# Trading plan

Template by Edgetrail (edgetrail.app), as of 22 October 2026. The sections follow the daily routine of the Edgetrail app. The examples in brackets are illustrations, not recommendations.

Version / date: ________

## 1. Markets and sessions

- Markets I trade: ________ (e.g. BTCUSDT and ETHUSDT perpetuals)
- Timeframes: ________ (e.g. 4h for direction, 15m for entries)
- Hours I trade: ________ (e.g. 08:00-12:00 and 14:00-17:00 UTC)
- What I leave alone: ________ (e.g. Low-cap coins, the first 15 minutes after high-impact news)

## 2. Setup (one block per setup)

- Name: ________ (e.g. ETH 4h breakout)
- Short description: ________ (e.g. Break of structure on the 4h chart)
- Coin / market: ________ (e.g. ETH)
- Timeframe: ________ (e.g. 4h)
- Entry: ________ (e.g. Candle close that confirms the break)
- Stop: ________ (e.g. Below the last higher low (long), above the last lower high (short))
- Target: ________ (e.g. 2R)
- Early-exit strategy: ________ (e.g. Exit at break-even if the 4h candle closes back inside the range)
- Risk rules: ________ (e.g. 0.5 % per trade, max. 2 open trades)
- Extra rule: ________ (e.g. No entry when funding is extreme)

## 3. Risk

- Account balance: ________ (e.g. 10,000)
- Risk per trade (%): ________ (e.g. 0.5)
- Money at risk per trade: ________ (e.g. 50)
- Max trades per day: ________ (e.g. 3)
- Max daily loss: ________ (e.g. 150)
- After hitting the daily max: ________ (e.g. Stop for the day, write the EODR)

## 4. Prop firm rules (if any)

- Firm and plan: ________ (e.g. e.g. 2-Step challenge)
- Account size: ________ (e.g. 100,000)
- Max daily loss (%) and how it is measured: ________ (e.g. 5 % of the initial balance, from the balance at the firm's midnight)
- Max drawdown (%) and type: ________ (e.g. 10 %, static)
- Profit target (%): ________ (e.g. 10)
- Minimum trading days: ________ (e.g. 4)
- Day boundary / time zone of the firm: ________ (e.g. e.g. midnight CE(S)T or 00:00 UTC)
- Challenge start: ________ (e.g. Date)

## 5. Before the session: Can I trade today?

- Sleep (h): ________ (e.g. 7.5)
- Energy (1 = drained, 5 = fresh): ________ (e.g. 4)
- Calm (1 = stressed, 5 = calm): ________ (e.g. 4)
- Clear plan? (yes/no): ________ (e.g. yes)
- Trying to win back losses? (yes/no): ________ (e.g. no)
- High-impact news soon? (yes/no): ________ (e.g. no)
- Market picture (clear / range / choppy / news-driven): ________ (e.g. range)
- My own question: ________ (e.g. Read yesterday's analysis? (yes is good))
- Decision (full size / reduced / no trading today): ________ (e.g. full size)

## 6. Morning market analysis

- Morning thoughts: ________ (e.g. What happened overnight?)
- Bias per market and timeframe: ________ (e.g. ETH 4h bullish, 15m range)
- Key levels: ________ (e.g. Range high, previous day high)
- Order flow: ________ (e.g. OI, CVD, funding)
- Plan per market (setup, entry, invalidation): ________ (e.g. Long on a 15m reclaim of the range high, invalid below it)
- Intermarket: ________ (e.g. BTC dominance, S&P 500 futures)
- Sentiment: ________ (e.g. Fear & Greed value)
- Events and news: ________ (e.g. US CPI at 12:30 UTC (high))
- Trade plan: what I wait for, what I leave alone: ________ (e.g. Only A setups at the range edges)
- Max trades today: ________ (e.g. 2)
- Max loss today: ________ (e.g. 100)

## 7. After every trade

- System: ________ (e.g. ETH 4h breakout)
- Rules followed?: ________ (e.g. yes / no)
- Mistakes: ________ (e.g. Moved the stop)
- Emotion / state: ________ (e.g. Calm)
- Screenshot: ________ (e.g. Chart before and after)

## 8. End of day review

- Followed the plan (yes / partly / no): ________ (e.g. partly)
- Day grade (A-F): ________ (e.g. B)
- What went well: ________ (e.g. Waited for the reclaim)
- What didn't work: ________ (e.g. Second trade outside my hours)
- Lesson: ________ (e.g. One sentence you will still remember tomorrow)
- Mood: ________ (e.g. Tired)
- Morning bias check per market (right / mixed / wrong): ________ (e.g. ETH: right)
- Focus for tomorrow: ________ (e.g. Only A setups at range edges)

## 9. Weekly review

- Weekly goals (max. 10), ticked off: ________ (e.g. No trade before 09:30)
- Week grade (A-F): ________ (e.g. B)
- Keep: ________ (e.g. What worked?)
- Stop: ________ (e.g. What should I stop doing?)
- Start: ________ (e.g. What will I try next week?)
- Lesson of the week: ________ (e.g. One sentence)
- Notes: ________ (e.g. Market phase, events)
- Focus next week: ________ (e.g. One sentence)

## 10. Rules I never break

- Rule 1: ________ (e.g. No trade without a stop)
- Rule 2: ________ (e.g. Daily max reached = done for the day)
- Rule 3: ________ (e.g. No new setup during a challenge)