The Bull Bear Scorecard: An Objective Checklist for Market Direction
Tally the signals, count the check marks, and read which way the current runs… before you ever place a trade.
From the free MicrosTrader Trading Library… 140 lessons mined from 1,042 live ES and MES futures sessions taught since 2018.
The Bull Bear Scorecard is a running tally. As you trade, you hand each observable signal a check mark for the bulls or a check mark for the bears… the opening, the initial balance break, the slope of VWAP, distance from VWAP, the halfbacks, the posture of the index instruments. Count them up. Whichever side collects more marks earns the benefit of the doubt in ES E-mini futures. No single check mark is a trade. The scorecard tells you which direction the current is heading.
This page gathers everything George teaches about the scorecard across hundreds of hours of live ES and MES micro futures trading… the exact signals that earn a mark, how VWAP slope and distance vote, when the scorecard flashes a warning, and how the count becomes your directional bias for the day. It pairs closely with the Bull Bear Line and answers one question every futures day trader asks at the open: who is in control?
“"I want to talk about the Bull Bear Line… the Bull Bear Scorecard actually is what this is, and this is a very good thing to think about as you're trading during the day."”
— George, live session, Mar 25, 2025
From George’s published record: Micros Trade Plan #324 — a 90-point move, mapped in advance.
What the Scorecard Actually Is
Think of a card table. Every session deals a fresh hand, and the scorecard is how you count it. You watch the market build, and you keep a simple ledger of check marks… one column for the bulls, one for the bears. Rejection off the opening. Failure to grab the overnight high. Each observable event drops a mark in a column.
Read that last line twice. "That doesn't mean go short." The scorecard builds a read. One check mark for the bears tells you where the weight is leaning, and nothing more. George calls it an exercise you run on your own… "this is a great exercise you can do on your own when you're trading" (Mar 25, 2025). Do it long enough and the market stops feeling like noise. It starts reading like a story with a direction.
“"That is definitely a check mark for the bears right there. Couldn't grab the all-time high, which is the overnight high. Another check mark for the bears. That doesn't mean go short, but if we're keeping a little bit of a scorecard, that's interesting, right?"”
— George, live session, Oct 2, 2025
George has taught this in 12+ 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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