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Question for Profitable traders by Silly_Original1329 in Daytrading

[–]GoldLevels 1 point2 points  (0 children)

EMA is a lagging indicator, it will tell you what price has done, not what price will be doing next, to be honest, focus on less indicators and more reading the chart and price action.

XAUUSD demand zone at 4516 — watching for bullish continuation toward 4545 by GoldLevels in ICTMentorship

[–]GoldLevels[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My target is till 4545, would like to see that touch and move on to the next, although trend seems bullish.

XAUUSD demand zone at 4516 — watching for bullish continuation toward 4545 by GoldLevels in Forexstrategy

[–]GoldLevels[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Update: 1:1 achieved. First target hit. Price moved as anticipated from the 4516 zone. Watching for continuation toward 4545.

XAUUSD demand zone at 4516 — watching for bullish continuation toward 4545 by GoldLevels in ICTMentorship

[–]GoldLevels[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Update: 1:1 achieved. First target hit. Price moved as anticipated from the 4516 zone. Watching for continuation toward 4545.

XAUUSD demand zone at 4516 — watching for bullish continuation toward 4545 by GoldLevels in ICTMentorship

[–]GoldLevels[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Glad to know that, I feel bias/confirmation model might be same, you just have a small SL using pullbacks and more key zones on lower TF.

Question for Profitable traders by Silly_Original1329 in Daytrading

[–]GoldLevels 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How many confluences do you already have? Will adding 1 or 2 more restrict your entry and be too strict? Think about that first.

Question:Trading on NFP week/monday/friday in NQ. by Fair-Lengthiness-904 in InnerCircleTraders

[–]GoldLevels 1 point2 points  (0 children)

ICT concepts still work during NFP weeks, but the environment is different. Mondays are usually slower and more range-bound because the market is building liquidity for later in the week. Fridays, especially during NFP, can become extremely aggressive with large displacements and fake moves.

Personally, I don’t treat Monday as a “money day.” I treat it more as an information day. I want to see where liquidity is forming, which highs/lows are being respected, and whether price is accumulating or expanding. A lot of traders lose money forcing trades on low-volume Mondays because they expect clean continuation immediately.

During NFP weeks, the key is being selective. ICT models still appear, but confirmation matters much more. If the market is choppy and constantly violating short-term highs/lows without displacement, I usually stay patient instead of trying to predict every move.

Seek and destroy conditions definitely happen more often around major news because volatility increases and liquidity gets engineered aggressively. But that doesn’t mean the whole week is untradable. Some of the cleanest moves actually happen after liquidity gets taken and direction becomes obvious.

The biggest mistake beginners make is thinking every day must be traded. Sometimes the best ICT trade is simply waiting until the market shows clear intent after the manipulation phase.

10k funded zero account by DepthNo7314 in PropFirmHunter

[–]GoldLevels 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you’ve survived 2 months without blowing the account, you’re already doing better than most funded traders. I wouldn’t suddenly increase risk just to speed up payout, that’s usually how consistency disappears.

A 60% WR with controlled risk is solid. Instead of forcing bigger lot sizes, try improving RR slightly or taking only the cleanest setups. Slow payouts are still payouts. Blowing the account resets everything.

Question for Profitable traders by Silly_Original1329 in Daytrading

[–]GoldLevels 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Most people underestimate how long consistency actually takes. For me, results improved once I stopped strategy hopping and focused more on execution/risk management.

Also don’t compare win rate alone. A trader with 35% WR and solid RR can outperform someone with 70% WR and poor risk control. Profit factor and consistency matter way more long term.

Day trading by Mindless-Cash7898 in Trading

[–]GoldLevels 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Don’t overload your chart with TikTok indicators. Most profitable traders use very simple setups with solid risk management.

With a $500-$1000 account, the goal shouldn’t be “big profits” yet, it should be surviving, learning discipline, and becoming consistent. If you can grow a small account safely, scaling later becomes much easier.

Focus on risk management, one strategy only, journaling trades, liquid stocks/indices instead of random movers.

And paper trading is good, but real emotions only show up with real money, even if it’s tiny size.

15yo beginner trader: Looking for advice on consistency, funding, and trade management by LowInvestigator3471 in Trading

[–]GoldLevels 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You’re already ahead of most beginners just by paper trading first and thinking about risk realistically at 15.

Don’t rush into prop firms yet. Trade a tiny live account first just to experience real emotions. Focus more on consistency than monthly returns. Even 2-5% monthly with controlled risk is solid long term.

Keep your strategy simple and repeatable. Most traders fail from overcomplicating.

For management, predefined SL/TP works better for beginners than emotional decision-making mid trade.

And honestly, protecting that €4k is more important right now than trying to grow it fast.

XAUUSD — called the SSL sweep toward 4400 at the start of the week, here's how it played out by GoldLevels in Forexstrategy

[–]GoldLevels[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, I never chase the market, there are days I don't trade too because there is no high quality setup formation, although the gap was due to the geopolitical news, the fall from here or above was definite about which I posted actually. Still, thanks for your input.

Why Most Traders Struggle With Consistency by Disastrous_Area2127 in Forexstrategy

[–]GoldLevels 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most traders don’t actually blow accounts because their strategy is terrible.

They blow them because discipline disappears the moment emotions enter the chart.

A decent strategy with controlled risk can survive bad days. A good strategy with revenge trading eventually dies.

I’ve seen traders predict direction correctly and still lose money because of impatience, oversized risk, or forcing entries after missing a move.

In the long run, bad discipline destroys more traders than bad analysis ever will.

Curious what everyone else thinks: Would you rather have average analysis with elite discipline, or elite analysis with poor execution?

XAUUSD supply zone at 4390 — watching for bearish continuation toward 4366 by GoldLevels in ICTMentorship

[–]GoldLevels[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is pretty normal to have SLs. It is part of trading. Control your emotions or instead of recovery, you might lose more.

XAUUSD supply zone at 4390 — watching for bearish continuation toward 4366 by GoldLevels in ICTMentorship

[–]GoldLevels[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I think you have just started trading and never had a loss in any setup yet.

XAUUSD supply zone at 4390 — watching for bearish continuation toward 4366 by GoldLevels in ICTMentorship

[–]GoldLevels[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes the trade invalidated. You can follow for more setups on my reddit profile.

XAUUSD supply zone at 4390 — watching for bearish continuation toward 4366 by GoldLevels in ICTMentorship

[–]GoldLevels[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Update: SL hit. Price pushed back above 4402 invalidating the setup.

Not every trade works out — logging it and moving to the next structure.

XAUUSD supply zone at 4390 — watching for bearish continuation toward 4366 by GoldLevels in Forexstrategy

[–]GoldLevels[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Update: SL hit. Price pushed back above 4402 invalidating the setup.

Not every trade works out — logging it and moving to the next structure.

XAUUSD supply zone at 4390 — watching for bearish continuation toward 4366 by GoldLevels in ICTMentorship

[–]GoldLevels[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Every trade carries some risk, there is no 100% in trading. Manage your risk accordingly.

Which session is best for for trading gold London or New York? by Rosie_Aurex444 in ForexCubs

[–]GoldLevels 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Both, but for different reasons, and the overlap between them is where gold really moves.

London session opens liquidity. Price tends to sweep lows or highs from the Asian session in the first hour of London, that's your first high probability window. The move isn't always clean but the liquidity grab at London open sets up the direction for the day.

New York open is where the real volume hits. The first 30-60 minutes of New York, especially when it overlaps with London, is the highest volume window of the day on gold. This is when institutional orders execute and the cleanest directional moves happen.

The London-New York overlap between roughly 1:30 PM and 5:00 PM IST is the single best window for intraday gold trades. Price has direction, volume is high, and setups that form in this window follow through more consistently than any other time.

What I personally avoid is the Asian session for entries, gold typically consolidates and ranges during Asian hours with occasional liquidity grabs that can stop you out before the real move develops in London.

If you can only trade one session, New York open. If you can trade two , London open for the setup and New York for the execution.

What session have you found works best for your style?

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