Hold the Runner: How to Hold a Lotto Runner for the 100-Point Move in ES Futures

How one contract held back after profit catches the 100-point ES futures moves… the most-taught lesson in 1,042 live sessions and counting.

From the free MicrosTrader Trading Library… 140 lessons mined from 1,042 live ES and MES futures sessions taught since 2018.

Hold the runner. It means one simple thing: after you take profit on your position, you keep a single contract in the trade. Most ES E-mini futures trades pay 5, 10, maybe 20 points. But one or two trades a week stretch into 100-point moves. Which trade will it be? Nobody knows. That's the whole point. The runner keeps you in the trade when it happens.

This page gathers everything George teaches about the runner across hundreds of hours of live ES and MES micro futures trading… why it works, how to finance it so it costs you nothing, three ways to manage its stop, and the honest truth about why holding feels so hard.

“"The big lesson of the week that will be reiterated over and over as we go through here is hold that runner. Hold the runner. Hold the runner."”

— George, live session, Nov 22, 2025

ES futures Battle Plan chart from George’s published record

From George’s published record: Micros Trade Plan #324 — a 100+-point move, mapped in advance.

Why One Contract Changes Everything

Run the math. A disciplined futures day trader taking fewer, better trades celebrates 5 to 10 ES points a day. Now look at a 100-point move… that's two to four weeks of trading, delivered by one contract you already paid for.

And those moves show up all the time. George counts them in his own published trades… "every week we tend to have one or two Battle Plan trades that go 100 points" (May 7, 2026). Sure, a 400-point runner comes once in a lifetime. The 100-pointer? Almost weekly… if you can hold.

“"There's absolutely nothing wrong with taking a 30, but you can't make a 50 or 100-pointer if we take them off at 20 and 30 every day."”

— George, live session, Sep 25, 2025

George has taught this in 130+ recorded sessions… and every claim in the full lesson links to the recording it came from. The full lesson covers far more than fits here.

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