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ES Emini Trade Plan

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Today's Review OVERVIEW Your browser does not support the audio element. The Basics It's a new month. May has arrived. It's a chance for a fresh start. Where do I recommend you start? Demand from yourself that you execute the basics perfectly! A thorough pre-flight. Do you have a written pre-flight? It should be in your written trade plan? No trade plan, let's start there! Before we can properly prepare for the day, WHEN are you BEST ? Is it late? Is it early? Do you need to wake up 30-minutes earlier? Be honest … Are you constantly squeezing in your pre-flight "last minute" …or… doing it with half-effort with half-a-brain thus you can start trading ill-prepared 'just knowing' you can wing it? What else? Mark ALL your levels BEFORE the market opens. Listening/Reading the Review section of the Battle Plan (Less than 8 minutes most days!) Each day… before you are allowed to consider entering a trade… Show up prepared — t...
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10 Lessons for MES Micros Futures Traders

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MES MICROS TRADE PLAN Range Rules, Trade Elimination, and the Art of Saying No to the Chart Posted: Thursday April 30, 2026 ☀️ AM BRIEFING Thursday's AM Briefing landed on one of the most loaded trading sessions of the quarter — the day after FOMC, the final trading day of April, monster overnight earnings from Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, and Alphabet, Apple reporting after the close, and NQ printing a new all-time high overnight. George opened his platform exactly zero times. His session was a live masterclass in the most underrated skill in futures trading: knowing when not to trade. The session delivered sharp lessons on range rules, trade elimination, the pre-trade checklist, and how to manage a lotto runner while you're busy doing something else. Day After FOMC — Why It Is Often More Dangerous Than FOMC Itself If FOMC day is the main event, the day after is the aftershock — and in George's experience, it can be harder to trade. The market...
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10 Lessons for MES Futures Traders

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Today's Review OVERVIEW Your browser does not support the audio element. Scoreboard Although the scoreboard this week is light on points, it is heavy in discipline! This week's totals are dismal compared to previous weeks… points tend to come in cycles. ▶️ Can you stay patient during the dry cycle and not force trades? If you can… stay the course , your odds of success greatly increase. The trader who can never say "No!" to the chart… won't be a trader long. The market consistently rewards the patient and punishes traders without discipline . 10 Lessons 10 lessons for MES Micros futures traders as discussed in our live trade room  on Zoom.  Trader Lesson 1 Your trade plan must have a written rule for FOMC days. Do you trade the morning only? Sit it out completely? Watch without touching the keyboard? Decide before the day arrives... not in the middle of a Fed move. Make these hard decisions before you are intoxicated with trading and the t...
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