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News Drivers: How to Read the Economic Calendar Before You Trade

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Battle Plan · SITREP Report · Free Course · Trading Library Become A Member Before you plan a single trade, know what the economic calendar is about to throw at the market… and where the landmines sit. From the free MicrosTrader Trading Library … 140 lessons mined from 1,042 live ES and MES futures sessions taught since 2018. News Drivers are the scheduled economic events that move the market. CPI, FOMC, non-farm payroll, Powell speaking, PMI, PCE. Reading them means scanning the economic calendar before the open, flagging the red and orange folder events, and marking their exact release times on your chart as no-trade zones. Do this first, before you plan a single ES E-mini futures entry. The calendar tells you how dangerous the day is going to be. This page gathers everything George teaches about News Drivers across hundreds of hours of live ES and MES micro futures trading… where to find them, how to grade the day's danger with Level 10 Trading, when to Stand Down en...

AM Briefing #877 · The Opex Friday Trap: When Standing Down Is The Trade

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Battle Plan · SITREP Report · Free Course · Trading Library Become A Member Together We Trade Better AM BRIEFING ES CHART | KEY LEVELS | SETUPS ES Technical Analysis — AM Briefing 877 Timeline Friday October 16, 2026 TIME CHAPTER 0:00 Welcome ES MES Futures Traders 0:28 Opex Friday & Briefing #877 Happy Opex Friday, October 16, AM Briefing #877. This week's scripture… the horse is prepared for the day of battle. 0:53 Opex Party Rules & Light Week Ahead Opex rules on steroids mean a very large expected range. Next week is light, and a few banks report before the open. 1:18 Yesterday's Long Hit Its Target The plan was longs only. Price rotated back to the top of the range right into the close… range traders trading the range well. 1:57 Battle Plan 1 Continuation Add-On Battle Plan 1 is a continuation add-on at the top of t...

ES & MES Futures Trade Plan #414

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Battle Plan · SITREP Report · Free Course · Trading Library Become A Member MES MICROS BEST TRADE SETUPS Battle Plan Where To Go Long... Where To Go Short. ES & MES FUTURES TRADE PLAN #414 THURSDAY/FRIDAY RTH SETUPS 📝 Posted: Thursday, October 15, 2026 🎧 Read Aloud — Listen to Today's Battle Plan Your browser does not support the audio element. ⏱️ Video Chapters 0:00 Balanced Overnight, Bears Control at Bottom of Range 1:05 Overnight Low Taken, First Long Entries 2:15 Ladder Backs Into the Drop Zone 3:50 Fighting for the Lotto Runner at Battle Plan Three 6:50 Bears Control, Shorts From Yesterday Stay Short 8:36 New Low and the 1950 Strong Level 10:24 Long Off the 1950 Retest 12:08 Stop to Breakeven, Platform Closed 14:42 Trade Location and the Bull Bear Line Target 18:58 Trap the Trader Move Then Short Covering 23:00 Real Time Recap, 70 Points to the Bull Bear Line TODAY'S REVIEW: ES FUTURES Trade Locatio...