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Your Trade Plan Objective"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmegroup.com\/education\/courses\/building-a-trade-plan\/your-trade-plan-objective.html?utm_source=traders_academy&amp;utm_medium=link&amp;utm_campaign=academy_relaunch&amp;utm_content=building-a-trade-plan&amp;utm_term=lesson-2-your-trade-plan-objective\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Original study notes from CME Group Education<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Setting your trading objective is one of the most important steps in developing a trade plan, yet is the one step that most new traders neglect. 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