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Trade Setups & Key Levels for ES Futures Day Traders

Every trade George takes starts at a pre-planned level. This hub holds the whole playbook… where to enter, which levels matter, and when to stand aside.

Contains 26 Lessons In
This Volume

MINED FROM 1,115 LIVE SESSIONS EVERY LESSON LINKS TO THE RECORDED SESSIONS

Where Every Trade Begins

Ask George where a trade comes from and you get one answer. A level. Price travels to a spot you marked in advance, reacts, and hands you a decision you already made the night before. That covers this entire domain in four words: No level, no trade. Everything else in this hub explains which levels earn a spot on your chart and exactly what to do when price gets there. And if you came looking for ES futures key levels today, that page shows you where to watch them free every morning.

Start with the levels themselves. George publishes his Strong Levels every weekend… the handful of weekly prices that drive ES E-mini futures from one reaction to the next. Below those sit the mechanical break levels and hold levels of the Core Strategy, marked objectively off bodies, wicks, and two-candle clearance. Add the Bull Bear Line, the single reference that sets your daily bias. Lean long above it. Look short below it. Never short above it.

Then come the setups. The Battle Plan pre-maps ES and MES micro futures trade zones before every session, so the live trading room walks in with the work already done. The flush and reclaim gives you the retest entry off a Strong Level. The second ladder gives you the pullback entry in a trend. Range Trading Rules keep it simple when price goes sideways… longs at the bottom, shorts at the top, and don’t diddle in the middle.

Why does this matter so much for a futures day trader? Because trade location decides your outcome before the trade even fills. Enter at a clean, developed level and your stop stays small, your target sits far away, and the trade owes you a reaction. Enter in the middle of nowhere and the same market chews you up. Chasing price kills more day trading accounts than bad analysis ever will. Levels fix that. They force patience, define risk, and put price action on your side.

Every lesson below comes straight from the recorded sessions where George taught it, with the receipts linked. Learn the levels first, the setups second, and the filters last… then let the market come to you.

Start Here

Three lessons carry the most weight in this hub. George has taught each of them in dozens of live sessions. Read these first and the rest of the directory snaps into place.

Setups & LevelsNo Level, No Trade: The #1 RuleThe foundational rule of the whole system, taught in 84+ sessions. Never enter without a real, developed level to lean against. This page expands the rule into a complete discipline framework… you wait until price reaches your pre-planned levels, or you stay flat. Setups & LevelsRange Trading Rules: Longs at the Bottom, Shorts at the TopThe complete range playbook from 72+ sessions. Fade the edges, peel contracts across the range, and trade the strong-range elbows. Two hard rules protect you: never long the top, never short the bottom. Setups & LevelsTrade Location Is Everything: Where to Enter ES Futures TradesLocation on the chart determines everything about a trade. Right trades at right locations, taught across 68+ sessions. George turns down entries at poor spots even when they would have worked… this page shows you why.

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All Trade Setups & Key Levels Lessons

680+ SessionsWhat Is VWAP in Trading? How ES Day Traders Actually Use ItThe average price line explained… why VWAP is confluence at a key level, never a signal by itself. 84 SessionsNo Level, No Trade: The #1 RuleThe foundational rule… never enter without a real, developed level to lean against. 72 SessionsRange Trading Rules: Longs at the Bottom, Shorts at the TopFade the edges, peel contracts across the range, never long the top or short the bottom. 68 SessionsTrade Location Is EverythingLocation decides the trade. Right trades at right locations, even when a bad spot would have worked. 56 SessionsStrong Levels: The Weekly Key LevelsGeorge’s published weekend levels… how they’re drawn, how price travels level to level, and how to trade them. 50 SessionsThe Battle Plan: Pre-Mapped ES and MES Trade SetupsThe flagship. Drop zones, the Speculator Special, the green trade, and how the plan works with the Core Strategy. 48 SessionsBreak Levels and Hold Levels: Marking Support and ResistanceMark levels objectively… bodies vs wicks, the greediest candle, and two-candle clearance. 38 SessionsThe Bull Bear LineThe daily reference level. Lean long above it, short below it, never short above it. 37 SessionsDon’t Diddle in the MiddleMid-range has no edge. Step away and wait for the edges near liquidity. 36 SessionsFresh vs Tested LevelsThe lifecycle of a level… Stolen Bounce Power, the three-tick tested rule, and why beaten-up levels break. 35 SessionsConfluence Trading: Stacking Levels for High-Probability SetupsTrend line plus horizontal level plus VWAP plus value area… stacked elements carry far higher probability. 34 SessionsBounce Trading: How to Trade Bounces Off Key LevelsDraw lines where price gets defended, trade the bounce, never predict how far it runs. 34 SessionsThe Flush and Reclaim: Trading the Retest EntryLet price flush under a Strong Level, reclaim it with a vengeance, then enter on the retest. 33 SessionsLaddering and the Second Ladder: Pullback EntriesFirst vs second ladders, snappy ladder-backs, and why the second rebuy is the go-to big-leverage trade. 33 SessionsClean, Clear, Crisp: How to Judge Level QualityOnly trade levels that stick out like a sore thumb. Downgrade the muddy ones. 31 SessionsTrend Line Trading RulesValid anchoring, multiple touches, break-and-backtest setups… and why you never trade right at the line. 31 SessionsWhen to Short ES Futures: Rules for Counter-Trend ShortsSomething must break first. Never short a squeeze. Shorts stay small, like cayenne pepper. 30 SessionsPrice Magnets: POC, Gaps, and TargetsPOC, virgin POCs, unfilled gaps, and round numbers… targets and exits, never entries. 21 SessionsOvernight Levels vs RTH LevelsRTH levels are king at 10 to 20 times the volume. Which overnight references still count. 19 SessionsThe Turnaround Trade: Catching ReversalsGeorge’s favorite setup… the reversal taken with who controls after a big flush. 13 SessionsSingle Prints: The Market Profile Magnet LevelsWhat single prints are on the 30-minute RTH chart, how to mark them, and how to use them as targets. 13 SessionsFair Value Gaps: How FVGs Supercharge LevelsFVGs work as confluence. A level inside a gap bounces harder. In Market StructureBulls vs Bears: Who Controls the MarketRead which side holds control before you pick a direction. Hunt only their way. In Market StructureBlood On The Chart: The 15-Point Candle RuleThe Stand Down protocol for irrational price action and big-candle volatility. In Market StructureLiquidity Grabs & Stop HuntsWait for the lows and session levels to get swept before you enter. In Market StructureInitial Balance Trading: The IB High/Low StatisticsThe opening price, the first-hour range, and the IB edges that define the day’s first real trade locations.

Related Hubs

Market Structure … who controls the market, liquidity, Initial Balance statistics, and the conditions that decide whether your levels will even work today. Trade Execution & Management … the level gets you in. This hub covers everything after the fill: scaling out, holding runners, and taking profit. Preparation & Routine … Sunday chart prep, the weekly Strong Levels routine, and how the Battle Plan gets mapped before the open.

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