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ES & MES FUTURES TRADE PLAN #390

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 11, 2026

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TODAY’S REVIEW: ES FUTURES

Learn To Hold Runners Longer

🔥 93-Point Runner… called out live in Thursday’s ES Trading Room.

If your open positions must be closed by the end of the day (prop trading or margin requirements), you don’t have as many options.

If you have an account that can hold overnight, you have some interesting choices.

Do you close before the RTH close?

Do you hold through the close into the electronic trading hours?

If I’m on a hold through the RTH close, I want at least two or three protection layers (Levels that will defend price) protecting my stop… or I’m long from such an incredible trade location that I just have to!

Or I like to be up at least 30 points, if not 50 points.

Thursday morning is a good example. We took the entry in our live ES trading room, and the follow through was very nice.

The narrative? The risk of short coveringShort CoveringA rapid upward move caused by short sellers exiting positions. Don't short short covering! These rallies can be explosive and violent. Full entry → is high. That’s the kind of story that lets you hold a runner into the electronic hours.

In this case, I had neither the cushion nor the protection layers to protect me. I had trade location, conviction, and enough embedded profit to weather the potential storm.

There’s nothing wrong with closing your position and re-opening it in the electronic trading hours.

ES Emini Battle Plan Price Map With Marked Levels

Expected Range

A respectable 98 points.

FOMCFOMC (Federal Open Market Committee)The Fed committee that sets monetary policy. FOMC meeting days = volatility. The 2:00 PM announcement and press conference can swing ES 100+ points. Full entry →…. If we get the rate hike, we could far exceed the 98 points.

CME FedWatch has the rate hike at 86% likelihood.

MES Micros Trade Plan Runner Recap Chart

Fed Watch Link

ES Expected Range

Options-Implied Weekly Move · Week Ending Sep 18, 2026

Range Low

7,568.20

←

ES Price

7,666.75

→

Range High

7,765.30

  

Implied Move

±98.55 pts

Implied Move %

±1.29%

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

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Write the trade in your journal BEFORE you enter it.

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Scoreboard

Scoreboard: accumulated points this week

Points Accumulated This Week:

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 →: 95+

Nothing today. 

Zoom: 90+

🔥 80+ points on the excellent follow through on our trade on Zoom yesterday. 

Core Strategy: 70+ (For Full Members)

As I said in the Zoom this morning, the only way to trade this price action after this big gap up is to trade Core Strategy – our advanced scalpingScalpingQuick in, quick out. Targeting small profits (5-20 points) many times per day. High win rate, tight stops, fast decisions. Full entry → system.

Here are a couple of the entries I pointed out in Discord.

🔥 3M FS for 20-points. 

🔥 3M BS for 14-points. 

It’s 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 →… after a near 100-point move… so I would not have taken any of those trades. That said, these entries were plain as day and easy to identify. 


ECONOMIC CALENDAR

MONDAY

All DayLast day for trading the Sept. Contract

TUESDAY

All Day🔥 FOMC Rate Decision
TradingView 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 →
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COMMON QUESTIONS FOR ES FUTURES TRADERS

What is a Strong Level in the Battle Plan?

A: A Strong Level is a price on the ES chart where buyers or sellers have defended before… and are likely to defend again. Sometimes it is a single price, like 7,745.00. Sometimes it is a Strong Range, like 7,715.50 to 7,712.25. I use them two ways. First, as entry locations. Second, as protection layers behind my stop. If you do not use TradingView, hand draw this week’s 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 → on your charting platform and let price come to them.

What is the Bull Bear line and why is it generous this week?

A: The Bull Bear line is the price that decides who is in control. Above it, the bulls have the ball. Below it, the bears take over. This week I am giving the bulls the benefit of the doubt and drawing it low. Battle Plan 1 is a minor pullback to that line where the bulls reclaim the Strong Levels above it. If the bulls are real, that pullback should be as low as we go.

What is Core Strategy?

A: Core Strategy is our advanced scalping system, available to Full Members. After a big gap up like this week, price does not give you clean pullbacks to the Battle Plan levels… so scalping is the only way to trade it. The entries are specific patterns on the 3 minute chart. This week, a 3M FS gave 20 points and a 3M BS gave 14 points. Both were plain as day and easy to identify. That said, it was CPI after a near 100 point move, so I would have sat those out.

What is the Expected Range and how does FOMC change it?

A: The Expected Range is the weekly move the options market is pricing in. We take the SPX at the money straddle and apply it to ES. This week it is about 98 points in either direction from 7,666.75… a low near 7,568 and a high near 7,765. Battle Plan 4 is built on the top of that range against a previous range we once traded. Now the catch. FOMC is Tuesday and CME FedWatch has the rate hike at 86% likelihood. If the hike lands, we could blow far past 98 points. Respect the range… but do not marry it.

How do I hold runners longer?

A: A runner is the part of a winning position you leave on after taking profit on the rest. Holding one through the RTH close into the electronic hours takes a plan. I want two or three protection layers defending my stop… or I want to be up at least 30 points, better yet 50. A narrative helps too, like a high risk of short covering. Thursday’s 93 point runner came from trade location, conviction, and enough embedded profit to weather the storm. If your prop firm or margin rules force you flat at the close, no problem. Close it and re-open in the electronic session. There is nothing wrong with that.

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