The 3-Contract System: How to Scale Out of Futures Trades

George's signature exit framework. Peel two contracts at your targets, lock the green day, and let the banked profit pay for a risk-free lotto runner.

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

The 3-Contract System answers the hardest question in futures trading: when do you get out? You enter with three contracts, peel the first two off at pre-planned targets, and hold the third as a lotto runner financed by the profit you just banked. You bank real money on the way up, and you stay aboard for the ES E-mini futures moves that run 50, 100, even 400 points.

George has taught this framework in over 140 recorded sessions of his futures trading room. This page lays out the whole system… why a single contract works against you, how the peel works, the math that guarantees a green day, and how the last contract becomes the paid-for runner covered in depth in Hold the Runner.

“"It just shows the power of doing the three contract system, holding that single lotto runner."”

— George, live session, Jun 13, 2026

ES futures Battle Plan chart from George’s published record

From George’s published record: Micros Trade Plan #323 — a 80-point move, mapped in advance.

Why One Contract Is the Hardest Way to Trade

Start with the problem the system solves. A single contract forces an all-or-nothing decision at every tick. Exit now and you forfeit the big move. Keep holding and you risk watching the whole gain evaporate. George has traded both ways, and he names one contract among the two toughest positions in the business:

Multiple contracts open up choices a single contract simply lacks. You can bank part of the move, hold part of it, and adjust the rest as price develops:

“"There's two things that's really hard to manage. Ask me how I know. One contract and overleveraging."”

— George, live session, Jun 26, 2026

George has taught this in 140+ 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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