(binned per thread starter's request) Market bottom rotation trad

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Demand gave up, no play.

EURO longed. Pullback leg rotation.

CPB ask stack.

CPB short liquidated. There was quick spike above ask stack, but SL didnt get triggered due to heavy sell offers sitting above ask stack. Thus sold for profits.

CPB heavy stacking near market close, cant even get a fill on short on bid, not the kind of play to be pushing in. Pass.

I last play of the day.

So is it purely price action or I need some additional knowledge from macro economics or technical analysis? Looks pretty simple that's why raises a lot of questions!

Order flow is all about game theory. Who does what for the shit the care for the way the care for or intend for. The more you strip this down the deeper it goes. That means that you cant just get price action movement simply from pictures, nor one cant get economics from simply reading the books, the game theory is what binds it together.
That however doesnt mean that one has to know Nash quilibrium in order to get why moves go where they go, if you get somewhat close to it, its good enough.
There are many patterns explained in this thread, each one of them is tradeable meaning that one doesnt need full knowledge of markets to trade them, but studying specific pattern is required. So historical tech analysis is 100% a must, without there is no chance. Macro economc knowledge is advantage to tie the cycle, not knowing the shit about it wont kill you, but it will make you stronger. And no, anything about trading is never simple. it only appear so, once you tie human performance to it.....it becomes very complex and difficult to execute with excelence. Tie complex strategy to any individual and youll guarantee that 90% of them will give or fail eventually, not an assumption but a fact.

we may see gold higher this week. Some level to watch

Gold at macro setup. Dollar selloff so its possible to see some short term upward move on gold. Focus on micro setup currently.

for sellers

second pos to run more

Gold setting up A quality play, eyes on micro.

Loading size on gold, should spike.

Gold sold some gains the rest break even.

USDTRY this looks ready to go, spreads not optimal for entry though.

USDCAD

USDJPY asymmetric accumulation setup.