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When Price Won't Bounce Where You Mapped It, Stand Down — AM Briefing #796

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Together We Trade Better AM BRIEFING ES CHART | KEY LEVELS | SETUPS ES Technical Analysis — AM Briefing 796 Timeline Tuesday June 23, 2026 TIME CHAPTER 0:00 Welcome ES MES Futures Traders 0:33 This Week's Scripture & News Drivers A word on the Holy Spirit interceding in prayer. Today's drivers: flash Manufacturing PMI and Services, with a free YouTube simulcast of the Zoom session. 1:02 Tip of the Day: When NOT to Trade When price doesn't bounce exactly where you expect, willingness to trade drops 50%. That's the first warning flag to Stand Down. 1:31 Trading Monday & Journaling Tags Tag Monday as a special day-after-holiday session in the new journaling Chrome extension. A live deep dive runs 30 minutes before the open. 2:12 Monday Trade Review A discretionary long with no ideal stop loss took a full loss — the r...

The Battle Plan #333: 5 Best ES Setups | ES MES Futures Trade Plan

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MES MICROS BEST TRADE SETUPS Battle Plan Where To Go Long... Where To Go Short. TODAY'S REVIEW: ES FUTURES Battle Plan 1️⃣ | ES Long 80+ Points. Although entry was nearly impossible, we were looking for the right trade and the right trade location… That's the entire purpose of the Battle Plan. If we can keep looking for the right trades in the right trade locations, we will do just fine. Just before Asia, price dropped beautifully into the drop zone, but unfortunately it was the Asia Open, which is never advisable to trade. RTH | ES Chart Yesterday I wrote, "Tomorrow is Monday, and it's the Monday after a long holiday… Often a squirrelly day." Yes, yes it was! Tip of the Day The first trading day after a long holiday weekend is rarely a great one. Today proved it again. Scoreboard Points Accumulated This Week: Battle Plan : 0 🔥 Battle Plan 1️⃣ was the right trade in the right trade location, but no entry was prov...

AM Briefing #795: Knowing When To Stand Down Beats Forcing A Trade

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Together We Trade Better AM BRIEFING ES CHART | KEY LEVELS | SETUPS ES Technical Analysis — AM Briefing 795 Timeline Monday June 22, 2026 TIME CHAPTER 0:00 Welcome ES MES Futures Traders 0:32 Scripture & The Week Ahead This week's scripture on the Spirit interceding in prayer. The calendar is light — Core PCE is the only print and rarely moves much. 1:00 Live Stream Tuesday & Expected Range Join the live YouTube stream every Tuesday like a full member. This week's expected range is 110 points, already plotted on your Strong Levels. 1:28 Tip Of The Week: When To Stand Down Last week was a signature week to step aside — rollover plus FOMC plus a Friday holiday plus Thursday OPEX. There are times to be protective; take them seriously. 2:09 Trade Of The Week Review A Core Strategy short banked 50 and 40 points to target. Play...

ES Futures Trade Setups #332

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MES MICROS BEST TRADE SETUPS Battle Plan Where To Go Long... Where To Go Short. TODAY'S REVIEW: ES FUTURES Expected Range 110 Points.  Nice size range expected. We should do very well this week! ES Expected Range Options-Implied Weekly Move Range Low 7,426.02 ← ES Price 7,536.75 → Range High 7,647.48     Implied Move ±110.73 pts Implied Move % ±1.47% Implied move from SPX ATM straddle applied to ES front-month futures. Not financial advice. Tip of the Day It's rare we'd discuss taking a week off, but last week was the signature type of week to do it. Contract rollover plus FOMC plus Friday holiday plus OPEX. It had all the ingredients. I love to trade... I just love it... but there are times to be protective. When I highlight those times, consider it. Scoreboard Points Accumulated This Week: Battle Plan : 0 🔥 TBD Zoom : 0 🔥 TBD Core Strategy : 0 🔥TBD...

ES Emini AM Briefing #794

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Together We Trade Better AM BRIEFING ES CHART | KEY LEVELS | SETUPS ES Technical Analysis — AM Briefing 794 Timeline Thursday June 18, 2026 TIME CHAPTER 0:00 Welcome ES MES Futures Traders 0:25 Weekly Scripture — Watch The Overconfidence Let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall. Overconfidence in volatile markets is how accounts blow up fast. 1:00 OPEX Thursday — Final Live Stream Of The Week Tomorrow's market is closed for Juneteenth. Today is the last live YouTube and Zoom session before the long weekend. 1:35 Next Week's News Drivers Preview PCE, GDP, sentiment, and expectations next week — no really big events, so trading should normalize. 2:15 The Micros Trader System Overview Fewer, higher-quality, pre-planned entries using the 3-Contract System with a lotto runner to capture the big moves. 3:15 T...