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  • #11,901
  • May 10, 2026 1:27pm May 10, 2026 1:27pm
GOLD(en) Basics

TIMINGS/LEVELS/BEHAVIOUR of PRICE
TLBoP

Whole numbers /Big Round Numbers BRNs quarters and Halves.
All play a very important role in trading...And that has been discussed here for years !
TimeTells charts for one !

Simply put Large traders,,,,think Institutional these are levels they like to operate from from simplicity
of accounting to Option prices..certain levels always are more desirable. OK enough about that...

From a blank slate a naked chart to adding certain tools to give Context and Clarity to the charts.....
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Here's the End game....developing High probability Repeatable Scalable Setups that present themselves
with a high frequency. All those circles are setups at least 4 Longs and 1 short....

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I will go over more in detail on my thread which most here know.
https://www.forexfactory.com/thread/...-and-behaviour

And as well I have started a Youtube Channel where Soon I shall start posting videos of exactly what I am showing here.
How I apply simple tools and context to find these same setups daily.. It does not matter the instrument they all work
highly similar with some being more or less volatile etc.

https://www.youtube.com/@BluesteeleTrading

This is me so you know who to look for
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Markets are Mirrors,,Mastery of craft is mastery of self
  • #11,902
  • May 11, 2026 2:13am May 11, 2026 2:13am
Quoting bluesteele
GOLD(en) Basics TIMINGS/LEVELS/BEHAVIOUR of PRICE TLBoP Whole numbers /Big Round Numbers BRNs quarters and Halves. All play a very important role in trading...And that has been discussed here for years ! TimeTells charts for one ! Simply put Large traders,,,,think Institutional these are levels they like to operate from from simplicity of accounting to Option prices..certain levels always are more desirable. OK enough about that... From a blank slate a naked chart to adding certain tools to give Context and Clarity to the charts..... {image}...

Looking forward to Kev on the Telly…
  • #11,903
  • May 11, 2026 9:33pm May 11, 2026 9:33pm
Quoting moodybot
{quote} Looking forward to Kev on the Telly…
Just a squirrel after a nut Andy !
Markets are Mirrors,,Mastery of craft is mastery of self
  • #11,904
  • May 12, 2026 2:28am May 12, 2026 2:28am
Quoting bluesteele
{quote} Just a squirrel after a nut Andy !
  • #11,905
  • May 12, 2026 4:56pm May 12, 2026 4:56pm
It's the age old question for new traders I guess


Are these just random markets or very well organised plays by the MMs
(whomever they may be )


And while the finance minister of japan discusses apparently with the USA how to run their currency,
intraday traders can only watch for signs

Trade safe, trade well all



USDJPY

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  • #11,906
  • May 14, 2026 2:00am May 14, 2026 2:00am
Quoting TimeTells
It's the age old question for new traders I guess Are these just random markets or very well organised plays by the MMs (whomever they may be ) And while the finance minister of japan discusses apparently with the USA how to run their currency, intraday traders can only watch for signs Trade safe, trade well all USDJPY . {image}
do you trade during these times with the risk of a massiv intervention anytime or switch to another instrument?

or do you alter your positionsize?
trading is like dancing, don't think and just listen to the music!
  • #11,907
  • May 14, 2026 5:16pm May 14, 2026 5:16pm
Quoting birdland
{quote} do you trade during these times with the risk of a massiv intervention anytime or switch to another instrument? or do you alter your positionsize?


Hi b,

Good question.
Living in Aus I do trade (well I examine the PA situation) in the early Asia session, looking from 2:30 chart time to 5:30 chart time before I have my lunch (12.30pm)

The MM likes to make a new high for the day (or low) during those times which then becomes the target (I guess) for any POST-London breakout
(the old actual London breakout is quite dormant these days imo and appears a time for just aggregating both buys & sells for the later shakeout or runner).
It is not a perfect science lol and requires taking on risk these days with the global situation (so PA & not so much TA and NOT so much fundamentals lol it seems)
Who knows. Trading in one direction is gambling in my eyes and always has been, though we like to call it trading hahaa.

I do my best and am not making millions of course though I always have my eye on the trader attractor target lines each day
(there is a minimum of one both above & below price at the same time)

The yen is tricky for a discretionary trader like me these days from the threat/implication of intervention(s).
(have we seen one yet, prob only the massive spike on the 6th May where the MoF-BoJ say they injected 32 billion around 160.750 at a London Open lol to prop up the yen which has then been partly absorbed by counterparties).

Looks like another aggregation at present currently to me before the next big one but when & at what level who knows
(Japan say they are co-ordinating all this with the USA ??? so even who is pulling the strings now is clouded at present).

And to your final question, yes, I also look at the EURUSD for trades during the post Asia timing. A pair (major) which is the most liquid of them all and has less suspect intraday spikes, but more aggregations to me especially during Asia but once it gets going it seems directional.

Trade safe however we do that & then trade well as best we can


(edit: ps, there is an argument for position size changes but I trade the same size each time and each trade still)

Here's the USDJPY that I see when I wake up in the morning

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  • #11,908
  • May 17, 2026 3:13pm May 17, 2026 3:13pm
Stop searching - OHLC, the holy grail, has been staring back at you!
  • #11,909
  • May 17, 2026 5:53pm May 17, 2026 5:53pm
Quoting Pumi
Stop searching - OHLC, the holy grail, has been staring back at you!


Hi P
Which timeframe do you recommend
1m, 5m, 15m, 1hr, 4hr, 1dy, 1wk, 1mnth
(or all)
cheers
Pete
  • #11,910
  • May 19, 2026 4:46pm May 19, 2026 4:46pm
And off we go again
A random auction market or very well organised behaviour ?

And does it even matter?
Maybe just the business of doing business

Trade safe & trade well folks and good fortunes all



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  • #11,911
  • Edited 3:06am May 21, 2026 2:48am | Edited 3:06am
Quoting TimeTells
{quote} Hi P Which timeframe do you recommend 1m, 5m, 15m, 1hr, 4hr, 1dy, 1wk, 1mnth (or all) cheers Pete
Hi Pete,

Unfortunately I can't recommend a time-frame as it is a classification of price by period. That means you are analyzing to get some specific information about price - and one time-frame and another can provide you different information that you need to make a decision.

What I can recommend is knowing the OHLC or Candle or Bar you are trading. In other words you must know who the trader you are. On my screen you won't find a time-frame below H1 and my trades last roughly a minimum of a day (when I trade the Day candle) and max of 5 days (when I trade the Week candle). It is normal for me to have 1 or 2 trades a week though sometimes I can have more. For the duration of my trades (1 to 5 days) on default I mostly have the H4 chart on my screen - after having gathered all the different info from other time-frames.

The horizontal lines on your charts are very close to what I also use (a custom indicator that I developed for quick info processing - though I don't really need the indicator and a clean chart is good enough). I guess it could be something we picked up possibly from the same source (right here).
  • #11,912
  • May 21, 2026 11:43am May 21, 2026 11:43am
Quoting Pumi
{quote} Hi Pete, Unfortunately I can't recommend a time-frame as it is a classification of price by period. That means you are analyzing to get some specific information about price - and one time-frame and another can provide you different information that you need to make a decision. What I can recommend is knowing the OHLC or Candle or Bar you are trading. In other words you must know who the trader you are. On my screen you won't find a time-frame below H1 and my trades last roughly a minimum of a day (when I trade the Day candle) and max of...

OHLC...
Markets are Mirrors,,Mastery of craft is mastery of self
  • #11,913
  • May 21, 2026 4:58pm May 21, 2026 4:58pm
Quoting Ziyada
What are those strategies for beginners for gold trading?

Hi Ziyada,

It is not for me to say. I just intraday trade currencies.

I can only say, what i say to any new person to trading is
... you have entered a minefield and what has been your preparation for self protection.

Here is a start I guess, a simple trade simulator
There are other simulators out there also other than this free one that can be used on the weekends for practice

https://www.forexfactory.com/thread/...1#post13892741

I wish you all the best Ziyada but please trade safely if you choose to embark on this adventure
(all is not as it seems, as in where price should go ... and when)




here is a pic of yesterdays Gold movements, as i see them, from the day open
(and the movements seem to mirror what currencies & indices movements do also)
Good fortunes

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  • #11,914
  • May 24, 2026 11:26pm May 24, 2026 11:26pm
Lo n Behold.....

I found my old Trading Platform from.....1981

When I was just a teenager that caught the trading bug...

The Pez was a Legend to me ! Making $250k in minutes back in 81...wow.
I eventually ended up giving all my hard earned money to him ! Lessons learned !

Anyways photos of my early 80s platform and the Pez are here....

http://youtube.com/post/UgkxqAEPp0Mv...Fp9SpDWHctua8c

https://www.youtube.com/@BluesteeleTrading
Markets are Mirrors,,Mastery of craft is mastery of self
  • #11,915
  • May 25, 2026 9:48am May 25, 2026 9:48am
Quoting bluesteele
Lo n Behold..... I found my old Trading Platform from.....1981 When I was just a teenager that caught the trading bug... The Pez was a Legend to me ! Making $250k in minutes back in 81...wow. I eventually ended up giving all my hard earned money to him ! Lessons learned ! Anyways photos of my early 80s platform and the Pez are here.... http://youtube.com/post/UgkxqAEPp0Mv...Fp9SpDWHctua8c https://www.youtube.com/@BluesteeleTrading
Seems PeZ was quite a character:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray_Pezim
every Saint has a past. Every Sinner has a Future
  • #11,916
  • May 25, 2026 11:43am May 25, 2026 11:43am
Quoting turnip15
{quote} Seems PeZ was quite a character: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray_Pezim
He was one of a kind.. the definition of larger than Life.. lol..

The Wikipedia is an excellent read for sure.
I will post this article it's the one I put in my YouTube post.. from 1981.

Not sure if it'll turn out clear because I seem to only have the JPEG and not the PDF I'll find it PDF of it though...

But in the article it shows him or gives an example of him on the phone buying and selling making a quarter million and less than 10 minutes..

An old friend of mine who had an automotive business he had his secretary outfitted with a terminal straight from the VSE... I was only 20 years old at the time... But her soul job at the automotive business in his office was to monitor The Pezim stocks..

And they would watch the sales volume of the stocks from the Pez... And when the price was moving and the volume was pumping they would call the broker and jump in...b that was day trading lol....

Old frank who became a friend he was older than my father at the time.. as I had the trading bug like him.. anyways he is long since passed away... A wealth of knowledge gone he never got online to these types of forums.

Anyways enough jibber Jabber let me post this article photo hopefully it's not too blurry.. but it's worth the effort to read it..

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  • #11,917
  • May 26, 2026 6:17pm May 26, 2026 6:17pm
Stations ahoy, stations ahead, station to station
(all during chaotic markets via global events )


Trade em safe folks, trade well all



intraday
USDJPY
GOLD

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  • #11,918
  • May 26, 2026 11:03pm May 26, 2026 11:03pm
Can you define your setup ? All of these revolve around VWAP and Volume Profile.

TiMINGS>>> Many of these are at or near Hourly rotations. Session Opens...etc

LEVELS>>>VWAP, Volume Profile, Initial Balance, Round numbers 00-25-50-75-00 This chart the edges of value
all align with either 4550 or 4500 and all of the other levels listed.

BEHAVIOUR of PRICE>>> Balance-Imbalance..and what are the characteristics/behaviour of each...

It really isnt that difficult...we just make it so....

If you know Timings Hourly/4hr/Session Opens
If you know Levels..As I said these Levels were set at Fridays close...what more do you want ?
the other levels....they never change ,,,,hint 00-25-50-75-00
If you know the behaviour of price....What does a balanced makt do? what does an Imbalanced mkt do ?
hint,,,,mkts range ,,,what 80% of the time...generally speaking. That means balance..Simpy define the Edge of Value
thru the markets data. Not ambiguous lines... hint ,,,, Vol Profile,,,VWAP

Hopefully this helps those that have messaged me with questions regarding how do I know Blue to buy or sell?
First things first ,,define your setups...then define the market condition...balance vs imbalanced...with the appropriate tools.
Ranging or trending etc...Once you define your setups and know them...and understand the mkt context or current condition.
it limits your setups to the defined condition... Its not that hard once you put the appropriate work in to learn this.

The only variable is you.

Cheers

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  • #11,919
  • May 26, 2026 11:48pm May 26, 2026 11:48pm
Quoting bluesteele
Hopefully this helps those that have messaged me with questions regarding how do I know Blue to buy or sell? {image} {image}

You are a good man Kev
  • #11,920
  • May 27, 2026 6:30pm May 27, 2026 6:30pm
Intraday station to station (day after day)
All trader attractors known in advance as the new day begins
Trade safe, trade well all



USDJPY
and
USDJPY day chart since the intervention

(does an 80% pullback mean the BoJ/MoF has "lost" 80% of the 32billion they 'intervened' with
and if so, who then grabbed the 25˝billion on the return trip - what a world we live in )

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