One of our rising junior traders, who has been outperforming the market, had an extremely frustrating trading day. There is almost nothing worse than putting on a good trade, being in the money with significant open profits, and then giving it all back. Sigh. However, there are steps that you can take so that those frustrating trades and frustrating trading … Read More
Scaling Up: Expert Advice for Junior Traders on the Trading Desk
You want to trade bigger. There is little worse than making a good trade and knowing you could have made much more. Trading bigger is what is holding you back as a trader. Perhaps what is even holding you back from being a professional trader. If you could solve this problem, then you could start doing what you love full-time. … Read More
Weekend learning lessons for traders from SMB – September 8, 2018
I am in York, ME for a wedding with my wife, but thought I would drop our weekend learning series for you. It’s 5AM and the early staff is a bit confused WTH I am doing in the seating area. Not drinking their coffee. Typing away. Wearing a Yankees hat. I am doing my best to sample as much blueberry … Read More
Maximizing Potential: Mastering Stock Trading Strategies for Higher Returns
Let’s say you want to buy a stock for a trade because it had excellent earnings and think it will trade higher. But you are not sure how to buy it. You fear buying too high and then getting stopped out. Your fear buying too high and the stock tanking. You want to start buying these stocks at better prices … Read More
Weekend trading lessons from the prop desk – September 1, 2018
We challenge you to work on your trading game over this long weekend so you improve. Below are some videos and posts that offer some ideas for you to improve your trading. Five trading lessons from coaching seven-figure traders (video) How to achieve your trading goals (video) This trader finally became consistent How do I prevent my past trading mistakes … Read More
This trader finally became consistent
Hello Mr. Bellafiore, We have never met or spoken, but I have to reach out and thank you for everything you have done for me. I went through the DNA program and must say that it was a big help. Even though this program was helpful, what really helped me was all your videos and articles. I’m a younger guy … Read More
How do I prevent my past trading mistakes from affecting my trading?
Mike, I’ve made every trader mistake I’ve ever heard of (including a few of my own). I have a system that I’ve built over time and I’ve backtested, and I can say it makes me money once followed well. I’ve implemented checklists, video recording and report cards to it. However, I think all the mistakes I’ve made in the past … Read More
How to achieve your trading goals
This is a guest post from Joseph Gelb (Princeton ’20), SMB Capital- Summer Intern 2018 Jason Graystone, of Tier One Trading, recently interviewed SMB Capital Co-Founder Mike Bellafiore in this video. Topics of Discussion: What do seven-figure traders have in common that Mike mentors/coaches at SMB and outside the firm? What formula does Mike observe that the best traders at … Read More