Get used to not being in a trade, embrace it, enjoy it, because this is how you preserve your trading capital which means it will be there when a good trade does come along, which in turn, means you will have more money to trade a larger position size if you want. This article was a brief overview of how I plan my trades and it could help you develop the basis of your own trading plan and trading approach. I give a detailed example on how to build your own trading plan as well as a trading plan template in my advanced price action trading course.