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Thursday July 31, 2025 Thursday’s AM Briefing stressed disciplined trade management following volatile post-FOMC price action. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq futures reached new all-time highs on the back of strong Meta and Microsoft earnings, creating short squeeze dynamics. The speaker highlighted the importance of structured battle plans and strict stop-loss discipline after a mismanaged trade cost a potential 100-point move. With non-farm payroll looming, traders were urged to treat the day as a low-probability “sandwich day” and exercise caution. 📚 RESOURCES ▶️ Free "Futures Foundations Course" ▶️ Become A Member: ES MES Futures Trading Room ▶️ YouTube Community Updates ▶️ Trader Meditations: Journaling Software for Futures Traders ☀️ AM BRIEFING Opening Remarks The Thursday AM Briefing (Episode 482) begins with a guiding scripture from Colossians: "Whatever you do, do it enthusiastically as something done for the Lord and n...

Wednesday July 30, 2025 Wednesday’s ES and MES futures briefing underscored the importance of a purpose-driven approach to trading and a disciplined execution plan. The session emphasized the week’s dominant range, highlighting a key level at 16 as a potential pivot point for long entries and stressing caution on trades taken near the top of the range. Traders were urged to adopt performance-enhancing practices such as video-recording their sessions and refining trade exits through structured journaling. With major earnings and GDP data acting as near-term catalysts, the focus remained on trading defined reactions within the current range-bound market. 📚 RESOURCES ▶️ Free "Futures Foundations Course" ▶️ Become A Member: ES MES Futures Trading Room ▶️ YouTube Community Updates ▶️ Trader Meditations: Journaling Software for Futures Traders ☀️ AM BRIEFING Opening Remarks The briefing opens with a strong emphasis on a purpose-driven a...

Tuesday July 29, 2025 In Tuesday’s AM Briefing, Microtrader.com’s George explored the trade-off between rigid trading rules and acting on pre-planned opportunities outside regular hours. A missed late-session ES long illustrated the opportunity cost of prioritizing time discipline over a mapped trade setup, sparking discussion on potential adjustments. The session highlighted key economic drivers, including JOLTS data, Consumer Confidence, and the upcoming FOMC meeting expected to increase volatility, alongside critical ES levels with 16 marked as the bull/bear pivot. George concluded with a journaling exercise on improving trade exits and grounded the session in a message of purposeful trading inspired by Colossians 3:23. 📚 RESOURCES ▶️ Free "Futures Foundations Course" ▶️ Become A Member: ES MES Futures Trading Room ▶️ YouTube Community Updates ▶️ Trader Meditations: Journaling Software for Futures Traders ☀️ AM BRIEFING Opening Re...

Monday July 28, 2025 Traders entered the last week of July facing elevated volatility, with the FOMC meeting, JOLTS report, and major earnings releases poised to drive market action. The briefing emphasized patience, highlighting the importance of waiting for mapped setups and identifying critical technical levels, particularly the 16–20 single print range as the day’s bull/bear line. ES, Dow, and NQ all printed new highs, with overnight gaps setting up potential gap-fill trades. Microtrader.com reinforced structured education, journaling practices, and community-driven exercises to refine execution and risk discipline. 📚 RESOURCES ▶️ Free "Futures Foundations Course" ▶️ Become A Member: ES MES Futures Trading Room ▶️ YouTube Community Updates ▶️ Trader Meditations: Journaling Software for Futures Traders ☀️ AM BRIEFING Opening Remarks The Monday AM Briefing emphasizes a principled approach to trading rooted in discipline, patience...

Friday July 25, 2025 Microtrader.com’s Friday AM Briefing emphasized discipline and market structure in futures trading. The session highlighted the value of “no trade days” as a sign of patience, especially when the first 30 minutes of price action show less than a 15-point range, indicating potential chop conditions. Technical guidance included the “second ladder” approach for shorting in strong uptrends and the importance of defined chop zones for building tradeable levels. Upcoming economic releases such as GDP and FOMC were noted as catalysts for heightened volatility in the coming week. 📚 RESOURCES ▶️ Free "Futures Foundations Course" ▶️ Become A Member: ES MES Futures Trading Room ▶️ YouTube Community Updates ▶️ Trader Meditations: Journaling Software for Futures Traders 📄 TRANSCRIPT Opening Remarks The Friday AM Briefing [Ep 478] from Microtrader.com focused on the intersection of trader psychology, technical analysis, an...

Thursday July 24, 2025 In today’s AM Briefing, Microstrader.com emphasized the importance of mental resilience and disciplined execution in futures trading, supported by a spiritual framework and structured journaling practices. Market analysis focused on the ES contract, highlighting range breakout strategies and second bounce entries as key tactics for the session. The speaker identified crucial price levels—yesterday’s point of control, the halfback, and value area low—while advising against top-picking during strong uptrends. With multiple indices near or at all-time highs, traders were reminded to follow price action over prediction and maintain bullish bias until daily closes indicate otherwise. 📚 RESOURCES ▶️ Free "Futures Foundations Course" ▶️ Become A Member: ES MES Futures Trading Room ▶️ YouTube Community Updates ▶️ Trader Meditations: Journaling Software for Futures Traders 📄 TRANSCRIPT Opening Remarks The morning br...