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ES & MES FUTURES TRADE PLAN #399

THURSDAY/FRIDAY 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: Thursday, September 24, 2026

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TODAY’S REVIEW: ES FUTURES

100-Point ES Short | Battle Plan 1️⃣ | Best ES Short Set Up

🔥 100+ point 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 → 1️⃣ ES Short from Tuesday’s London SessionLondon SessionOpens at 3:00 AM ET. This is when European traders wake up and volume picks up. You'll often see the overnight range get tested or broken during London hours. Full entry →

Before we can dive into today, we need to update this Battle Plan short. 

If you were up early into this trade, and played perfect chess AND could hold overnight, you had a rather easy 100 to 130 pointer. This trade was discussed in this morning’s AM Briefing. And the stop management was thoroughly discussed in the live trading room on Zoom and YouTube.

Each week we tend to have at least one Battle Plan trade idea that goes 100 points. This week, it was a short early Tuesday Morning during the London Session.

In the chart below, number one was the short… that eventually ran 100 plus points.

Number two was the long we traded in our live trading room – for those who were not short.

Number three was the genesis of this morning’s long that paid for 40 points and managed live in our trading room and discussed below. 

ES Emini Battle Plan Support and Resistance Levels

Battle Plan 3️⃣ | Best ES Long Set Up

🔥 40-Point Long Battle Plan 3️⃣

That’s about as pretty as it gets.

Price dropped right into Battle Plan 3️⃣… responded as mapped… and ran straight to the target we discussed live in our trading room on Zoom and YouTube.

Right trade. Right location. Not too shabby. 

Watch the recap video above for the Candle by Candle analysis.

Right Trade in the Right Location ES Futures

Battle Plan 2️⃣ MES Long Setup

Battle Plan 2️⃣ tried a couple times without much enthusiasm.

If you recall, this was the second day for the same Battle Plan 2️⃣. Yesterday it defended lacklusterly… so I gave it a second opportunity. The notes read: “Not overly thrilled with this long, but with proper snappy ladder-back price action, one would have to consider it.”

And the notes for Battle Plan 3️⃣: “I am much more interested in this trade than I am in Battle Plan 2️⃣.”

So obviously, I was hoping price would reach Battle Plan 3️⃣ – which it did. 

But… But… if Battle Plan 2️⃣ gave us that snappy ladder-back price action, one would have to consider it.

Then out of nowhere… a 35-point candle, making this trade location nearly impossible to trade with confidence. 

If you took the trade the first time… after that monstrous 35-point candle north… you had an opportunity for a 20-pointer.

I took this trade. Break even. Oh wells. 

Later in the session, Battle Plan 2️⃣ offered another opportunity for 15+ points.

🔥 15+ Points for Battle Plan 2️⃣ Long before price rolled back down… resulting in a double tap. 

You can’t cry when price runs 15-points your direction, that’s for sure.

You captured 5? Great!

10? Awesome!

Took a break-even? Oh well, there is another trade soon. 

ES Futures Strong Levels and Battle Plan Zones

Fill the Gap ES Short?

This was covered very well in the recap video above.

As highlighted, this was a speculative short.

For those who took it and held, you got paid very well.

Congrats, Laxmi on an great trade 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 → – Together We Trade Better. 

Tip of the Day

No Knife Catching:

When the market is vomiting down, stand aside.

Let price stabilize at a planned level and prove it can hold. No knife catching… ever.

Tomorrow’s Live Streams

AM Briefing

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Scoreboard

Scoreboard: accumulated points this week

Points Accumulated This Week:

Battle Plan: 175+

🔥 100+ Point Battle Plan 1️⃣ ES Short (Update for those traders who held overnight.)

🔥 40-Point Battle Plan 2️⃣ Long

Zoom: 0

Another big fat zero for Zoom, my goodness. I can only count points earned during Zoom. I was already long, managing my long runner. So I can’t count that for Zoom.

Yesterday we had an amazing discussion about trading turnaround longs… And today, we discussed trade management.

The value cannot always be measured in points earned while live.

Core Strategy: 55+ (For Full Members)

I spy a big backside for 25 plus points… I’m not saying you should have taken it, but you should note it, nonetheless.

Level development for the rest of the day was atrocious, offering no Core Strategy entries.

After the monstrous 35-point candle, the appropriate action was to Stand Down.


ECONOMIC CALENDAR

FRIDAY

8:30 AMDurable Goods
10:00 AMMichigan Sentiment
Inflation Expectations

MONDAY

   No high-impact events

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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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COMMON QUESTIONS FOR ES FUTURES TRADERS

What is a Strong Level, and why is 7764 the Bull Bear line in this Battle Plan?

A: A Strong Level is a price on the ES chart where buyers or sellers have proven themselves before… a spot where price tends to react. The Bull Bear line is the Strong Level that splits control. Above it, bulls are in charge and longs get the benefit of the doubt. Below it, sellers have the ball and longs need more proof. For this Battle Plan, that line is 7764. Hold above 7764 and keep pushing north… I simply watch. Lose it, and the Battle Plan longs down below come into play.

Why was Battle Plan 2 removed from tonight’s setups?

A: Battle Plan 2 got two days to prove itself. Day one it defended without much conviction. Day two it tried to get a move on and failed… then a 35-point candle blew through the location and made it nearly impossible to trade with confidence. It still paid 15 plus points on the second attempt, but that is not the same as high probability. When a level stops defending cleanly, it comes off the plan. Keep an eye on it. Just do not chase it.

What does No Knife Catching mean in the Tip of the Day?

A: When the market is vomiting down, stand aside. Do not stick your hand out and try to buy the bottom on the way down… that is knife catching, and it shreds accounts. Let price fall into a planned level, stabilize, and prove it can hold. Then you look for the long. The level does the work. Your job is patience. No knife catching… ever.

What is the Core Strategy, and when do you Stand Down?

A: The Core Strategy is the Full Member entry method for trading the levels on the Battle Plan. It waits for a level to develop properly and gives a specific trigger before you commit. This session, level development was atrocious after the 35-point candle, so it offered no entries. That is when you Stand Down. Stand Down means you stop looking for trades and sit on your hands until the market gives you structure again. FLAT as a TRADE is a real position. Sometimes it is the best one on the board.

What is snappy ladder backSnappy Ladder BackA specific entry trigger where price reclaims a level (like a Strong Level or Trend Line) with momentum and a "fair value gapping" candle. Full entry → price action, and why does it matter for a long?

A: Snappy ladder back price action is when price drops into a level and immediately climbs back out, candle by candle, like it is climbing a ladder. It is quick, it is decisive, and it tells you buyers are stepping in with force. That is the confirmation the Battle Plan asks for before taking a long at a level like Battle Plan 1… take out the overnight low, push toward 7700, and snap back up with a vengeance. If price just sits there or drifts, buyers are not showing up. No snap, no trade.

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