OTE (Optimal Trade Entry) Calculator
Instantly find the ICT Optimal Trade Entry zone — the 62%, 70.5% and 79% retracement of any swing leg — plus a stop beyond the leg's origin.
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How to use the OTE Calculator
Mark the start and end of an impulsive price swing as the swing low and swing high, and pick the direction the leg moved. The calculator finds the 62%, 70.5% and 79% retracement of that leg — the zone ICT calls the Optimal Trade Entry — where price is expected to pull back into before continuing in the direction of the original impulse. 70.5% is treated as the canonical entry price, with 62% and 79% marking the edges of an acceptable entry zone. The suggested stop sits at the 100% level, meaning beyond the swing point where the leg began — if price trades past it, the OTE setup is invalidated.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is OTE (Optimal Trade Entry) in ICT trading?
OTE is the 62%–79% Fibonacci retracement zone of an impulsive price swing, with 70.5% as the specific entry price ICT teaches. The idea is that after an impulse move, price often pulls back into this zone — a deeper, more favorable discount or premium — before continuing in the original direction.
Why 70.5% specifically, instead of the usual 61.8%?
70.5% sits between the standard 61.8% and 78.6% Fibonacci retracement levels and is treated in ICT methodology as the median, highest-probability entry within the OTE zone — deep enough to offer a favorable price, but before the retracement risks fully reversing the original move.
Where should the stop-loss go on an OTE entry?
The common approach is placing the stop just beyond the 100% level — the exact point where the original swing leg began. If price trades beyond that point, the premise of the setup (a retracement followed by continuation) is invalidated, so the trade should already be stopped out.