Are you guilty of Negative Self Talk?

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I received this Daily Trading Review from one of our traders.  It highlights the importance of learning to combat Negative Self Talk. I am an (expletive deleted). I had a comeback going, at 2:20pm I was down $23 after being down all day.I was calm and selective and thoughtful all mid day and into the 2:30 hour. I lost $250 … Read More

One Good Trading Day

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I received this Daily Review yesterday from one of our traders.  I highlight in this blog because it represents One Good Trading day.  If you get as much as this trader during each trading day you will grow as a trader.  If you are not improving as much as this trader each trading then you have some work to get … Read More

Finding Repeatable Patterns

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After the close we discussed some plays from Stocks In Play yesterday. When we look at a stock we search for patterns. Patterns that repeat. Patterns that make sense to us. Patterns that we can work at to master. So for these three stocks we are making risk/reward trades with the patterns we see. We have a full playbook of … Read More

The Trading Show Chicago

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Mike Bellafiore, author of the “trading classic” One Good Trade will be speaking on The Trading Show Chicago 2012 on June 25-27, 2012. The Trading Show Chicago brings together the leaders in North America’s trading community, to explore new advances in trading strategy, quant models and technology. Mike will be presenting a seminar session in one of the on-floor theatres … Read More