TRADING PLAN

TRADING TIMES & ASSETS

  • Do not trade Monday consolidation ‘Seek & Destroy’
  • Do not trade the first or last day of the Month
  • Close all positions prior to High Impact Data
  • Trade FX: London Open Kill Zone 0200-0500
  • Trade FX + Indices: New York Open Kill Zone 0700-1100
  • Trade Indices: New York PM Session: 1330-1600
  • EURUSD/GBPUSD + ES/NQ
  • Bias: Daily-Weekly
  • Setup: 1h-4h
  • Entry: 1m-5m

DAILY & WEEKLY BIAS

  • Everyday Bias is not realistic
  • Determine the likely Weekly Expansion
  • Look for obvious BSL/SSL in that direction
  • Identify Imbalances in Price Delivery Top Down
  • Focus on High Impact Data Releases
  • Look for Liquidity Grabs in the Kill Zones

ENTRY CRITERIA

  • MMxM + Smart Money Reversal
  • Consolidation + Expansion
  • Failure Swing/SMT
  • HTF POI/BSL/SSL Liquidity Grab
  • BOS + Displacement + FVG
  • OTE + OB + FVG
  • Internal to External Liquidity
  • External to Internal Liquidity

EXIT CRITERIA

  • 1.5R Minimum – 50%
  • LTF DOL – 25%
  • HTF DOL – 25%

BULLISH LONDON

  • Judas Swing/Price drops below the Asia Range
  • 1h BSL Accumulation followed by Distribution to 1h SSL to pair orders
  • Discount of the PD DR
  • Filling FVGs of the PD
  • Drop below PDL/PWL
  • HTF DOL still intact
  • Monitor for LTF MMBM (1h + 15m)

BULLISH NEW YORK

  • London has made the LOD
  • Breaker and/or FVGs left from London Displacement
  • HTF DOL still intact
  • Monitor for LTF MMBM (1h + 15m)

BEARISH LONDON

  • Judas Swing/Price goes above Asia Range
  • 1h SSL Accumulation followed by Distribution to 1h BSL to pair orders
  • Premium of PD DR
  • Filling FVGs of the PD
  • Move above PDH/PWH
  • HTF DOL still intact
  • Monitor for LTF MMSM (1h + 15m)

BEARISH NEW YORK

  • London has made the HOD
  • Breaker and/or FVGs left from London Displacement
  • HTF DOL still intact
  • Monitor for LTF MMSM (1h + 15m)

RISK PARAMETERS

  • Maximum: 1 Trade per Day
  • Maximum: 3 Trades per Week
  • 0.5% Initial Risk
  • If Loss is taken drop to 0.25% Risk until Loss is made back
  • Daily Max Drawdown: 0.5%
  • Weekly Max Drawdown: 1%

STOP MANAGEMENT

  1. When price moves 50% of the expected Target range, the stop loss can be trimmed by 25%
  2. When price moves 75% of the expected range the stop loss can be trimmed to breakeven

REWARD PARAMETERS

  • 2% per Week, Approx. 10% per Month
  • Once Target is hit, then Back Test
  • Review every Quarter