ICT Charter Price Action Model 5 \ Trade Plan
Price Action Model Number Five Day Trading Trade Plan
This section introduces the price action model number five day trading trade plan, which focuses on 40 to 50 pips per trade. It emphasizes the importance of watching the model 5 content and supplementary lessons before proceeding with this trade plan.
Preparation
- Note all medium and high impact events for the markets being followed.
- Study the events for the upcoming week and consider how they may affect market structure and suggest a specific weekly profile.
Range Determination
- Determine the IPA (Initial Price Action) data range of the last 20 days, excluding Sundays.
- Note the highest high and lowest low within this range as your current dealing range.
Opportunity Discovery
- Look for potential drawdown areas where price is likely to trade next, either above a previous day's high or below a previous day's low.
- Minimum target for these trades is 40 pips, with an average of 50 pips per trade.
Trade Planning
- Identify previous day's low or intra-week low when bias is bearish.
- Identify previous day's high or intra-week high when bias is bullish.
- Expect daily range expansion in the direction of bias.
Trade Execution
Bearish Bias:
- Short premium fair value gap setups when price moves up into a 15-minute premium fair value gap PD array during London open or New York open.
Bullish Bias:
- Long discount fair value gap setups when price moves down into a 15-minute discount fair value gap PD array during London open or New York open.
Trade Management
- Target sell-side liquidity below previous day's low or intra-week low inside the 20-day IPA data range. Initial objective is at least a 40-pip move.
- Target buy-side liquidity above previous day's high or intra-week high inside the 20-day IPA data range. Initial objective is at least a 40-pip move.
Trade Execution Details
- Note the European open price on Tuesday and filter all longs at or below this price level, overlapping with the 15-minute discount fair value gap.
- Anticipate a 5-minute chart institutional order flow entry drill trade entry to form inside a retracement lower during London open or New York open kill zones, or a sell stop raid.
- Similar approach can be applied for Wednesday and Thursday, excluding Mondays and Fridays.
Thursday is considered a wild card if there have been large range days on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Trading Plan for Bearish Market
This section discusses the trading plan for a bearish market.
European Opening Price and Filter Shorts
- Note the European opening price on Tuesday.
- Filter all shorts at or above this price level.
- Look for shorts that overlap in the 15-minute premium fair value gap.
- Anticipate a 5-minute chart institutional order flow entry fre drill trade entry to form inside of a retracement higher during London open.
Short Trade Management
- Place a sell limit order on all positions when entering a short trade.
- Use standard deviations and PD array convergence minus 5 pips as the entry price.
- If multiple orders are used, they should have the same entry price in the sell limit orders.
- Place a limit order to take 40 pips as the initial objective on one position.
- Place a second limit order to take 50 pips as the second objective.
- Close 80% of the trade if you capture a 50 pip objective and see if it has more room to run.
Entering Long Trades
- Place a buy limit order on all positions when entering a long trade.
- Use standard deviation and PD array conversion plus 5 pips as the entry price in buy limit orders.
- Place a limit order to take 40 pips as the initial objective on one position.
- Place a second limit order to take 50 pips as the second objective.
Stop-Loss Management
- Note the premium array and standard deviation convergence when entering short trades.
- Place stop-loss above this high plus 15 pips.
- Re-enter if the trade stops out and monitor for secondary entry opportunities.
Solid Entry and Day Trades
- Day trades may require multiple attempts to secure solid entries.
Stop-Loss Management and Money Management
This section covers stop-loss management and money management in trading.
Stop-Loss Adjustment
- When in profit 25% of the expected objective, reduce stop-loss by 25%.
- When in profit 50% of the expected objective, reduce stop-loss by 50%.
- At 75% of the expected profit objective, stop must be at break even.
Money Management
- If a demo account takes a loss on a trade equal to the full risk percentage assumed, reduce the risk percentage by 50%.
- Once the loss is recovered by 50%, return back to the maximum risk percentage per trade.
- Smooth equity curve that slopes or stair steps higher is desired.
- Backtest and collect multiple sample sets with this trade plan for better understanding.
Summary and Conclusion
This section provides a summary and conclusion of the trading plan discussed.
- Review and study the provided content for better understanding.
- Use sample sets provided but also dig into your own charts for analysis.
- Discipline and understanding of the core content are crucial for successful implementation of these models.