See Money, Take Money In The Triple-Tap Season — AM Briefing #811
AM BRIEFING
ES CHART | KEY LEVELS | SETUPS
ES Technical Analysis — AM Briefing 811 Timeline
Wednesday July 15, 2026
| TIME | CHAPTER |
|---|---|
| 0:00 | Welcome ES MES Futures Traders |
| 0:26 | This Week's Scripture: A Season For Everything To everything there is a season. Right now the season for price action is double, triple, quadruple taps. |
| 0:50 | Tip Of The Day: See Money, Take Money Two weeks straight on the same tip. When the tape taps a level repeatedly, bank each move and hold a lotto runner only in the right location. |
| 1:08 | Today's Wildcard: PPI And Warsh PPI is printing right now and Warsh is speaking again mid-session. Respect that a headline can move the tape while you're in a trade. |
| 1:34 | Overnight Battle Plan 1: A 20-Point Long Reclaim the strong range, tap back in, and get long from Strong Level to Strong Level. 20 points on one micro… $100 off a single Battle Plan. |
| 2:08 | Our System: Fewer, Higher-Quality Entries Pre-planned, risk-first, laser-tight entries using the 3-Contract System to hold a runner and add to winners. Journal your progress with the trader tools. |
| 3:11 | Upcoming Book On Amazon A book walking through the four principles we teach — the lessons, what they look like, and the quotes we repeat like 'Should I be trading?' |
| 3:41 | Battle Plan 1 As An Add-On & The July Triple Tap The exact retest doesn't excite as an initial entry but works as an add-on if long from below. Welcome to the July triple tap special. |
| 4:34 | Green Over Greed After You Bank Made 20 points? You're probably done. If you banked 15, decide up front: take it and stop, or risk one entry with a 5-point stop to still finish +10. |
| 5:05 | Yesterday's Battle Plan 3 & The Lotto Runner Holding the runner with all your might caught the CPI move — a 75-pointer if you took it. Stop 5-10 points under the RTH low if your account allows. |
| 6:05 | Cross-Market Check: Still Long Above The Bull Bear Line ES and NQ are stronger than the rest, in the upper distribution above the prior day's range. It doesn't look bearish — we're still looking long. |
| 7:14 | Don't Initiate In The Muddy Middle We're in the honey hole between two Strong Levels. The first tap paid 20; later taps only 15. Bulls are defending, and no shorts were mapped. |
| 7:45 | Should I Be Trading? The Checklist Emotionally and physically ready, right setup, enough time, reviewed plan, checked calendar. Prepared for a max loss day — and if it'd wreck you, stand down or cut risk. |
| 8:44 | Trade Your System, Not Your Opinion The final gate: are you trading your system or prediction trading? If it's your opinion, Stand Down. See you on the charts in 15 minutes. |
MES MICROS TRADE PLAN
See Money, Take Money — The Triple-Tap Season
Posted: Wednesday July 15, 2026
To everything there is a season… and the season right now is double, triple, quadruple taps. See money, take money. That's the tip of the day for the second week straight, and this ES futures morning briefing shows you exactly why. Battle Plan 1️⃣ overnight reclaimed the strong range, tapped back in, and paid 20 points on a single micro… $100 off one plan. We're sitting in the honey hole between two Strong Levels, above the Bull Bear Line, still looking long. The lesson today is about banking what the tape hands you and holding a lotto runner in the RIGHT trade location — not chasing the muddy middle.
THE SEASON: DOUBLE, TRIPLE, QUADRUPLE TAPS
To everything there is a season. Right now the price action tends to tap the same levels over and over… double, triple, quadruple. So the play writes itself. See money, take money. Then see money again, take money again.
Overnight, Battle Plan 1️⃣ printed it clean:
- Reclaim: Price reclaimed the strong range.
- Retest: Tapped back into the strong range.
- Long: Got long from Strong Level to Strong Level.
Perfect take profit right at the next level. 20 points with one micro. That's a hundred bucks off ONE little micro… off ONE Battle Plan. And there are many of them every week. Welcome to the July triple tap special.
Trader Lesson 1
When the tape is tapping the same levels again and again, you don't need a prediction… you need patience for the FIRST tap. See money, take money.
OUR SYSTEM: FEWER, HIGHER-QUALITY ENTRIES
This is the whole system, guys. Fewer, higher quality, pre-planned, well-thought-out entries. Thinking about risk FIRST. That's how you trade ES micro futures with an edge instead of a hunch.
- Laser-tight entries: Location first, so your stop is small and your reward is big.
- 3-Contract System: Use it so you can play perfect chess and hold that lotto runner to capture the bigger moves.
- Add to winners: Yesterday's Battle Plan note specifically said it would be a great add-on if you were already long from below.
- Journal it: Refine your trade plan, analyze your behavioral patterns, scrutinize your trade performance… that's using the trader tools.
And a book is coming to Amazon walking through the four principles we teach — the lessons, what they look like, and the quotes we say over and over. Like "Should I be trading?" And "Am I following price or fighting price?"
WHERE WE ARE: ABOVE THE BULL BEAR LINE
We spent most of the night in the upper distribution, above the previous day's range. So let's check the room… is everybody on the same train? NQ and ES are stronger than the rest, sitting up in the upper distribution.
Does this look bearish to you? No sir re Bob. In my opinion we are still looking long. We're above the Bull Bear Line — this is the same trade we took yesterday. Two longs off of that, and you had to keep your lotto runner in a minus-5 position to survive and hold the next tap. It took several… twenty minutes of back and forth, and then finally it was beautiful.
DON'T INITIATE IN THE MUDDY MIDDLE
So where are we? Right here in the honey hole between two Strong Levels. Up here at the top is a TOUGH place to initiate a fresh long. Down in the range is a better place to be looking.
There's not a whole lot of opportunity here other than that first tap, which went 20 points. Then this one went 15. This one's going 15 again. The Bulls are defending where they need to… good luck countering that. Am I interested in chasing new trades up here? No. Am I interested in shorting this? Did we map any shorts in last night's Battle Plan? No. So there's nothing to force.
Trader Lesson 2
The FIRST tap of a fresh level is the A+ trade. Once you're stuck in the muddy middle between two Strong Levels, the edge is gone… don't manufacture a trade that isn't there.
Trader Lesson 3
Don't short what you never mapped. If last night's Battle Plan mapped no shorts, a counter-trade here is your opinion talking… Bulls control, shorts are counter, small if at all.
GREEN OVER GREED: WHAT TO DO AFTER YOU BANK
Say you took that long and made 20 points. Are you probably done for the day? You certainly could be. See money, take money. Green Over Greed.
Let's say you banked 15 points. Now you get to decide how you want to handle the rest of the session:
- Take the 15 and be done. Nothing wrong with that.
- Risk one more entry with a 5-point stop. That way you still finish 10 points or greater even if you're wrong.
And yesterday's Battle Plan 3️⃣ was the runner lesson. If you held a lotto runner, you caught the beautiful CPI move in your direction… a 75-pointer if you took it. The goal there was one thing: hold that lotto runner with all your might, stopped 5 to 10 points under the RTH low if your account can carry it.
Trader Lesson 4
Once you're green, define the ONLY way you'll give money back. One entry, 5-point stop, still finish +10. That's Green Over Greed with a plan… not with a hope.
Trader Lesson 5
A lotto runner only pays if it survives the taps. Keep it parked in a minus-5 position so a back-and-forth chop can't shake you before the real move arrives.
SHOULD I BE TRADING?
Every day, answer this for yourself before you touch a contract. Run the checklist honestly:
- Emotionally ready? Am I in the right headspace.
- Physically ready? Did I sleep. (Maybe too much coffee, though.)
- Right location and equipment? Is everything working.
- Enough time to trade? Don't start what you can't manage.
- Reviewed the Battle Plan and done a thorough pre-flight?
- Checked the economic calendar? Written trade plan in hand?
- Prepared for a max loss day? You don't want it… but you go in knowing it's possible.
Here's the one that matters most. Will a full max loss today wreck your psychology? If the answer is yes, you do one of two things: don't trade, OR adjust your max loss and risk settings for today. And the final gate… Will I trade my SYSTEM and not my opinion? You are not prediction trading. If you are, Stand Down.
Trader Lesson 6
Trade your system, not your opinion. The "Should I Be Trading?" checklist isn't a formality… it's the gate that keeps a wildcard day from wrecking your account and your head.
"See money, take money. The money that you've made… Green Over Greed."
COMMON QUESTIONS FOR ES FUTURES TRADERS
What does "see money, take money" mean in ES futures trading?
A: It means when the market hands you a clean profit at a mapped level, you take it instead of waiting for more. In a tape that double, triple, and quadruple taps the same Strong Levels, each tap offers a repeatable payout — so you bank the move rather than hoping it extends into a give-back.
Why is the first tap of a level the best trade?
A: The first tap of a fresh Strong Level is where location and reward-to-risk are strongest. In today's session the first tap paid 20 points, while later taps of the same area only offered around 15 and got tougher. Once price is grinding in the muddy middle between two levels, the clean edge is gone.
What is a lotto runner and how do I hold one?
A: A lotto runner is a speculative extended contract you hold for a much bigger move using the 3-Contract System. To hold one through chop, you park it in roughly a minus-5 position so back-and-forth taps don't shake you out before the real move — like yesterday's runner that caught a 75-point CPI move.
What does Green Over Greed mean for managing profit?
A: Green Over Greed means protecting the profit you already made over reaching for more. After banking, say, 15 points, you decide in advance the only way you'll risk part of it back — for example, one more entry with a 5-point stop so you still finish +10 points even if that trade fails.
How does the 3-Contract System work?
A: The 3-Contract System is Micros Trader's core position-sizing framework. It lets you scale out of contracts at your take-profit levels while keeping one back as a lotto runner, so you lock in gains AND stay positioned for the bigger move — playing "perfect chess" instead of an all-or-nothing exit.
What is the Bull Bear Line and why does it matter?
A: The Bull Bear Line is the key level dividing bullish and bearish bias. Trading above it, as we are today with ES and NQ in the upper distribution above the prior day's range, keeps the plan pointed long and tells you counter-trend shorts are lower probability.
Should I short the ES if it looks extended up here?
A: Only if you mapped it. Last night's Battle Plan mapped no shorts, price is above the Bull Bear Line, and the Bulls are defending their levels — so a short here would be an opinion, not a plan. Bulls control, shorts are counter, small if at all.
How do I know if I should be trading today?
A: Run the "Should I Be Trading?" checklist: are you emotionally and physically ready, in the right location with working equipment, with enough time, a reviewed Battle Plan, a checked economic calendar, and a written trade plan? Most important — are you prepared for a max loss day, and if it would wreck your psychology, would you stand down or reduce your risk settings first?
How should I handle a news day like PPI or a Fed speaker?
A: Treat it as a wildcard. When PPI prints or Warsh speaks while you're mid-trade, a headline can move the tape against your position instantly. Tighten your risk, size down, and only take pre-mapped Battle Plan levels rather than reacting to the news itself.
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