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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.

Educational note: ICT is a trading framework. Examples on this page are educational and do not guarantee a trading outcome. Test any rules before risking capital.

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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