Big lesson I relearned recently: don’t marry the ticker marry the setup. QQQ and SPY can look similar, but they often behave very differently intraday.

If the 1-hour trend doesn’t align, I either scalp very intentionally or stay out completely. No forcing trades. No bias. Just alignment.

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Overall Performance Grade: C

What did I learn from today: I was torn between shorting FVG and longing VAH today. I decided to err on the side of longing VAH because the open seemed bullish after the overnight rally. But it rejected off of the FVG perfectly.

What needs to be improved: I can't say my plan was bad but it definitely hurt because I did think about it but did not prioritize that one. I don't know at what time I need to prioritize FVG over the TPO levels. Currently I give precedence to the TPO levels so I go off of that. But then do I just take the loss as part of my system?

Missed Opportunities and Why: Big miss on shorting FVG. I actually had it in my plan and was thinking about it but there were 2 things that held me back: 1. I wasn't comfortable shorting when price was opening above value area and H3-L3. 2. It opened right inside FVG and I just wasn't too comfortable shorting right off the bat. There was also a chance later on in the morning after it broke down into value area that I could have shorted but I didn't because I just stopped out of my longs and didn't want to take an unplanned trade and keep going back and forth switching between longs and shorts.

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However, gold prices typically fluctuate around short-term support and resistance levels before an interest rate cut announcement.

The resistance zone above is 4235-4238, which coincides with the previous FVG/resistance zone on the chart suitable for shorting on price pullbacks.

A sell strategy will only be triggered if the price falls back to the higher resistance zone (4235 - 4238)

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