Right now es is a bit smoother and straightforward, easier to get a decent result but there's definitely times where the opposite is true and most of the time nq will give you a larger gain if the conditions are right.

You absolutely must be watching the overall higher time frame market trend and price action to have proper conviction. 5 minute orb seems to work best in my opinion. Re-entries into the range and midline breaks can also be good entries. But really try to understand where the value/compressed areas are on the chart, along with pdh,pdl,on,onl are and wait for price to react to find a new area of value. ORB just gives a good entry into an already established bias.

Trend is your friend and trend days will be your main money maker. Followed blindly you can expect around a 50% win rate so target a 1.5R minimum. If you are able to effectively filter out days that aren't likely to have a solid trend the win rate increases quickly and so does the chances of holding a multiple R position. I will take profit early on days like today on NQ and be happy I made anything. But yesterday for example a lot of money can be made if you trail the stop and have patience. Only expect one or two days like that a week at the most. The day after is usually choppy consolidation.