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FRIDAY RULES AND CAPITAL PRESERVATION

Go into the weekend a winner. Never give your week back on Friday… it is not worth it. Friday is built for protecting what the week already gave you, and today it stacks with non-farm payroll on top.

George laid out the ways to enforce it on yourself before the open:

• Smaller daily stop: Adjust your Friday risk setting so your platform locks you out once you hit the limit.
• Lean on your leverage matrix: Strict adherence, no Friday exceptions.
• Bank a slice of the week: If you are up 115 points, be willing to risk only a small piece of that and keep the rest.
• One and done: Take one good trade, or come in just for the love of price action, then close the platform, close Zoom, and go enjoy your day.

THE SYSTEM IN A NUTSHELL

George ran the system slide because it matters. Our edge is taking fewer, higher quality, pre-planned, well-thought-out trades. That is the Battle Plan. We are risk-first focused with laser-tight entries using the Three-Contract System.

The pieces that make it work:

• Play perfect chess: Hold a lotto runner to capture the big move when the board has already been mapped the night before.
• Add to winners: When price confirms your plan, add to the trade that is already working, not the one that is fighting you.
• Journal the process: Track your behavioral patterns, scrutinize them, and refine the plan so your performance rises over time.
• Same process daily: Perfect patience, repeated every session, is how you become the trader you were meant to be.

THE BULL BEAR LINE HELD ALL WEEK

Zoom the week out and one horizontal level tells the whole story. The Bull Bear Line is the key dividing level between bullish and bearish bias, and this week it was a clean one. Every time price climbed into it, it failed.

▶ Watch this moment in the AM Briefing

On Wednesday price tried, it bounced, bounced, bounced, failed, then back-tested… and that was the setup for the big move. That is the point of the line. It tells you where to look for longs and where to look for shorts so you are not guessing.

Yesterday was pay dirt. Longs off the lower location, a 50-point move into Battle Plan 2, follow-through into Battle Plan 3, and shorts on the way down for the traders who wanted a new low. You know where you are because the Battle Plan mapped it.

THE LOTTO RUNNER AND THE DOUBLE TAP

Here is the mechanical lesson George paid for in real time. The Three-Contract System runs a lotto runner to capture extended moves. If you want that runner to survive a double tap, its stop belongs in a negative position… not at breakeven.

George was up since 2 AM. His runner stop sat at breakeven instead of negative, and one candle wicked down and got him out to the tick. He had plenty of points banked, so he could have moved that stop into the negative. He did not, and it cost him an 80-point long. He managed a gray-green day and called it what it was.

IGNORE THE NOISE, TRADE WHAT PRICE IS DOING

Twice this week on Zoom, members cautioned George against looking for longs because of factors he does not analyze. He had to ignore that noise, stick to the system, and trade where the Battle Plan said to be. He coaches newer members to do the same.

▶ Watch this moment in the AM Briefing

One trader came in bearish, saying he would not be looking for longs. Then he watched the Battle Plan work in the direction it said it would, got on board with what price was actually doing, and banked a 25-pointer. That is the move… trade the price action in front of you, not the opinion in your head.

TODAY’S PLAN: STANDBY

Price is back up at the Bull Bear Line and the trend line, and honestly there is jack nothing to do. You are either holding a lotto runner from the move already captured or you are flat. The odds are there is no trade today.

▶ Watch this moment in the AM Briefing

Could you entertain a short here? You could. George will not… there are no shorts he has mapped at this location. He will be on standby, watching price action with the room 15 minutes before the open. On non-farm payroll Friday, that patience is the plan.

COMMON QUESTIONS FOR ES FUTURES TRADERS

What is the Bull Bear Line in ES futures?

A: The Bull Bear Line is the key horizontal level that divides bullish bias from bearish bias. Above it you look for longs, below it you look for shorts. This week every push into the line failed, it back-tested, and that failure set up the big directional move.

Why should a lotto runner stop be in a negative position instead of breakeven?

A: A runner is meant to capture an extended move, which means it has to survive a double tap, where price wicks back through your level before running. A breakeven stop sits right at the level the market taps, so it gets you out to the tick. Setting the stop in a modest negative position gives the runner the room to stay in the move.

What is the Three-Contract System in ES micro futures?

A: It is Micros Trader’s core position sizingPosition SizingHow many contracts you trade based on your account size and risk tolerance. Proper sizing keeps you alive. Risk too much? Full entry → framework. You split the position so part takes profit at mapped targets and a final lotto runner is held to capture the larger move. Managing the runner’s stop is what lets you hold for the big move without giving back the trade.

What are Friday rules in futures trading?

A: Friday rules are George’s capital and mental preservation guardrails for the last session of the week. Go into the weekend a winner, never give the week back, tighten your daily stop, bank a slice of your weekly profit, and if you trade at all make it one and done.

Should you trade ES futures on non-farm payroll day?

A: Check what your own trade rules say first. Non-farm payroll drives violent, news-driven price action that can destroy an undisciplined account, so many traders stand down entirely or treat it as a one-and-done, watch-only session.

What does one and done mean?

A: One and done means you take a single good trade, or simply come in to watch price action, then close the platform and Zoom and walk away. It protects the week you already earned and removes the temptation to overtrade into the weekend.

How do you add to a winning trade with the Battle Plan?

A: You add only when price confirms the plan is working in the direction it was mapped. When price reclaims a key level like Battle Plan 2 and gives a clean entry, you can add to the position that is already winning rather than averaging into a loser.

Why should you ignore other traders’ opinions in the room?

A: Opinions and outside factors you do not analyze are noise that pulls you off your system. Stick to where the Battle Plan tells you to look and trade what price is actually doing. One trader this week dropped his bearish opinion, got on board with the mapped direction, and banked a 25-point winner.