Friday January 23, 2026

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A Recap of Today’s Price Action & Setups:

Battle Plan Trades:

Battle Plan (2️⃣) (3️⃣) were both activated today. Although I took neither, I know traders who did – shout out to Michele for the Battle Plan (3️⃣) long!

Each a potential 20-pointer for those who took it!

Battle Plan (2️⃣) (3️⃣)

Be sure to check out the SCOREBOARD BELOW! We crushed it this week. 

TIP OF THE DAY

See Video above!

TRADE OF THE DAY

BATTLE PLAN:

Battle Plan (2️⃣) (3️⃣)  for 20 points each. For the Scorecard, we are going to say they captured 10 points each!

ZOOM:

Nothing today! Not everyday can be like yesterday! See Video. 

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An RTH 3M FS long for 20 points! Find it! A perfect exit at the Strong Level!

Also a couple FS shorts… 20 points and 10+ points.

AFTERNOON TRADE: I took a short off the Bull Bear Strong Level after a nice bounce off a muddy FS and we got back under the Bull Bear line around 1:27ish CST. My lead contract following at 50% of the move since this entry is counter – Bulls control. If my lead contract get 10 points in the profit, I will most likely take it and keep my lotto runner back at break-even. 

🟢 “Green Day” ensured with a lottery ticket in hand. 

My DOM…

1:44 PM CST…. Lead contract taken. The Bulls are in control, as I’ve repeated over and over the past two days.  

Once in a winning trade, strive to stay in it with a lotto-runner. It is called a lotto-runner for a reason – it is a ‘paid for’ lottery ticket. Staying in this trade prevents me from entering another trade – probably the single biggest benefit of a lotto-runner. 

Lean in and listen…. Runners will keep you from doing stupid things. When I’ve got a runner working, I’m not sitting here with itchy fingers trying to force low-quality trades. I am already in a profitable trade, right??? I can just wait. Patient. Calm. Cool as James Dean on a motorcycle.

James Dean

I stay in the trade until my runner is stopped out or until the market shows me a better A+ setup that’s actually worth taking. The runner does most of the dirty work while I do nothing… and doing nothing is often the smartest trade you’ll make all day.

Think about it… you are already in a winning trade, ride the wave! 

Staying in a lotto-runner is much harder than you’d think. It takes purposeful practice. It will test your obedience muscle. 

At this point in the trade, one could close their platform and walk – as there is nothing to do! 

Stop trying to convince yourself you NEED to move your stop – just stop it. Wait!

Another thing, I can not tell you many times my single little lotto-runner made MORE than all my other trades combined that week – seriously. 

25 minutes left in the RTH session. Things look promising. See chart below.

25 MInutes Left

If we get can below the Strong Range at 6935, I will lock a 10-pointer as I do not want to hold over the weekend. 

“Get down there.”

With 20 minutes to go, we are sitting RIGHT AT POC. 

Do I take the 10-pointer BEFORE MOC orders? Or do I hold for the discipline of holding? Which would you pick?

I am holding. I will exit before RTH ends. 

Two minutes’ til MOC – we will see what happens.

5 minutes to the close. 

I guess I will take my 10-pointer and call it done! 

10-Points on lotto runner. 

Price simply could not escape the stranglehold of POC. 

SIDE NOTE: The crazy thing is… if I could have held my runner from Tuesday’s Battle Plan (2️⃣) long… I would STILL BE LONG… doing nothing but watching. I would have preferred that, in all honesty. My stop would be 5 points or so under yesterday’s RTH low. At the time of this writing, I would still be long! At this exact moment, that entry is up 130 points – not too shabby!

Tuesday Battle Plan (2️⃣) Long

We just rolled into “Power Hour”. Often called the “Sour Hour”.

1 hour to go. 

The lotto runner is still at break-even… At this moment, it is up 7-points. 

“Keep your hands off the mouse.” 

There is nothing to do! 

Oh wait, I need more iced tea. 

“Hey ES, take the IB low while I am gone, please.”

Be right back. 

Nice, I’m up 10 points with a full beverage in my hand.  

“Now, get down there!”

Oh well, them Bulls are just too strong! 

Lotto contract taken. Platform closed. No harm – no foul.  

There is another high-probability trade around the corner – next week in this case. 

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