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ES & MES FUTURES TRADE PLAN #386

SUNDAY/MONDAY RTHRTH (Regular Trading Hours)9:30 AM to 4:00 PM Eastern Time. This is when the big money is active. Higher volume, tighter spreads, more reliable price action. Full entry → SETUPS
📝 Posted: Friday, September 4, 2026

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🎬 THIS WEEK’S ZOOM RECAP VIDEOS

Tuesday’s Recap

Wednesday’s Recap

TODAY’S REVIEW: ES FUTURES

ES Trade of the Week | Battle Plan 5️⃣ Long for 140-Points

🔥 140+ Pointer for Battle PlanBattle PlanA set of pre-mapped trade scenarios created the night before trading begins. This is your roadmap for the day. It outlines specific zones where you're interested in engaging price—long or short—if the market behaves according to plan. Full entry → 5️⃣ from Tuesday/Wednesday Battle Plan.

If you trade the type of account that allows for a multi-day hold, you got paid big time.

What a welcome surprise when a scalp turns into a swing trade.

Two skills paid for this trade. The first… waiting for the setup to come to you. The second… holding that Lotto runner once you entered. The waiting earns the entry. The holding earns the big points. We sharpen both skills every single day in our ES Trading Room.

MES Micros Live Zoom Trading Room Highlights

ES Trade of the Week | Core Strategy Short for 50+ Points

For Full Members… this Core Strategy short presented itself on Tuesday. It is the first bounce level taught in the Core Strategy Academy. Entry and ideal stop lossStop LossYour "uncle point"—the price where you admit you were wrong and exit. ALWAYS use stops. Always. No stop = eventual account blow-up. Full entry → come straight from the training.

The confluences stacked up. Top of the range we traded all week… nestled right against the Strong Range, as pictured below. Right trade, right trade location.

Then the bonus. Add to your winning trade on the way down… and take profitTake ProfitYour target—where you take money off the table. Having a plan for profits is just as important as stops. Don't get greedy. Full entry → right into the next Battle Plan long.

With our 3-Contract System and the add-on, this one offered over 100 cumulative points. That is nothing to sneeze at. Full Members… run this trade tonight in our End of the Day simulator. https://homework.microstrader.com/

Right Locations Right Trades ES Emini Futures

ES Trade of the Week | Zoom Long for 25-Points

We called this ES long setup on Zoom and YouTube… exact entry and exact exit, provided during the stream.

Multiple traders making nice deposits.

Then the harder part. What do you do after a nice 20+ point trade? You walk. You call it done. Green Over Greed.

Be sure to watch the recap video above.

ES Emini Futures Daily Battle Plan Key Levels

Best ES Trading Advice This Week

“Don’t Short This.”

I said it about 10 times in our futures trading room the last few days. 

That beautiful 50-point plus trade? You’ll be telling that story for days. The disaster short you never took… the one that would have run you over… fades by the time you finish your sandwich at lunch.

Points saved count every bit as much as points earned. They just don’t make good stories.

The entire job of this room is keeping you on the right side of price action at all times. I miss now and then, but I certainly try.

Some days that means a laser-tight entry with a perfect take profit. Some days it means sitting on your hands while the urge to short screams at you at the top of its lungs… Some days it’s “Stand Down” and do nothing at all.

Tuesday was one of those days when your $5 a day membership fee earns itself.

MES Futures Price Action Battle Plan Zones

Non Farm Payroll Price Action

NFPNon-Farm Payrolls (NFP)The monthly jobs report released first Friday of each month. BIG market mover. Strong jobs = bullish economy. Weak jobs = concerns. Full entry →… affectionately known as Not For Professionals… is NOT my favorite day to trade.

Today proved it once again.

Go nowhere, go nowhere, go somewhere. Hang out, hang out, hang out. Then move fast.

“No, thank you!” price action.

Two things make a trade worth taking… an easy day and an easy trade location. Today offered neither. A day not to trade, at a location not to trade.

I said it in last night’s Battle Plan… the week is over. Today just signed the paperwork.

ES Expected Range

A short week with CPICPI (Consumer Price Index)Measures inflation. Higher than expected CPI = potential rate hikes = market volatility. These reports drop monthly and can cause 50-100 point swings in minutes. Full entry → on Friday… equals a small range. 

ES Expected Range

Options-Implied Weekly Move · Week Ending Sep 11, 2026

Range Low

7,641.09

←

ES Price

7,718.75

→

Range High

7,796.41

  

Implied Move

±77.66 pts

Implied Move %

±1.01%

Implied move from SPX ATM straddle applied to ES front-month futures.
Not financial advice.

Tip of the Day

Always Have A Stop In:

No stop, no trade. Anything can happen at any moment… a headline, a fat finger, a flash move.

The stop is your seatbelt. Buckle it before the car moves.

Tomorrow’s Live Streams

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YouTube Live Stream (Free on Tuesdays)

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Scoreboard

Scoreboard: accumulated points this week

Points Accumulated This Week:

Battle Plan: 250+

🔥 Last night I wrote, “Zero Battle Plan trades will be mapped. The week is done.”

There are times to pick up your ball and go home.

What’s that famous Jesse Livermore quote, “There are times to go long, there are times to go short, and there are times to go fishing.”

Today was a fishing day. 

Zoom: 80+

Purely… for the love of price action… we watched.

We mapped. 

We discussed. 

In fellowship. 

When I closed down the livestream, I offered two possible locations to look for a trade.

One was the reclaim of the Bull Bear Line… Targeting the 7756.

It offered a pretty clean entry with very little drawdown.

And then in typical NFP fashion… No follow through of significance… with price eventually coming back to the Bull Bear Line.

🔥 NFP rules are simple. The trade is right, right away… or I’m out. If the trade doesn’t work instantly, I’m not waiting around to find out why. I’ll take a break even so fast it’s nearly shocking. Double tap? Never. There are easier days to trade. I like taking easy trades at easy trade locations.

You can’t let days like this hurt you… if you choose to trade on days like this.

ES Emini Battle Plan Price Map With Marked Levels

Core Strategy: 85 (For Full Members)

🔥 No trades. It’s non-farm payroll.


ECONOMIC CALENDAR

MONDAY

All DayMarket Closed (Labor Day)

TUESDAY

All DayES Contract RolloverRolloverWhen you close your current contract month and open the next one. ES contracts expire quarterly. Most traders roll a week or two before expiration to maintain liquidity in the front month. Full entry → in 7 Days

TOMORROW’S ES KEY LEVELS AND TRADE IDEAS

Tonight’s Battle Plan maps the ES key levels for tomorrow’s session… the bounce zones and the trade ideas that go with them. Members read the full plan below.

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Battle Plans

ES & MES Futures Trade Plan #412

Oct 13, 2026

ES & MES Futures Trade Plan #412

The battle plan is locked and loaded... trade setups mapped for tomorrow.

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ES & MES Futures Trade Plan #411

Oct 12, 2026

ES & MES Futures Trade Plan #411

Tonight's trade setups are live... key levels mapped and ready to go.

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ES & MES Futures Trade Plan #410

Oct 9, 2026

ES & MES Futures Trade Plan #410

A rare Friday battle plan... levels mapped for the weekend and beyond.

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ES & MES Futures Trade Plan #409

Oct 8, 2026

ES & MES Futures Trade Plan #409

Thursday night battle plan... mapped and ready. Let's finish the week strong.

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ES & MES Futures Trade Plan #408

Oct 7, 2026

ES & MES Futures Trade Plan #408

Midweek battle plan is live... levels mapped, setups ready.

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ES & MES Futures Trade Plan #407

Oct 6, 2026

ES & MES Futures Trade Plan #407

The battle plan is locked and loaded... trade setups mapped for tomorrow.

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ES & MES Futures Trade Plan #406

Oct 5, 2026

ES & MES Futures Trade Plan #406

Tonight's trade setups are live... key levels mapped and ready to go.

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ES & MES Futures Trade Plan #405

Oct 2, 2026

ES & MES Futures Trade Plan #405

A rare Friday battle plan... levels mapped for the weekend and beyond.

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ES & MES Futures Trade Plan #404

Oct 1, 2026

ES & MES Futures Trade Plan #404

Thursday night battle plan... mapped and ready. Let's finish the week strong.

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ES & MES Futures Trade Plan #403

Sep 30, 2026

ES & MES Futures Trade Plan #403

Midweek battle plan is live... levels mapped, setups ready.

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ES & MES Futures Trade Plan #402

Sep 29, 2026

ES & MES Futures Trade Plan #402

The battle plan is locked and loaded... trade setups mapped for tomorrow.

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ES & MES Futures Trade Plan #401

Sep 28, 2026

ES & MES Futures Trade Plan #401

Tonight's trade setups are live... key levels mapped and ready to go.

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ES & MES Futures Trade Plan #400

Sep 25, 2026

ES & MES Futures Trade Plan #400

A rare Friday battle plan... levels mapped for the weekend and beyond.

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ES & MES Futures Trade Plan #399

Sep 24, 2026

ES & MES Futures Trade Plan #399

Thursday night battle plan... mapped and ready. Let's finish the week strong.

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ES & MES Futures Trade Plan #398

Sep 23, 2026

ES & MES Futures Trade Plan #398

Midweek battle plan is live... levels mapped, setups ready.

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ES & MES Futures Trade Plan #397

Sep 22, 2026

ES & MES Futures Trade Plan #397

The battle plan is locked and loaded... trade setups mapped for tomorrow.

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ES & MES Futures Trade Plan #396

Sep 21, 2026

ES & MES Futures Trade Plan #396

Tonight's trade setups are live... key levels mapped and ready to go.

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ES & MES Futures Trade Plan #395

Sep 18, 2026

ES & MES Futures Trade Plan #395

A rare Friday battle plan... levels mapped for the weekend and beyond.

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ES & MES Futures Trade Plan #394

Sep 17, 2026

ES & MES Futures Trade Plan #394

Thursday night battle plan... mapped and ready. Let's finish the week strong.

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ES & MES Futures Trade Plan #393

Sep 16, 2026

ES & MES Futures Trade Plan #393

Midweek battle plan is live... levels mapped, setups ready.

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COMMON QUESTIONS FOR ES FUTURES TRADERS

What is a Bull Bear Strong Level in the Battle Plan?

A: The Bull Bear Strong Level is the line in the sand for the session. Above it, bulls control. Below it, bears control. In this Battle Plan, a reclaim of the Bull Bear Strong Level is the trigger for longs… especially after a small pullback that challenges today’s low with snappy ladderback price action. Battle Plan 2 targets the Bull Bear line above and adds to the winning trade once price is back above it.

What is a Strong Level and how do I use the list in this Battle Plan?

A: A Strong Level is a price where the market has proven it reacts… a spot where buyers or sellers have shown up before and are likely to show up again. A Strong Range is a tight band of two Strong LevelsStrong LevelsProprietary weekly support and resistance levels used to identify areas for "touch and go" trades or reclaims. These levels act like magnets for price. Full entry → acting as one zone. This Battle Plan lists ten of them, from the 7,801.50 to 7,796.50 Strong Range at the top down to 7,627.00 at the bottom. Hand draw them on your chart. Then wait for price to come to the level and confirm with snappy ladderback price action before you enter. The reclaim of the 76-50 Strong Level is called out as the ideal entry for the Expected Range long.

What is the Core Strategy?

A: The Core Strategy is the rules-based bounce system taught to Full Members in the Core Strategy Academy. It defines the exact levels to trade, the entry, and the ideal stop loss. This week’s Core Strategy short came off the first bounce level taught in the training, at the top of the weekly range and nestled against the Strong Range. With the 3-Contract System and an add-on, it offered over 100 cumulative points. Core Strategy sat out Friday entirely… no trades on Non Farm Payroll.

What does Stand Down mean?

A: Stand Down is the call to do nothing. No entries. Hands off the mouse. Some days the best trade is the one you never take… like the disaster short that would have run you over on Tuesday. Points saved count every bit as much as points earned. Friday was a Stand Down day too. Non Farm Payroll price action goes nowhere, goes nowhere, then moves fast. A day not to trade, at a location not to trade.

What is Green Over Greed?

A: Green Over GreedGreen Over GreedA psychological rule reminding you to lock in a profitable ("green") day and walk away rather than risking those profits by overtrading. Full entry → means you stop trading once you are profitable. You take the win, close the platform, and walk. After the 25 point Zoom long this week, that was the instruction… you call it done. The market will be there tomorrow. Your gains only stay yours if you protect them. Green Over Greed.

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