This professionally structured strategy is to be followed daily.
Objective
- Goal: Consistent long-term growth.
- Mindset: Patience, discipline, and process-focused.
- Risk: Max 10% of allowed loss per trade, i.e. for $96,000 account, risk $600.
Markets
- Focus: Currencies (DXY, GBP, EUR), Commodities (XAU/Gold), Indices (US30, UK100) that exhibit high liquidity and volatility during the planned session.
Trading Session
- Primary: New York Session (12:30 PM – 9:00 PM London time / 7:30 AM – 4:00 PM EST).
- Reason: High liquidity, strong trend movements, and major economic releases. A focused effort during the London/New York overlap (12:30 PM – 4:00 PM London time) is recommended.
Analysis Framework
- Fundamentals: Assess overall bias using reputable sources Subnalysis, TradingView, FXStreet, Financial Juice, Bloomberg, and Reuters.
- Technical Analysis: Identify key levels on daily charts. Confirm entries on 15M charts using patterns like pin bars, engulfing candles, or price rejection at key levels. Only trade when technical signals align with fundamentals.
Trade Execution
- Identify instruments with a strong fundamental bias.
- Confirm entries using technical patterns.
- Set stop loss and take profit around key levels, ensuring a favorable risk-reward ratio.
- Apply strict risk management (max 10% of allowed Max loss per trade).
- Avoid trading under emotional stress or impulsively.
- Do not hold trades overnight.
Trading Routine
- Pre-Market: Review news and market sentiment. Mark key levels. Identify potential setups.
- During Session: Trade only when fundamentals and technical signals align. Stick to the plan.
- Post-Market: Update trading journal with trades, rationale, and emotional state. Reflect on patterns, mistakes, and areas for improvement.
Psychology & Discipline
- Trade only when emotionally neutral.
- Step away if feeling anger, frustration or any strong negative emotion.
- Accept losses as part of the process and a normal cost of business.
- Focus on rules and strategy, not short-term profit.
- Use the trading journal for self-reflection to build emotional awareness.
Continuous Improvement
Adjust strategy only when data supports it, not on a whim.
Track and analyse trade outcomes weekly.
Refine chart reading and pattern recognition.
Stay updated on key economic releases and geopolitical events.
