Magnafxinstitute Trading Plan
Magnafxinstitute Trading Plan
1. GET UP EARLY- Wake up around 6AM, go over morning routine, make sure mind is sharp and
relaxed before opening a chart.
2. OPEN NEWS- Check out the news calendar to see if they will be any important news, take
caution if there will be any important news announcements.
3. If there are any trades open, manage them and make sure the trade is still valid, if no trades are
open begin to start analyzing the pairs. Have a maximum of five (5) pairs to analyze.
4. Select only 1-3 setups to take depending on your account size. The setups should be those you
understand and you are completely confident in. Write down how I would like to trade them in
my journal and note every move from then on. Forecast the move and what I want to see. If it
develops as expected-PERFECT, if not- LET GO! Chasing a trade only leads to regret.
TRADING PLAN
Monthly, Weekly key levels: Mark the major monthly levels with a horizontal line (Black). Make sure
they are round figures. Add a thin rectangle on the line.
After that go down to the weekly timeframe and mark the major support and resistance levels with a
horizontal line (any colour of your choice), make sure these lines are placed on the wicks.
Candlestick formations, once price gets to the levels you are anticipating wait for it to create a
candlestick formation showing a reversal like an Engulfing Candle, pinbar , spinning tops, Dojis, inside
bar etc. There is a higher probability of a reversal when the candles are formed on round figures and
golden Fibonacci levels.
REMEMBER: IT IS NOT ABOUT WHAT THE CANDLE IS BUT WHERE THE CANDLE IS.
Do not execute the trade immediately the candle closes wait for price to crossover the moving averages
while aligning with different confluences (round figure level, Fibonacci level, Trend.
Take only the best visible set ups with clear breaks and retests. let them be clear and with
confluence, this means that I will have to take less trades but less is more in the markets.
PSYCHOLOGY NOTES
I. Anything can happen. Do not let the emotions make you take actions that are not in line with
your plan.
II. I put on a trade without the slightest bit of hesitation or conflict and just as freely and without
hesitation admit that it isn’t working.
III. I have accepted that no trade has a guaranteed outcome and the possibility of being wrong and
losing is present.
IV. An edge is nothing more than an indication of a higher probability of one thing happening over
another.
V. Every moment in the market is unique. Anything that you are perceiving “NOW” in the market
will never be exactly the same as some previous experience that exists in your mental
environment.
VI. Be rigid in your rules and flexible in your expectations not the other way around.
VII. There is a random distribution between wins and losses for any given set of variables that define
an edge.
VIII. You don’t need to know what is going to happen next in order to make money.