Hit & Run is a short-term way to trade futures from pre-planned zones: get in where the market is most likely to react, take money off fast with two of three contracts, and let the third run only when the market proves the move. Every trade is decided before the session on three questions: where can I act, which way is the day leaning, and how many dollars do I lose if I am wrong.

This article is written for micro futures. Three micro contracts let you scale out of every trade, exactly as the method needs, on an account of a few thousand dollars instead of tens of thousands. Every dollar figure below is calculated on micros.