A Recap of Today’s Price Action & Setups:

As mentioned in last night’s Battle Plan:

There were two entries last night:

1. Battle Plan Long as outlined. See the green arrow.
2. 3M Base FS — Basic “Core Strategy” (For Full Members)

Either entry offered a 20–30 point runner, depending on trade management. Alternatively, you could keep a paid-for runner at your entry — it depends on your account type:

• Cash Account: Keep the runner at break-even.
• Static: Keep the runner at break-even.
• End of Day Drawdown: Keep the runner at break-even.
• Trailing Drawdown: Monitor closely!

Unfortunately, this entry was near midnight… so I didn’t take it. Oh well — we wait for the next setup. There’s always another high-probability trade around the corner. This was the genesis of the Tip of the Day in this morning’s AM Briefing.

Battle Plan Long Last Night on ES MES

RTH

The bottom of the Strong Range held up again! We called it the “Teflon Don” level on Zoom.

Price came back to last night’s long level and bounced again — potentially stopping out a break-even runner. You can’t win them all!

Hitting Take Profit

If you got long again — and we tried — we were hoping for a pullback to 47, but it never came. The upside target was hit first.

The Battle Plan suggested targeting the upper strong range and noted: “Great Take Profit at Strong Range.”

Take Profit Idea

TRADE LOCATION: KEY!

The bottom of the strong range — the Teflon Don Level — held again, as highlighted in the AM Briefing (time-stamped).

And don’t forget — that level was also the TOP of the HTF Range, as clearly marked in yesterday’s Battle Plan.

Yesterday’s Battle Plan: 

“It’s worth noting… we’re hanging out at the TOP of the RANGE.”

Understanding our Range Rules is important.

Knowing your ideal location is half the battle… knowing exactly where you want to engage with price.

The purpose of the Battle Plan is to bring calm and clarity to the chart by highlighting reaction zones and pairing them with our Core Strategy for entries. A perfect marriage.

TRADE OF THE DAY

To be frank, there wasn’t one. The only POSSIBLE Trade of the Day was if you went long last night and kept a FINANCED RUNNER back in the negative at -2 points. If so, you’re still long. But who’s up at midnight watching for Battle Plan trades? Not me!

I traded the RTH Level and Strong Levels. Ended the morning with a nice 10-point profit at the Bull Bear Line using the Strong Levels Indicator.

Better days ahead. We’ll map the next trades, wait, enter with confidence… and keep a runner when possible!

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📝 READ TODAY'S BATTLE PLAN

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 way. Entries may occur at anytime.

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.

Green Path: My preferred trade location and expected price path.

White Path: Alternative trade paths of interest with potential market movement.

Refer to the notes on the chart below for important details about entry risk.

⚠️ Reminder: Only take trades based on your own confirmation signals. The outlined scenarios represent just one trader’s perspective—mine.