Rule Templates

Trading Plan on One Page

Jason Parker, founder of Trading Habits
The market doesn't reward being right. It rewards managing being wrong, cheaply.
Jason Parker, Founder of Trading Habits

A static, one-page summary of your overall trading strategy — your edge, entry and exit rules, risk management, and review cadence. Fill it out once as your strategy reference, separate from a single session's plan.

Trading Plan

Trader/Account:   Effective date:   Review date:  

1. Markets & Instruments

Markets/instruments I trade:  
Timeframe(s) I trade:  
Session hours I trade during:  

2. My Edge

The setup(s) I trade:  
Why this setup has an edge (what I'm exploiting):  
Conditions where I do NOT take this setup:  

3. Entry Rules

Trigger that confirms entry:  
Confirmation I require before entering:  
Minimum risk/reward I require:  

4. Exit Rules

Stop-loss placement rule:  
Profit target or trailing rule:  
What makes me exit early (invalidation):  

5. Risk Management

Max risk per trade (% or $):  
Max daily loss (stops trading for the day):  
Max open positions/correlated risk at once:  
Position sizing method:  

6. Review Cadence

How often I review this plan:  
What has to happen for me to change a rule (not a single bad trade):  
I do not change this plan mid-session based on how today is going

Notes

How to use this template

Not financial advice: This template is an organizational aid only. It does not evaluate your specific strategy, account, or risk tolerance, and completing it is not a guarantee of any trading outcome. See our Terms of Service for full disclosures.
Jason Parker, founder of Trading Habits

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