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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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ES Trade Plan

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MES MICROS TRADE PLAN FOMC Day Discipline: Lock Profits, Respect the Range, and Let Your Trade Plan Do the Work Posted: Wednesday April 29, 2026 ☀️ AM BRIEFING Wednesday's AM Briefing arrived with one of the heaviest catalyst stacks of the quarter — FOMC in the afternoon, major tech earnings after the close, and PCE plus GDP lined up for Thursday. George entered the session already short from Battle Plan 5, managing a live overnight position while walking the room through the most important skill in ES futures daily trade setups: knowing exactly when to lock your profits and protect your morning. The session delivered sharp lessons on positional awareness for shorts, the microwave trade philosophy, how to use the previous day opening as a protection layer, and why your trade plan must have a written rule for FOMC days before you ever open your DOM. Today's Catalyst Stack — Why This Is a Level 10 Stand Down Day FOMC days are not ordinary trading...
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