Process
How to Build an ICT Trading Plan
An ICT trading plan should convert concepts into explicit decisions: what you trade, when you trade, what qualifies as a setup, how much you risk and when you stay out.
Choose your market and session
Limit the initial test to a defined instrument, session and timeframe. Narrow rules make performance easier to measure.
Define the setup
Write the required context, liquidity condition, confirmation, entry trigger, invalidation and target. Avoid discretionary phrases that cannot be measured.
Set risk rules
Define maximum risk per trade, daily loss limits, maximum simultaneous exposure and conditions that require stopping for the day.
Review and improve
Journal every eligible setup, including skipped trades. Change one rule at a time and validate the change on a new sample before adopting it.
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