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5 Great MES Trade Setups

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MES MICROS BEST TRADE SETUPS Battle Plan Where To Go Long... Where To Go Short. Today's Review OVERVIEW Beautiful mappings Great mappings... but... challenging entries! nice strong levels Ping ponging Strong Levels today.  Edit TIP OF THE DAY Shorting when the BULLS control.... requires EXTREME patience and ruthless risk management with a built up tolerance for a low win rate... tough trade for sure.  It can be very frustrating and has the potential to really damage your psychology.  One never 'has' to short ES to be a GREAT ES trader.  Short sparingly and perfectly ... monitoring your emotional temperature. Yank yourself off the trading floor immediately when you feel an increase in negative emotions.  QUOTE OF THE DAY Let the setup come to you — not the other way around. TRADE OF THE DAY BATTLE PLAN sa Super nice mappings. See the very first chart in today's review, posted above.  BUT... entries ...

Amazing MES Trade Setups

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Today's Review OVERVIEW Your browser does not support the audio element. Battle Plans This is becoming a banner week for Battle Plans trade ideas... and holding your runners! The bad thing about the Battle Plans this week is... most activated when people in the United States were staring at the back of their eyelids, sleeping.  Tis the season, I guess.  Battle Plan 3️⃣  Battle Plan 3️⃣ was the first Battle Plan to activate.  It had a seven-point move.  No follow through because of an Iranian news event creating a rare 20-point candle in the maintenance period.  A small green or break-even trade.  The key was to be a professional trader and not let the trade go against you.  We take break-even trades and we take small losses.  The goal is small losses, small wins, and big wins, but never ever large losses.  Large losses are created , not designed.  Battle Plan 2️⃣  Battle Plan 2️⃣ was the next...

MES Micros Live Trading Room

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MES MICROS TRADE PLAN Patience Near All-Time Highs: When Bulls Control, the Best Trade Is Often No Trade Posted: Monday May 5, 2026 ☀️ AM BRIEFING Monday's ES futures morning briefing arrived on a milestone day — tonight, Battle Plan 300 drops. NQ grabbed a new all-time high overnight, Russell pushed to its own, and ES laddered steadily upward... all four indices above upward-slanting VWAPs. Dow remained the one holdout, still wrestling with its halfback, keeping directional follow-through lethargic and RTH entries hard to defend. With price in a parabolic move and no clean setup near all-time highs, the session delivered two essential lessons for futures trading psychology: how to stay patient in a bull market that won't come to you, and why great trading demands nothing less than the best version of you. Market Structure: Bulls In Full Control Near All-Time Highs ES entered Monday's RTH session in a parabolic move to the north — all four in...