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How to Map Out Trades in Advance (Before the Market Opens)

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Battle Plan · SITREP Report · Free Course · Trading Library Become A Member Draw the trade before you take it. Sketch the entries, targets, and failure cases the night before… so the open finds you ready. From the free MicrosTrader Trading Library … 140 lessons mined from 1,042 live ES and MES futures sessions taught since 2018. Mapping out trades in advance means sketching your setups before the market opens. You draw the entry, the target, and the point where the idea fails… then you wait for price to arrive. In George's ES E-mini futures sessions, that pre-session map is the Battle Plan: a handful of numbered if-then scenarios built the night before, so you execute mechanically instead of reacting live to every candle. This page gathers what George teaches about pre-session mapping across hundreds of hours of live ES and MES micro futures trading… how to write an if-then scenario, why he maps both sides of price action, and the harder discipline of mapping nothing at...
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AM Briefing #833 — Never Give Back Your Week On Friday

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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 833 Timeline Friday August 14, 2026 TIME CHAPTER 0:00 Welcome ES MES Futures Traders 0:45 Core Retail Sales At The Bottom Of The Hour Friday opens with core retail sales due at the bottom of the hour, printing about 30 minutes into the trade. Plan around it. 1:01 News Drivers For Next Week On deck next week: the FOMC minutes, the Philly Manufacturing Index, and unemployment claims. Map your levels ahead of them. 1:09 Never Give Back Your Week On Friday Friday rolls into the weekend. A winner never gives it back. Pick a fixed percentage of the week's profit you are willing to risk and protect yourself from yourself. 1:17 Adjust Your Friday Risk Settings Tig...
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AM Briefing #833 — Don't Give Back Your Week On Friday

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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 833 Timeline Friday August 14, 2026 TIME CHAPTER 0:00 Welcome ES MES Futures Traders 0:22 Friday Open, Retail Sales at 8:30 It is Friday August 14. Core retail sales print at the bottom of the hour, with the reaction landing about 30 minutes into the trade. 1:01 News Drivers For Next Week FOMC minutes, the Philly Manufacturing Index, and unemployment claims all land next week. Know the calendar in advance. 1:09 Don't Give Back Your Week On Friday A winner never gives back the week on Friday. Adjust your risk settings, hold to the leverage matrix, and name the number you are willing to risk. Protect yourself from yourself. 2:00 The Week In Review Battle Pla...
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