Your Trading Plan — Lesson Plan
KS3–KS4 (ages 11–16) · 60 minutes
Learning objectives
- • Write a six-line trading plan.
- • Apply a 1% risk rule and a daily loss limit.
- • Explain why plans change only on review day.
Key vocabulary
plan · risk per trade · stop loss · daily limit · review
Starter
Rules of the game: pupils write the rules of a playground game, then try playing while someone changes them mid-round.
Main activities
15 min
Read the plan lessons and model a plan on the board.
20 min
Pupils draft their own six-line plan and complete the quizzes.
15 min
Simulator: trade only setups their own plan allows.
Discussion questions
- • What happens when rules change mid-game?
- • Which rule would you break first, and why?
Assessment
- • Produces a written six-line plan.
- • Stays inside the stated risk rule in the simulator.
Homework
Bring the plan home and read it aloud to a family member.
Safety note
Plans in class are for practice accounts only.
Lessons in this module
1. What a Plan Contains
A plan is written when you are calm so it can be obeyed when you are not.
Open lesson2. Risk Rules That Stick
Small risk, a stop set in advance and a daily limit turn losses into survivable events.
Open lesson3. Reviewing the Plan
Improve the plan on review day, with evidence — never in the middle of a trade.
Open lesson