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Handling Drawdowns: How Futures Traders Recover From Losing Streaks

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Battle Plan · Trading Room · Free Course · Trading Library Become A Member A fall is not defeat. Most traders quit right before the breakthrough… here's how the ones who make it recover. From the free MicrosTrader Trading Library … 140 lessons mined from 1,042 live ES and MES futures sessions taught since 2018. A drawdown is a losing stretch that pulls your account below its recent high. In ES E-mini futures it shows up as red days that pile up, confidence that starts to wobble, and the quiet voice asking if you're cut out for this. George's core teaching cuts through the panic: a fall is not defeat. You can stumble without being cast down. Recovery comes from returning to disciplined process. This page gathers everything George teaches about drawdown across hundreds of hours of live ES and MES micro futures trading… why the loss is only half the damage, how to tell a fall from ruin, and the honest path back to your feet after a losing streak. “"Ve...
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Journal the Trade Before You Place It: The Pre-Entry Filter

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Battle Plan · Trading Room · Free Course · Trading Library Become A Member Write the entry down first. If you can't defend it on paper, you don't take it. From the free MicrosTrader Trading Library … 140 lessons mined from 1,042 live ES and MES futures sessions taught since 2018. Journal the trade before you place it. You write the entry in your journal first: the level, the reasons, the logic. Only then do you click buy or sell. The act of writing it forces your mind to simulate being in the trade before a single dollar is at risk. Bad entries reveal themselves on paper. Good ones earn their place. That one habit is George's pre-entry filter for ES E-mini futures and MES micro futures alike. This page gathers everything George teaches about the pre-entry filter across hundreds of hours of live ES and MES micro futures trading… why writing the trade first stops impulse entries, the one question that gates every click, how to defend an entry to a panel of peers...
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How Do You Set A Stop Loss On A Runner In ES Futures? | AM Briefing #887

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Battle Plan · Trading Room · Free Course · Trading Library Become A Member Together We Trade Better AM BRIEFING ES CHART | KEY LEVELS | SETUPS Today’s Schedule Pre-Market AM Briefing Watch on YouTube 15 Minutes Prior to Opening ES Live Trading Room Join the Live Room After Market Close Battle Plan Get Tonight’s Battle Plan Today at a Glance Keep the stop where your read says the trade is wrong. On yesterday's short, failing to take back the overnight high was George's canary in the coal mine, so a stop above the overnight high and the previous day POC would have survived and easily paid a 100 plus pointer. Date: Friday, October 30, 2026 Overnight: ES did not stay close to yesterday's POC in the overnight session. News Drivers: Exxon and Chevron report earnings before the open on the last trading day of the month, with Apple, AMD, the congressional elections and non-farm payroll coming up next week. Lesson of the Day: Keep your runner'...
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ES & MES Futures Trade Plan #424

Battle Plan · Trading Room · Free Course · Trading Library Become A Member Trial Offer | Membership Options | Login ES & MES FUTURES BATTLE PLAN #424 THURSDAY/FRIDAY RTH SETUPS TODAY'S REVIEW: ES FUTURES Nothing I wrote in the group, "This was an untradeable mess." Eric added, "Untenable. Uninspired. Unrepentant." Hear, hear! Day After FOMC The day after FOMC is no joke. It is often just as dangerous. I'm not saying take the day off, but I'm saying give it the respect it deserves. Traders forcing trades today got hurt. Then they would chase and price would reverse.  Members Only That Is a Taste of Tonight’s Battle Plan. The levels, the trade ideas, the notes and the audio are inside. See Our Latest Trial Offer Membership Options Educational purposes only. Trading involves risk. Nothing here is personalized trading advice. 📍 Originally published on MicrosTrader.com Free Training · No Signup Required ⚔️ Battle Plan Boot Camp This...
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