ES & MES Futures Trade Plan #336
Battle Plan
Where To Go Long... Where To Go Short.
ES & MES FUTURES TRADE PLAN #336
TODAY'S REVIEW: ES FUTURES
AM Briefing | ES Short Idea
Trade Location Matters
During the AM Briefing I mentioned if we were trading live, we would want to be short going towards the POC as that was the highest probability trade.
Sometimes you're on the right side of the trade location but there are no clean entries.
What do you do?
You wait!
There is no other answer... You wait until price gets into the next high-probability trade location.
Today was a shining example of this principle.
Battle Plan 2️⃣ | Best ES Long Setup
🔥 30-70 Points... Congrats Futures Traders
This trade location rocked again... two days in a row. Making deposits into traders' accounts.
The video above explains everything.
No knife-catching on the way down!
We waited and waited until it dropped into Battle Plan 2️⃣ zone.
On days with multiple 15-point candles ES will typically overshoot the Battle Plan mapping... but then come back with a vengeance.
Primary focus was waiting on a second ladder turnaround on the way down.
Fortunately for us, it made it all the way down to Battle Plan 2️⃣.
We highlighted a couple of first-ladder opportunity longs. One of them was the killer one! The one where I remarked, "If I was up big for the week, I would be long right here." This would have been a positional long at a Battle Plan trade location. This highlighted entry turned out to be an easy 50+ pointer.
There is also an opportunity for a second and third ladder long per Battle Plan 2️⃣ mapping.
I highlighted three different entry opportunities in the mapping. See the chart below.
Depending on your entry, a 10 to a 50 pointer was very possible.
Once again, the entire purpose of the Battle Plan is to be on the right side of price action, looking for the right trades in the right trade locations... Even if we have to wait while price vomits 100 points into our ideal trade location.
Tip of the Day
Wait For Your Entry
Sometimes you have to let price drop one hundred points before you get your ideal trade entry.
Sometimes you're lucky and you are short for the move south... right into the Battle Plan long trade idea.
Either way... there's another high probability trade around the corner.
Tomorrow's Live Streams
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AM Briefing 
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YouTube Live Stream 
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Scoreboard
Points Accumulated This Week:
Battle Plan: 170
🔥Battle Plan 2️⃣ for 30 to 50+ points.
A banner day for the Battle Plan.
Zoom: 140
🔥 We outlined low time-frame entries at the Battle Plan 2️⃣ location.
Core Strategy: 40
🔥 No trade day due to tons of 15-point candles. It's very difficult to use small or standard stop losses with such large candles.
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COMMON QUESTIONS FOR ES FUTURES TRADERS
What is a Strong Level?
A: A Strong Level is a key price area on the Battle Plan where price has already shown it wants to defend or react. Think of it as a line in the sand. When price reclaims a Strong Level, that can set up a trade... but treat a reclaim as an add-on, not your first entry. Be very cautious. Wait for your own confirmation before you commit size.
What is the Core Strategy?
A: The Core Strategy is one of the trading approaches tracked on the Scoreboard each week. It works best in normal conditions where you can use small or standard stop losses. On days packed with big 15-point candles, it becomes a no trade day. Those large candles make tight stops nearly impossible... so you stand aside and protect your capital.
What does Green Over Greed mean?
A: Green Over Greed means you protect your profits instead of reaching for more. If you are up small, bank it. Go into the weekend a winner. This matters most on Fridays... when longs feel trepidatious and shorts feel premature. Take the green. Greed gives it right back.
What is a lotto runner?
A: A lotto runner is a small piece of your position you hold for a much bigger move. You take profit on most of the trade, then let a tiny portion ride. The risk stays small. The payoff can be huge if price keeps going your way. Seasonality right now favors holding runners... so when the Battle Plan gives you the gift of a trade, do everything you can to hold one.
Why wait instead of catching a falling market?
A: Catching a falling market is knife catching... and it gets traders hurt. The Battle Plan answer is simple. You wait. You let price drop into your mapped trade location, even if it vomits a hundred points first. There is always another high probability trade around the corner. Miss a move before you force a bad one.
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