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MES MICROS TRADE PLAN #294
MON/TUE RTH

🗓️ Posted: Monday April 27, 2026

Today’s Review

OVERVIEW

Discipline

Jake said it perfectly in Zoom today: “Cheers, Zoom is teaching me focus and discipline. Seeing everyone’s DOM closed and or waiting reinforced this trading skill. Thank you everyone.”

“Together We Trade Better” IS true!

Discipline is the path.

There is no other path.

Welcome to the path!

No Sellers

Over and over I remarked, “There are no sellers.”

They are on vacation… The bears are in hibernation   

The bulls just keep grinding up, up, and away. 

Shorting when bulls are in control is a fruitless exercise… maximum frustration, every time.


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Shorting when bulls are in control is a fruitless exercise… maximum frustration, every time.


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You have power over your mind — not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength. — Marcus Aurelius


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BATTLE PLAN

 

No entries today. If you did took Battle Plan 5️⃣ short, it was a break-even trade. 

As I wrote on Sunday, “One could still be holding long from Thursday’s Battle Plan long.”

Sometimes holding a runner is the absolute best trading strategy. 

I am still long from Thursday’s preferred Battle Plan trade idea… playing “Perfect Chess”. At the end of the RTH session, I move my stop up another 30 points, behind today’s low. 

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NADA… Absolutely nothing to do. 

CORE STRATEGY: (For Full Members)

 

A couple of break level trades in here… but level development was lackluster.

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Accumulated Points LAST Week

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* If Long from Thursday Battle Plan 2️⃣, you are up 120 points!

📰 NEWS DRIVER:
🇺🇸 Economic Calendar
📅 Tuesday, April 28, 2026  ·  All Times Eastern

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CB Consumer Confidence
Richmond Mfg Index
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⚔️ THE BATTLE PLAN:🔒 Members Only

Educational Purposes Only: Not Financial Advice

I’m not a financial advisor (never played one on TV either). These trade ideas are educational training tools showing where price may react… nothing more. Always wait for your own confirmation before executing. These levels represent one trader’s analysis, not personalized trading advice.


The Battle Plan:

OVERVIEW

Broken record time …. 100% absolutely NOTHING TO DO HERE. 

Tread carefully.

FOMC + BIG earnings. 

No Fresh levels

Another higher high and a higher low. 

The BULLS march up steadily. 

Will we fall back into the range???? 

Will the slow march north continue? 

All I know is that, as far as new entries are concerned, it is very, very, very difficult to predict here. 

Difficult, difficult, difficult trade location, and I am all about taking easy trades in great trade locations. 

That said…. all I can do is map out trade ideas playing the range established last week.

New Trade Ideas?

In all honesty, we hardly went anywhere. 

Nothing changes; the battle plans are exactly the same as yesterday. 

I’m not even going to change the picture below because nothing really changed. 

🛠️ Member ToolsToday’s Update Status
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Strong Levels Indicator. 4.26
Key price levels mapped for the week
Updated Sunday
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Battle Plan Indicator
Tonight’s trade setups plotted on TradingView
Updated Today
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Battle Plan Buddy App. 2.0
Battle Plan notes, news drivers & member tools
Updated Today

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ES Emini Battle Plan Price Map Mapped Trade Locations

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Battle Plan Notes:

Step 1This long trade idea at least gets us into the green area of the range and a possible ladder back. I don’t have much interest in engaging in price here… But if you get some snappy ladder back price action, it could represent an entry. I’m looking further down the chart for any new longs. 
Step 2This is basically.. The bottom of the range in Thursday’s preferred trade, but only the deeper part of the mapping from Thursday. I want the deeper part of this mapping before I engage in price. Absolutely require laddering. I would be happy happy to take this again. Below here… careful!
Step 3This is an Expected Range trade, perhaps taking Thursday’s RTH low, but not necessarily. Use the Strong Range to help with entry. If short from above with a lotto runner, this might be a very good place to consider taking a profit. 
Step 4Way down yonder long, use the Strong Levels and Strong Range to help with entry. 
Step 5I thought I would toss in a short here in case we popped up there and slammed back under the Strong Range, with the deep target of hitting 7072. 

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MES Micros Speculator Special High Risk Trade Setup

7237 Short. Risky. Place your stop a comfortable distance away from the entry. Be a professional risk manager here! Not financial advice. And remember the name… Speculator’s Special.

 

    These trade ideas highlight likely “reaction zones” and are for educational purposes only. I am not a financial advisor, nor have I ever played one on TV. Nothing here should be taken as personalized trading advice. Always trade based on your own confirmation — these trade ideas simply one trader’s opinion – they are just “trade ideas”.

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