When Should You Take Profit On An ES Futures Long? | AM Briefing #883
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Today at a Glance
When you go long from your area, take some profit before the next Strong Level. That is typically where price will balance.
- Date: Monday, October 26, 2026
- Overnight: Price bonked its head twice, pushed deeper into Battle Plan 3 and failed to follow through, with the RTH highs already taken.
- News Drivers: Nothing today, FOMC on Wednesday, and some big earnings names later in the week.
- Lesson of the Day: When you go long from your area, it's often a good idea to take some profit before the next Strong Level, because that is typically where price will balance.
- Key Zones: The Bull Bear Line at the top of the range, the deeper part of Battle Plan 3 and the drop zone, and a Battle Plan long sitting on a Strong Level.
ES Technical Analysis — AM Briefing 883 Timeline
Monday October 26, 2026
| TIME | CHAPTER |
|---|---|
| 0:00 | Welcome ES MES Futures Traders |
| 0:31 | Be Content With Your Wages This week's scripture. As you master your heart, you earn the right to trade with larger leverage. |
| 1:13 | FOMC Week and Earnings No news today, FOMC on Wednesday, and big earnings names later in the week. |
| 1:41 | Battle Plan Basics Where you look long and short, weekly Strong Levels, and why you take some profit before the next Strong Level. |
| 2:40 | Trade Buddy Updates Type BP2 to jump to a plan, hit H to hide it, and use the arrow keys to move it. |
| 4:00 | Chart Buddy Updates Weekly level backups, the dollar sign stop tool, and arrow keys to roll through timeframes. |
| 4:48 | Telescoping Inside a Candle Hold Ctrl and click a candle to see the lower timeframe candles inside it. |
| 5:57 | Type On Your Lines Draw a line and start typing. Triple tap any drawing to remove it. |
| 6:34 | Auto Group and Color by Timeframe Levels auto group into timeframe folders and color by timeframe. |
| 7:38 | Overnight Recap Price bonked its head twice, pushed deeper into Battle Plan 3, and the RTH highs were already taken. |
| 8:26 | Range Rules Rule For the aggressive, a Core Strategy short against the Bull Bear Line at the top of the range. |
| 8:39 | Battle Plan Meets Core Strategy A Battle Plan long that is also a Core Strategy long against a Strong Level. |
| 9:00 | Other Indices and the Magnet A look across the indices. ES has already taken its RTH high magnet. |
| 9:24 | What to Watch Today A deeper push into Battle Plan 3 and a long that can finally break the Bull Bear Line. |
Be Content With Your Wages… Take Some Profit Before the Next Strong Level
Posted: Monday October 26, 2026
Last week of October. FOMC is on Wednesday, there's no news today, and ES has already taken its RTH high magnet. This ES futures morning briefing covers Battle Plan Basics… where you look to go long, where you look to go short, and why you take some profit before the next Strong Level. You'll see why a Battle Plan long that is also a Core Strategy long against a Strong Level is about as pretty as it gets. You also get new Trade Buddy and Chart Buddy tools for TradingView. And it all starts with this week's scripture… be content with your wages.
This Week's Scripture: Be Content With Your Wages
Nice and tight this week. Be content with your wages, wherever you're at on your trader development.
As you master your heart, you earn the right to trade with larger and larger leverage. You EARN that right. And as you do… the wages should grow.
Trader Lesson 1
Be content with your wages, wherever you're at on your trader development. As you master your heart, you earn the right to trade with larger leverage… and the wages grow.
FOMC Week and Earnings
Nothing today. The show this week is FOMC on Wednesday. There's a beautiful expected range this week… hopefully we explore both sides of it.
| Date | Event | Significance |
|---|---|---|
| Mon Oct 26 | No news | Nothing on the calendar today. |
| Tue Oct 27 | Day before FOMC | Some news on deck, and it's also the day before FOMC. |
| Wed Oct 28 | FOMC | The show this week. |
| Later this week | Earnings | Some big names in store. Keep an eye on them. |
Battle Plan Basics
Every Monday George walks through what's in the Battle Plan. This is your MES micro futures trade plan, mapped before the open.
- The Battle Plans: The lines on the chart that mark where you're looking to go long and where you're looking to go short.
- Strong Levels: Drawn out once a week and updated every Sunday. These are what George considers the most important levels on the chart.
- Combined: The Battle Plans and the Strong Levels together make up the Battle Plan.
Trader Lesson 2
The Battle Plan marks where you look to go long and where you look to go short. Until price gets there, there's nothing to do.
Then you're ready for price to drop down into the area where you're looking to go long.
Trader Lesson 3
When you go long from your area, it's often a good idea to take some profit before the next Strong Level. That is typically where price will balance.
In the example George showed, price ran up to the next Strong Level, came back, and got you a runner.
New for Members: Trade Buddy and Chart Buddy Updates
New updates on the TradingView chart. Trade Buddy helps you become a better trader. Chart Buddy is about supercharging your TradingView. Many of the features George is building in Chart Commander are coming over to TradingView through the Chrome extension.
Trade Buddy
- Jump to a plan: Type BP2 and Battle Plan 2 is selected.
- Make a plan active: Click a Battle Plan label and it becomes active.
- Hide it: Hit H and that individual plan disappears.
- Move it: Use the arrow keys to adjust the plan left or right. You can also adjust the size. You could always do this in the settings… now it's easier.
Chart Buddy
- Weekly backup: In the settings you can now set up a weekly backup of all your levels. Ever had all your levels disappear? George raised his hand. Pay attention to this one.
- Dollar sign: Click it and it walks you through the add on tool that shows where your combined stop should be and how many points.
- Timeframe arrows: With a group of favorited timeframes, hit the up or down arrow key to roll to the next timeframe.
- Telescoping: Look inside a candle. Set it up in the settings under Microscope. Hold Ctrl and click a candle. On his 3 minute chart it steps through the 1 minute, 30 second and 15 second charts. Hit the spacebar to pause.
- Type on your lines: Draw a line and just start typing. It puts the text on the line for you.
- Triple tap: Triple tap any drawing and it disappears.
- Group by timeframe: Under the object tree settings you can now auto group everything by timeframe. Draw a level on a 3 minute chart and it creates a 3 minute folder.
- Line colors: Lines color automatically by timeframe. A line on the 30 minute chart comes in orange and gets its own 30 minute folder.
The Chart: Inside the Range, Magnet Already Taken
Overnight, price bonked its head twice. Look at your Battle Plan… it said we'll probably bop our heads into that Bull Bear Line before we can explode through it.
Price made it down, and a little long there didn't follow through this time. It pushed a little deeper into Battle Plan 3. Beautiful entries. Failure to follow through… but we already went up and took out the RTH highs.
Trader Lesson 4
Once price takes out the RTH highs, the big magnet no longer lives there. We already took it.
Range Rules Rule
Here we are inside this range. As George talked about in the group, for the aggressive this could have been a beautiful Core Strategy short against the Bull Bear Line… against the top of the range, where range rules rule.
Where the Battle Plan Meets Core Strategy
He also pointed out in the group last night… go look. The Battle Plan mapped long is ALSO a Core Strategy long. A Core Strategy long against a Strong Level and a Battle Plan.
Trader Lesson 5
A Battle Plan long that is also a Core Strategy long against a Strong Level is a high probability trade location… about as pretty as it gets.
What George Is Looking For
George checked in on the other indices too. ES has already taken its RTH high magnet to the north. So what's he looking forward to? A push into the deeper part of Battle Plan 3, maybe a drop down into the drop zone, and a long from there so we can finally break through the Bull Bear Line.
Trade with George 15 minutes before the market opens.
"Be content with your wages, wherever you're at on your trader development."
COMMON QUESTIONS FOR ES FUTURES TRADERS
What Is A High Probability Trade Location In ES Futures?
A: George's example from this briefing is a Battle Plan long that is also a Core Strategy long against a Strong Level. When those three line up at the same spot, it's a high probability trade location… about as pretty as it gets.
What Should You Do When Price Hasn't Reached Your Entry Levels?
A: Nothing. The Battle Plan marks where you look to go long and where you look to go short in ES futures. Until price gets there, there's nothing to do.
When Do You Earn The Right To Trade Bigger Size In Micro Futures?
A: Be content with your wages, wherever you're at on your trader development. As you master your heart, you earn the right to trade with larger and larger leverage, and the wages should grow.
What Happens After ES Futures Take Out The RTH High?
A: The RTH high acts as a magnet. Once price takes it out, the big magnet no longer lives there because it's already been taken.
What Are Strong Levels In ES Futures?
A: Strong Levels are what George considers the most important levels on the ES chart. He draws them out once a week and updates them every Sunday. Price typically balances at the next Strong Level, so it's often a good idea to take some profit before it.
What Is The Battle Plan For ES And MES Futures?
A: The Battle Plan is George's nightly ES trade plan. The Battle Plans mark where he's looking to go long and where he's looking to go short, and combined with the weekly Strong Levels, that is the Battle Plan. It's one trader's opinion of where price will go, and there's a free Battle Plan Boot Camp to learn how to trade it.
What Is The Bull Bear Line In ES Futures?
A: The Bull Bear Line is the key dividing level between bullish and bearish bias. In this briefing George's Battle Plan said price would probably bop its head into the Bull Bear Line before it could explode through it.
What Does Range Rules Rule Mean In Futures Trading?
A: When price is inside a range, the range rules. In this briefing, for the aggressive, that meant a Core Strategy short against the Bull Bear Line at the top of the range.
How Do You Look Inside A Candle On TradingView?
A: Chart Buddy has a telescoping feature set up in its settings under Microscope. Hold Ctrl and click a candle, and it steps down through lower timeframes so you can see the candles inside. Hit the spacebar to pause.
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