Should You Trade Micro Futures? Why MES Comes First

One to three micros traded with precision can change your life… and you have no business in full-size ES until you can wield 30 to 40 of them.

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

Trade micro futures first. The MES micro E-mini is one-tenth the size of the full ES E-mini futures contract, so it lets you trade the exact same system with a fraction of the risk. George's whole approach starts here: one to three MES micro futures, traded with precision instead of size, is genuinely enough to change your life. Full-size ES comes later, once you've proven you can manage 30 to 40 micros without flinching.

This page gathers everything George teaches about starting small across hundreds of hours of live ES and MES micro futures trading… why one micro is genuinely enough, how much leverage you already carry, when you have earned the right to size up, and the exact contract-management mechanics that make small size beautiful.

“"The focus on micros and trading one to three micros with precision can change your life."”

— George, live session, Nov 14, 2024

ES futures Battle Plan chart from George’s published record

From George’s published record: Micros Trade Plan #334 — a 90-point move, mapped in advance.

One to Three Micros, Traded With Precision

Here is the core teaching, and George repeats it session after session. You do not need size to win. You need precision. One to three MES micro futures contracts, entered at a great location and managed by good rules, is enough to matter. Enough to pay a mortgage. Enough to change a life.

Why does this work when it sounds too simple? Because a single micro riding a real move pays real money. George shows it live on the chart… "As you can tell, one micro contract can pay really, really well" (Oct 14, 2025). One MES held through a 50 or 60-point move is a professional day. Even one micro riding a rare 200-point session pays for the whole approach.

“"One to three MES traded perfectly truly can change your life. Truly can change your life."”

— George, live session, Nov 13, 2024

George has taught this in 30+ 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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