ICT trading
ICT Trading Journal Guide
How to journal ICT concepts — order blocks, FVG, liquidity sweeps, killzones — so you can finally measure which ones make you money. With NexEdge.
ICT trading is conceptually rich and statistically opaque. Order blocks, fair value gaps, liquidity sweeps, killzones — there are so many ideas that almost no trader knows which ones actually carry their edge. A good ICT trading journal fixes that.
The variables every ICT trader should track
- Entry type: OB, FVG, liquidity sweep, MSS, BOS, IFVG.
- Session: Asia, London Open, NY Open, NY PM.
- HTF bias: bullish, bearish, neutral.
- Confluence: liquidity above/below, premium/discount, displacement.
- News: high-impact, medium, none.
Tag each trade with these and you can finally answer: which ICT concept actually has edge in your hands? NexEdge does this automatically once you set up the variables in your journal.
The review loop
Every week, open the NexEdge analytics and filter by each variable. Look at expectancy per entry type and per killzone. Cut the ones with negative expectancy and a meaningful sample. Double down on the ones with positive expectancy and a clean curve. That is how a real ICT edge is built.
Layer in risk management and the AI advisor to close the loop completely.