal price levels known as each new day begins
Now, if you see a confluence of Trader Attractors in the morning then
maybe
...
Trade safe, trade well all
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From years of observation ....
Where are traders (ie liquidity in AND liquidity out) ATTRACTED
and is this visible (day after day, after day)
and are these horizontal price levels known as each new day begins
Now, if you see a confluence of Trader Attractors in the morning then
maybe
...
Trade safe, trade well all
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- #11,688
- Dec 7, 2025 4:11pm Dec 7, 2025 4:11pm
- Joined Aug 2007 | Status: Trader | 3,199 Posts
The key to many locks, if I may say so myself is
Master your Mind,,,Master the Market
- #11,690
- Dec 7, 2025 4:48pm Dec 7, 2025 4:48pm
- Joined Aug 2007 | Status: Trader | 3,199 Posts
{quote} Spot on Kev, it's all Wyckoff in the markets in the end (imho) Especially the "spring" (fake'n'flips hahaa) AND of course the Composite Man maybe running the whole show The only issue I had absorbing Wyckoff was that the graphic doesn't (well can't) show an X or Y axis so we have no intraday references to either PRICE or TIME two important factors (again just imho) Once Wyckoff can be thrown across, or under, ACTUAL price (as horizontal lines) as well as Sessions etc (TIME) then we have a current picture of where in each (wyckoff) cycle...
Excellent material it is... He is the Ghost in the machine
Master your Mind,,,Master the Market
- #11,691
- Dec 8, 2025 3:50pm Dec 8, 2025 3:50pm
- Joined Dec 2018 | Status: Trader | 4,594 Posts
Target trader attractors
Where the market meets ? (both large & small)
On charts at the opening of each day
Trade safe, trade well all
End of day charts, monday
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Where the market meets ? (both large & small)
On charts at the opening of each day
Trade safe, trade well all
End of day charts, monday
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- #11,692
- Dec 8, 2025 4:04pm Dec 8, 2025 4:04pm
- Joined Dec 2018 | Status: Trader | 4,594 Posts
And the GOLD chart, why not
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- #11,693
- Dec 8, 2025 7:21pm Dec 8, 2025 7:21pm
- Joined Dec 2018 | Status: Trader | 4,594 Posts
Quick update on GOLD with todays attractors in place now.
Where is it off to, who knows, not me (I've never traded this product)
Looks to be in the accumulation (aggregation) stage to me bouncing between the Day PP, Week open and the Round Number, while absorbing ALL the buys & sells
until the new reckoning (hahaa)
Trade em safe folks
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Where is it off to, who knows, not me (I've never traded this product)
Looks to be in the accumulation (aggregation) stage to me bouncing between the Day PP, Week open and the Round Number, while absorbing ALL the buys & sells
until the new reckoning (hahaa)
Trade em safe folks
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- #11,695
- Dec 9, 2025 3:54pm Dec 9, 2025 3:54pm
- Joined Dec 2018 | Status: Trader | 4,594 Posts
A quick final update on Gold yesterday to round out the earlier target observations from here
https://www.forexfactory.com/thread/...4#post15498874
https://www.forexfactory.com/thread/...2#post15499082
The large & small trader target attractors are known at the day's beginning
Top, bottom & middle
The way to post-observe all this imho is NOT to look at the full chart as one block.
It is to follow the candle moves one-by-one as they build during the day
(a trade simulator is great for this as the 'next' candle is then not shown)
https://www.forexfactory.com/thread/...1#post13892741
That way a trader can see where the next target is (both above & below) as the day builds & progresses
You can use the standard (imho) industry attractors such as hi's-lo's, round numbers, pivs, opens (sessions, days, weeks), maths lines
OR
Use your OWN template to see how market interest (attraction) occurs as the candles begin to build.
No one way to trade our market, or one way that is best I reckon.
End result comes from OURSELVES, the Trader, not our screens or maths so WE better find what works best for us.
As always, trade safe & trade well
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https://www.forexfactory.com/thread/...4#post15498874
https://www.forexfactory.com/thread/...2#post15499082
The large & small trader target attractors are known at the day's beginning
Top, bottom & middle
The way to post-observe all this imho is NOT to look at the full chart as one block.
It is to follow the candle moves one-by-one as they build during the day
(a trade simulator is great for this as the 'next' candle is then not shown)
https://www.forexfactory.com/thread/...1#post13892741
That way a trader can see where the next target is (both above & below) as the day builds & progresses
You can use the standard (imho) industry attractors such as hi's-lo's, round numbers, pivs, opens (sessions, days, weeks), maths lines
OR
Use your OWN template to see how market interest (attraction) occurs as the candles begin to build.
No one way to trade our market, or one way that is best I reckon.
End result comes from OURSELVES, the Trader, not our screens or maths so WE better find what works best for us.
As always, trade safe & trade well
GOLD
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- #11,696
- Dec 10, 2025 3:47pm Dec 10, 2025 3:47pm
- Joined Dec 2018 | Status: Trader | 4,594 Posts
Got my sisters birthday
and also friends wedding anniversary day today
back tomorrow hopefully
All enjoy your post-FOMC wash-up
just two weeks now from Chrissie Day
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and also friends wedding anniversary day today
back tomorrow hopefully
All enjoy your post-FOMC wash-up
just two weeks now from Chrissie Day
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- #11,697
- Dec 11, 2025 3:31pm Dec 11, 2025 3:31pm
- Joined Dec 2018 | Status: Trader | 4,594 Posts
Station to station (to station)
Day after day
No surprises again below (imho)
While how you trade it, or anything, is your own doing always.
YOU, the trader, are the difference imo, not the markets, not the method, take responsibility for your (our) own actions ...
and then
trade safe & trade well all
Same market mechanics, imo,
I called the chart 'very little variation' (ie all the usual trader target attractors)
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Day after day
No surprises again below (imho)
While how you trade it, or anything, is your own doing always.
YOU, the trader, are the difference imo, not the markets, not the method, take responsibility for your (our) own actions ...
and then
trade safe & trade well all
Same market mechanics, imo,
I called the chart 'very little variation' (ie all the usual trader target attractors)
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- #11,699
- Dec 15, 2025 4:42pm Dec 15, 2025 4:42pm
- Joined Dec 2018 | Status: Trader | 4,594 Posts
Is the market buying above
or selling below
trader attractor areas & lines
Same stuff each day (imho)
How we trade it all, is up to US (ourselves) I reckon folks
Big Red News all week as the countdown to years' end approaches
Trade safe, trade well all
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or selling below
trader attractor areas & lines
Same stuff each day (imho)
How we trade it all, is up to US (ourselves) I reckon folks
Big Red News all week as the countdown to years' end approaches
Trade safe, trade well all
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- #11,700
- Dec 15, 2025 5:29pm Dec 15, 2025 5:29pm
- Joined Dec 2018 | Status: Trader | 4,594 Posts
Some prefer math to time & price (levels) actualities.
Fair enough imho
Cheers again to parisboy
https://www.forexfactory.com/thread/...s-waves-cycles
My simple take here on a few envelopes on the bigger picture 1hr chart
Just for interest of movements
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Fair enough imho
Cheers again to parisboy
https://www.forexfactory.com/thread/...s-waves-cycles
My simple take here on a few envelopes on the bigger picture 1hr chart
Just for interest of movements
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