March 2026 Gameplan YM FuturesE-mini Dow Jones Industrial Average Index FuturesCBOT_MINI:YM1!Dow_Jones_MaestroNow that February is behind us, March has opened up. A new monthly cycle starts. A new timing cycle. Because Monday is both the start of the new week and the open of the Month, I will not trade Monday and use this day as information gathering. I have marked March's Open using the orange line, the weekly open in the cyan blue line as well. The major fat cyan line is the yearly open. From what I am seeing in only the first 30 minutes of the month is that price gapped down 1% right into the yearly open and is slightly pausing. What I am looking for on the first day of the month is specifically the volatility. I am looking for what the ATR is going to be on the 15-minute chart. The first day of the month's ATR determines the entire month. This will let me know how big of stops/targets to use. I use 1 to 1.5 times ATR stop losses and a 2.5 risk to reward fixed on all of my trades. I aim for at least a 40-45% win rate. Below is an example of using ATR on the 15 minute to figure out position sizing for the month. March 18th is FOMC and so, a no-go day for me. I DO NOT trade FOMC. Remember, you only need 3-5 excellent winning trades PER MONTH to make a substantial income. This is literally one trade per week. By doing less, results can multiply. I only take one trade per day, win or loss. I DO NOT revenge trade. I WILL be wrong, but I cut my losses. I NEVER move my stop loss up or down. If I did not accept the risk prior to entering, then I would not have put the trade on. I DO NOT move stops to break even. I will let the market come all the way back against me and it will either hit my target or my stop loss. I NEVER take profits early. I don't know which trades will be the winning ones, but once in a profitable trade, I squeeze every last dollar until it hits 2.5R. I need every winner to pay for the eventual losers. 2 wins wipes away 5 losses.