How to Read the Battle Plan

Start here, because this is the lesson George repeats more than any other on the plan. Every mapped level carries written notes below it. Those notes hold the entries. They tell you where the trade is valid, where to add, and where it dies. George says it flat out… reading the notes matters as much as looking at the map.

Why do the notes carry so much weight? Because they capture the nuances a chart line can’t. A level on the screen shows you a price. The note tells you what price has to do at that level before you commit. George frames the notes as the fine print that separates a real signal from a trap.

Inside those notes George works through the whole trade. When a setup goes invalid. Where you can add to the position. Where the exits sit. That level of detail is the reason he keeps hammering the same four words at anyone leaning on the picture alone.

New readers get this backwards every time. The Battle Plan setups carry emoji numbers… 1️⃣ 2️⃣ 3️⃣. Those numbers order the levels top-to-bottom by price on the chart. Battle Plan 1️⃣ is simply the highest level on the map. Importance never enters the numbering.

So how do you know which setup George actually wants? Color. He marks his highest-conviction trade in green. When you open the plan, the green scenario is the one he most wants to take.

Read the plan like this. The number tells you where on the price ladder a setup sits. The green tells you which one George is hunting. And the note under each one tells you what has to happen before you pull the trigger. Three signals, three jobs.

The exact words in a mapping are the entry conditions. When George writes that he wants to see a bounce first and then a break, both parts have to show up on the chart. Skip a word and you take a trade the plan never authorized.

George also names the exact level price must reclaim before he’ll act. He calls it by name in the notes so weaker entries get filtered out before they cost you. Price has to reclaim that level… not near it, not close. It.

Every plan carries a warning too. George maps what happens if the setup fails, often with a short idea for the downside. Read the warning and a failed long stops surprising you. It becomes the next trade.

George built an indicator that paints the Battle Plan levels right on your chart. Members love it. He worries about it too. The convenience tempts traders to stop opening the plan and stop reading the notes… and the notes are where the education lives.

So he made a deliberate choice. He keeps the notes inside the plan rather than posting them to your chart. He wants you to go read them.

The reason is the payoff. Studying the plan trains your eye. Consuming a level off an indicator does not. George admits this is the part he wrestles with about giving the tool out at all.

Members get the mappings auto-drawn on the chart. That’s exactly where the crutch forms. Getting the levels for free is no reason to skip the plan.

Reading the plan is a daily habit that runs deeper than a glance before the open. George lays out the routine in three steps. Do them every session and you show up prepared.

Timing matters. George publishes the plan the night before, so you study it while the market sleeps. Register and you see it as soon as it drops.

One housekeeping note. The plan updates through the day with fresh notes and news events. If your tool looks stale, refresh it… “click the little wheel and hit refresh and it’ll update your new Battle Plan notes and news events” (Mar 18, 2026). Pair this reading habit with your Pre-Flight Checklist and your News Drivers read for a complete morning routine.

Two tools help you read the plan, as long as they support your study instead of replacing it. Here’s what each one does.

The indicator does the mapping so you don’t chase price. Let it draw the setups the night before, then trade what’s already on the screen.

Use the tools. Read the notes. That’s the whole discipline of the daily plan. The convenience gets you to the chart faster. The reading is what makes you a trader.