We took the textbook ICT power of three and found where its trades lost from 23 October 2024 to 24 February 2026. We changed 3 things for a reason each and tuned them on those 16 months only. Then we ran it once on the next 8 months, which nobody had looked at. It made $1,809 on one micro contract there. The textbook made $1,168.
The $50,000 account after each trade. Every trade is one micro contract with $2.50 a contract each side and a tick of slippage. Shaded: the 8 months nobody looked at.
The textbook ICT power of three: the Asia range (20:00 to midnight New York), then a London sweep of one side of it (02:00 to 05:00). At 9:30 it trades the other way, with the stop a tick past the night's extreme and the target at the far side of the Asia range. It is flat by 15:55 and trades once a day.
Every change we tried, in the order we tried it. Each one was judged on the first 16 months only.
Why: Trades whose stop was within 0.1 of a day's range won 8% (49 trades, −$1,157).
What it did: Kept at 0.05 of a day's range. A cut at 0.1 scored higher on the 16 months but only at that exact value. One step either way it fell apart. That ruled it out.
Why: Stops 0.3 of a day's range or more away won often and lost overall (31 trades, −$1,732).
What it did: No trade when the stop is more than 0.4 of a day's range away.
Why: A night range of 0.4 of a day's range or more lost $1,854 over 17 trades.
What it did: No trade when the Asia range is wider than 0.3 of a day's range.
Why: ICT's premium and discount rule: buy cheap, sell dear relative to midnight.
What it did: It did not improve the 16 months once the stop filters were in. We left it out.
The settings it runs with: the textbook's Asia range, London sweep and 9:30 entry; the target the far side of the Asia range; no trade with the stop closer than 0.05 or wider than 0.4 of the daily average range; no trade when the Asia range is wider than 0.3 of it.
We ran it once on 24 February 2026 → 22 October 2026, after every setting was fixed. To be published it had to make money there with a profit factor of 1.1 or more and beat the textbook.
| Period | Version | Net | Worst drawdown | Profit factor | Trades | Won |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First 16 months (tuned on) | Textbook | −$84 | −$2,877 | 0.99 | 183 | 45.4% |
| Optimised | +$2,414 | −$1,622 | 1.36 | 118 | 51.7% | |
| 8 locked months (never seen) | Textbook | +$1,168 | −$2,268 | 1.12 | 106 | 42.5% |
| Optimised | +$1,809 | −$813 | 1.53 | 47 | 55.3% | |
| Both together | Textbook | +$1,084 | −$3,236 | 1.05 | 289 | 44.3% |
| Optimised | +$4,222 | −$1,622 | 1.42 | 165 | 52.7% |
What to know before you use it
The script is free. This version is tuned on MNQ 5-minute over our 16 months. Your market, timeframe and months may want different settings.
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The textbook version lost $84 in the first 16 months and made $1,168 in the 8 months after. Optimised on the first 16 months only, it made $2,414 there and made $1,809 in the 8 months it never saw. That was 47 trades with a profit factor of 1.53 from 24 February 2026 to 22 October 2026.
It means worked on, not picked from thousands of runs. We read the textbook's trades for where they lost and made each change for a reason. We tuned the settings together on the first 16 months only and kept only settings that made money in all four 4-month stretches with every neighbouring setting holding up too. Then one run on the 8 months nobody had looked at decided whether it was published.
CME's minutes for the continuous MNQ contract built into 5-minute candles, from 23 October 2024 to 22 October 2026 (517 sessions). Every trade is one micro contract with $2.50 a contract each side and a tick of slippage.
Yes. Fit it to my account opens the Alpha Charts terminal with the script on MNQ 5-minute and the Optimiser on it: it re-tunes the script's settings on the market, timeframe and months you pick, and checks the winner against random tries and months it never saw. The Optimiser is in Pro and Max. Both come with 30 days money back.