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YOUR BATTLE PLAN
Thursday August 28, 2025
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☀️ TODAY’S REVIEW:
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A Recap of Today’s Price Action & Setups:
Today's Review Read Aloud
MORNING LIVE STREAM: Watch the video above for a recap.
Price action set up a couple of long opportunities this morning. If you took the 85 long or the 81 long as outlined and stayed with it, you are still in the trade. Developing the ability to hold runners… and even add to winning positions… is a vital skill every trader must master.
KEY IDEA:
If you are trading in a cash account, play perfect chess with your runner. There is nothing to do except trail your stop and look for opportunities to add to your winning trade. This could turn into a multi-day swing trade—no one knows. The key is to keep playing perfect chess without bias.
I remind you.. end of month, end of summer, before a long holiday weekend.
Below was our mapping from Zoom/YouTube Live Stream. Price did not make it easy but final destination arrived.
SCREENSHOT AT 10:11 AM: From the Zoom recording.
Today’s entry and price action clearly demonstrates, once again, the NEED for futures traders to hold runner(s) when the entry is clearly “with the trend” and there is a monster magnet just ahead… especially when you have NQ heading the same direction.
KEY IDEA:
Keeping a “Risk Free” runner while looking to add contracts to a winning trade is powerful… and a core trading principle in our group.
Our mapped-out path had us holding a runner toward the ATH at 6508.75 (a great take profit at 25 points!), with an upside target zone of 6514–6520 (30+ points!).
TAKING PROFIT: I often take profit just before the level. There is no need to be greedy. Exiting just before the level has the added benefit, especially for prop traders, of keeping the trailing drawdown as small as possible. And remember, a great run can often reset your entire drawdown.
HOW FAR WILL PRICE GO? We never know how far price will go… I don’t know, you don’t know, even the late great Jesse Livermore didn’t know… that’s why every trader aims to play perfect chess with their runner and let the market ‘do its thing’. Frequently, the best approach is to “leave the house” to avoid the temptation to micromanage the runner.
“Trade the bounce & hold a runner”. That is what we do at Micros Trader. And when possible, we ADD to our winning trades (and never add to losers… ever!)
ARRIVAL: It took price 4.5 hours to reach the goal destination. It is MUCH easier for ES to go up up and away on low-volume weeks. Rarely is it worth SHORTING on weeks like this. YMMV.
SCREENSHOT AT 2:40 EST PM:
TRADE OF THE DAY
Trade of the Day… The 18 Long called on Zoom/Youtube this AM. 25+ Points.
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THIS WEEK: Monday – Friday I will live stream the first part of the opening on YouTube… Come join us if you are not a Zoom member. Not sure I will do it next week but maybe.
Tuesday’s AM Live Stream on YouTube… Watch the replay if you want.
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Methodology
Methodology
Each evening, I scan the ES chart and ask one primary question:
Where are the bulls and bears positioned?
“Great bears know where the bulls are.
Great bulls know where the bears are.”
The arrows you see highlight those pressure points…zones where reactions in price are most likely.
Careful consideration is given to trend, range structure, liquidity pools, and our Strong Levels — a custom TradingView indicator available to paid Battle Plan or full Micros Trader members.
Most arrows lean toward the buy side. That’s no coincidence as the ES is a long-biased instrument over time.
How you choose to trade these zones is entirely up to you:
Entry:
- Our Core Strategy: Low-time frame bounce levels.
- Level Reclaim: Market order with proper stop loss under low.
- Your own preferred method: Just use the arrows as a price map and trade on your own confirmation.
- Paper Trade til confident.
- Set Alerts on TradingView as ES/MES trades 23 hours a day. Entries may occur at any time.
Instrument:
- Futures — My primary instrument as our group trades ES/MES futures as scalps and multi-day holds.
- Option spreads
Nothing on this page is a trade recommendation.
I am not a financial advisor.
Entry | Price Map Explanation
Mapped Out Entry Paths: An Explanation
First, note that the numbered trades are provided only as a visual reference. They do not indicate priority or importance.
Green Path: My preferred trade location and the expected price path.
White Path: Alternative trade paths worth watching, with potential for market movement.
Refer to the chart notes below for important details about entry risk.
⚠️ Reminder: Always base your trades on your own confirmation signals. The outlined scenarios simply reflect one trader’s perspective—mine.
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