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ES & MES FUTURES TRADE PLAN #322

SUNDAY/MONDAY RTH SETUPS 🗓️ Posted: Sunday June 7, 2026

TODAY’S REVIEW: ES FUTURES

Top Lessons From Last Week’s Trading.

STAND DOWN WHEN ES VOMITS.

Every day this week, the Battle Plan carried the same warning: if ES starts dropping with 15-plus point candles to the south, stand back. No knife catching. No hero trades. No calling a bottom. We finally got that vomit day on Friday. The traders who listened were protected. The traders who ignored it found out the hard way. When the market starts liquidating, levels that bounced price perfectly all week will get blown through like they aren’t even there. Your only job in that moment is to do nothing.

TRADE LOCATION FIRST. ALWAYS.

No level, no trade. Make price come to you. That phrase was said every single session this week, and it was right every time. The traders who waited for Battle Plan locations got clean entries with small stops. The traders who predicted, forced trades, or dropped to lower time frames looking for action got chopped up. Trade location is not one factor among many. It is the filter that separates high probability from gambling. If price isn’t at your level, you don’t have a trade. You have a guess.

HOLD A LOTTO RUNNER. YOU DON’T KNOW HOW FAR IT GOES.

The three-contract system exists for one reason: you cannot know how far a move will go. Peel. Peel. Keep a single runner. On big moves this week, the runners paid for the entire week. On smaller moves, they broke even or made a little more. You never lose by holding a runner behind a protection layer. You only lose by not having one when the big move finally comes. With everything you can, hold a runner.

WHEN COUNTER, FOLLOW AT 50 PERCENT.

Bulls controlled all week. Every short was a counter trade. Counter trades get double and triple taps. They don’t go straight to the target. The traders who went for the home run short and held too long gave back 30, 40 points on trades that were up big. The prudent play when you’re counter is to capture 50 percent of the move, lock it, and walk. See money, take money. If you get accelerating candles moving your direction, stay behind the bounce levels and play perfect chess. But 50 percent captured beats 100 percent given back every time.

YOUR PLAN IS A SUBSET OF THE SYSTEM.

You never have to short ES to make all the points you need. You never have to trade every day. You never have to be in every move. Your trade plan is your slice of what we do… the trades that match your style, your risk tolerance, your account size. Know your subset. Maybe you only take Battle Plan longs. Maybe you only trade when a front side lines up with a Battle Plan level. Fewer trades, better trades. The goal is not to be in everything. The goal is to be right when you’re in.

THE 90 PERCENT LOSE BECAUSE OF THIS.

Fearful when making money. Hopeful when losing money. That is the pattern that destroys traders. When you’re up, you’re afraid the profit disappears and you close too early. When you’re down, you hope it turns around and you hold too long. Turn it on its head. Be hopeful when you’re green… let the runner work, let the move breathe. Be fearful when you’re red… take the stop, take it clean, move on. This is not a one-time fix. It is a muscle you build through repetition, journaling, and brutal honesty with yourself.

NOT EVERY MOVE IS YOUR MOVE.

The big vomit short on Friday… the one that went 200 points… that trade activated on an NFP candle. You cannot take that trade. Every guru on social media said they nailed it. They didn’t. You followed your plan, and your plan was right. Some weeks you take 20 shorts at the right level and none of them follow through. The 21st one is the monster. When it happens on a candle you can’t trade, you tip your hat and wait for the next one. The market will give you another trade. It always does.

Tip of the Day

This week, keep a “character journal” alongside your trading journal. After each trading session, write one sentence about how you demonstrated (or failed to demonstrate) integrity, patience, or discipline—regardless of whether you made or lost money. Focus on the example you’re setting through your process, not just your results.

Scoreboard

Points Accumulated Last Week:

Battle Plan: 147+

🔥 Battle Plan 3️⃣ short for 200 points but I can NOT count it because it was NFP candle.


Zoom: 105+

We saw price action very clearly and mapped out a number of trades that worked out very, very well. 

Core Strategy: 80+

Friday was non-farm payroll. No core strategy trades because it was a no-trade day. 


ECONOMIC CALENDAR

MONDAY

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TUESDAY

8:15 AMADP Payrolls
8:30 AMExports Level
Imports Level
10:00 AMExisting Home Sales

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COMMON QUESTIONS FOR ES FUTURES TRADERS

What does “Stand Down when ES vomits” mean, and how do you know when it’s happening?

A: When ES starts dropping with 15-plus point candles to the south, that’s a liquidation event — not a dip to buy. Levels that held price all week get blown through like they aren’t there. The Battle Plan flags this condition in advance. When it triggers, your only job is to do nothing. No knife catching. No hero trades. No calling a bottom. The traders who listened last week were protected. The traders who ignored it found out the hard way.

Why does trade location matter so much, and what happens when traders ignore it?

A: Trade location is the filter that separates high-probability trades from gambling. No level, no trade — that’s the rule. When you wait for price to come to a Battle Plan location, you get a clean entry with a small, defined stop. When you predict, force a trade, or drop to a lower time frame looking for action, you get chopped up. If price isn’t at your level, you don’t have a trade. You have a guess. That distinction costs traders thousands of dollars a year.

What is the 3-Contract System and why should you always hold a lotto runner?

A: The 3-Contract System is simple: take your trade with three contracts, peel the first for a quick profit, peel the second at a target, and hold the third as a runner behind a protection stop. The reason you hold the runner is that you cannot know how far a move will go. On big moves, that runner pays for the entire week. On smaller moves, it breaks even or adds a little. You never lose by holding a runner behind a protection layer. You only lose by not having one when the big move finally comes.

What is a counter trade, and what is the right way to manage one?

A: Bulls controlled all week, so every short was a counter trade… meaning you’re trading against the dominant direction. Counter trades behave differently. They get double and triple taps before they move. They don’t go straight to the target. The right approach is to capture 50 percent of the move, lock it in, and walk. See money, take money. The traders who held too long last week chasing the home run short gave back 30 to 40 points on trades that were already up big. Fifty percent captured beats 100 percent given back every single time.

What is the Bull Bear Strong Level and why is 7,300 the key number this week?

A: The Bull Bear Strong Level is the line that separates bullish price action from bearish price action on the high time frame. When price is above it, bulls control and shorts are counter trades. When price drops below it, the tone shifts. After last Friday’s vomit day, the Bull Bear Strong Level now sits at 7,300… and that’s also the Preferred Trade location for this week’s Battle Plan — a potential long against that level, including a possible options play. The risk of short covering is high, meaning a sharp bounce is possible if price reaches that zone.

MICROS TRADER BASICS

No Level, No Trade

No Level, No Trade is the foundational rule of the Micros Trader system. Every trade must be anchored to a pre-mapped level… a clean, clear, defined zone identified in the Battle Plan the night before. If price has not reached that level, there is no trade. No chasing. No improvising. No FOMO.

This single rule eliminates the majority of losing trades. Emotional entries happen when traders react to price instead of waiting for it. No Level, No Trade replaces that reaction with a plan.

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