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Boot Camp 2.0 Day 5: How to find Trade Bias

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Key takeaways

Finance

Instruments / Tickers Mentioned

  • Gold (implied as XAU/USD via “gold trade”)
  • S&P 500 (index; ticker not stated)
  • GU, GJ (FX pairs; likely GBP/USD and GBP/JPY, but exact mapping not explicitly confirmed)
  • BTC, Ethereum, Silver (referenced as examples of higher-timeframe forecasting; no specific tickers given)
  • Bitcoin, Ethereum, Silver (explicitly referenced by name again)

Note: No bonds/ETFs/stocks tickers are explicitly named.

Key Market / Event Schedule (Weekly Timeline)

Monday (recap)

  • Pound holiday
    • Result: avoids GU and GJ due to no volume
    • Trades only S&P 500 and Gold

Tuesday

  • US high-impact news at 10:00 a.m.
  • Likely takes the day off from trading, but may look for an opportunity depending on price reaction

Wednesday (NFP week)

  • Non-Farm Employment Change (NFP) and GDP
    • Includes GDP price index
    • Occurs 1 hour before market open
  • Pending home sales: 30 minutes into market open
  • Probable trade taken due to expected volume/volatility early in the session

Thursday

  • High-impact news 1 hour before market open
  • Unemployment claims expected to move the market “a decent amount”
  • Potential trade after US market opens (~9:30)

Friday (NFP day)

  • Not trading at all
  • Includes: unemployment rate, ISM Manufacturing PMI, ISM Manufacturing Prices
    • Some occur before/near the open
  • Rationale: “too much high-impact news” → unwilling to trade that day

Trade Recap & Performance Metrics (Gold)

Trade status

  • Initially: “We have not won or lost this trade yet”
  • Then: milestones hit during the call

Take-profit progression

  • Take Profit 1: hit after discussion
  • Take Profit 2: also hit shortly after
  • Take Profit 3: expected next
    • (“sit on here until this … hits take profit three”)

Profit figures

  • “Made around 11k on this” (Gold trade sequence, as stated)
  • Additional partial close:
    • “Closing out another 7K”
    • Corrected: “sorry, 8.3K”

Position management logic

  • TP1: closes “half this position”
  • TP2: manages more of the position / closes additional portion

Macro / Market Bias & Chart-State Claims

Gold Bias (Top-Down)

  • Weekly timeframe: Bearish
  • Monthly timeframe: Bullish

Explanation provided:

  • Monthly: swept monthly lows and remains bullish monthly
    • Interpreted as a liquidity sweep designed to push price higher
  • Daily: still not broken upside structure, but there was:
    • “low sweep + immediate reaction”
  • 4-hour: shows accumulation, then an upside break of structure
    • Noted as a large extension candle
  • Execution narrative:
    • Price filled a fair value gap (FVG)
    • Returned to an accumulation area
    • Then extended higher

S&P 500 Bias (Weekly Planning)

  • Similar top-down concept:
    • Sweep of monthly lows followed by upside breaks
  • Desired behavior:
    • Not looking for a “short” immediately
    • Want price to push up, then rally back into an accumulation area before downswing continuation
    • Explicitly stated: not willing to short yet due to bullish higher-timeframe bias
  • Target framing:
    • “Accumulation” areas leading toward taking out monthly highs
    • Exact levels not provided

Methodology / Framework to Find Trade Bias

  1. Top-down bias first
    • Determine higher-timeframe stance (e.g., weekly vs monthly alignment)
  2. Identify liquidity events
    • Look for sweeps of lows (monthly/weekly lows) as a catalyst
  3. Confirm structure shifts
    • On lower timeframes, look for:
      • Break of structure to the upside after the sweep
      • “Instant reaction” and subsequent direction
  4. Use accumulation + imbalance concepts
    • Identify:
      • Accumulation zones
      • Fair value gaps (FVGs) being filled

  5. Scale-down execution plan

    • Entry after:
      • Sweep → reaction
      • Then closure off an FVG / confirmation candle close (described with a trigger on 1-minute timeframe)

  6. Trade management with predefined take-profits

    • Use TP1/TP2/TP3
    • Partial closes at TP1 and TP2; wait for TP3
  7. Preference for higher-timeframe trading
    • Avoid “ticky-tack” trades
    • Wait for setups that “come to you”
    • Volume/direction behavior:
      • During down moves: price can “chop”
      • After the leg-up liquidity sweep: volume goes “where it wants to go”

Explicit Recommendations / Cautions

  • Avoid trading during major news clusters, especially:
    • Friday NFP day (no trading)
  • Don’t short immediately after bullish higher-timeframe shifts
    • Prefer waiting for price to retrace into accumulation areas with confirmation
  • Use stop-loss “wiggle room”
    • Bias and targets derived from daily/4-hour/weekly/monthly to define tolerance

Disclosures

  • No explicit legal disclaimer (e.g., “not financial advice”) appears in the provided subtitles.
  • Guidance is discussed via community workflow (e.g., “Discord” / live Zoom calls), but no explicit regulatory disclaimer is included.

Presenters / Sources Mentioned

  • Discord / community: speaker references “Discord” and a “Zoom call” workflow; no specific host named
  • Michael Burry: mentioned as an analogy/source regarding timing of shorting relative to a bubble collapse

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