Monday AM Briefing # 824 | MES Micros Futures Trading | Live Trading Room. | Key Levels & Setups

5 Lessons From Today's AM Briefing The tape opened mixed, Dow lifting while NQ sat dead, and last night's Battle Plan said it plain. No high probability trade. Days like this are not for forcing size. They are for studying how the winners got held. Here is what today was teaching. Lesson 1: Hold the single runner Peel contracts at the next Strong Level, then keep one micro runner back. That runner is the easiest points you will ever make when the big move finally comes. Lesson 2: Know your true basis After you add and peel a contract, your platform re-tabulates off your last entry. A negative number on the screen can be a green trade. Track your real basis. Lesson 3: Play perfect chess Add to winners only at pre-planned Battle Plan levels, laddering below the RTH low. The board is mapped in advance, so each add is a move, not a gamble. Lesson 4: Long or flat when there is no edge When the plan shows no high probability entry, that is the answer. Forcing a trade into stuck, low probability price action hands back the week. Lesson 5: Earn the right to open the DOM Run the preflight. Rested, hydrated, Battle Plan reviewed, calendar checked, ready for a max loss day. Trade your system, not your opinion. Watch the briefing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WR-unG9oaRg Full breakdown: https://microstrader.com/perfect-chess-and-holding-the-runner-am-briefing-824/ Blogger: https://microstrader.blogspot.com/2026/08/perfect-chess-and-holding-runner-am.html Tomorrow's AM Briefing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5jHAR1ntHg Tomorrow's Live Stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2gMAwbZLlk Full show notes, charts & timeline: https://microstrader.com/perfect-chess-and-holding-the-runner-am-briefing-824/ The Trading Library — 140 free lessons from 1,000+ live sessions: https://microstrader.com/library/ Get today's ES/MES Battle Plan: https://microstrader.com/battleplan/ Watch the live stream — current session plus the AM Briefing and archive playlists: https://academy.microstrader.com/livestream/