Anatomy of a Rip – Part II

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Hey Mike, I hope that all is well and that you survived a week that in our industry, will not soon be forgotten. I attended last night’s webinar and wanted to thank you for a great session.  I believe that no matter how long we’ve been in this business, there are days when obstacles to success appear/reappear when we least … Read More

Two Trading Mistakes to Avoid

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Hello Mike – I completed reading your book last week and have to say the lessons I’ve learned from it are extremely invaluable to me in my quest to develop into a consistently profitable trader. I have typed up (18) pages of notes from your book that I have been reviewing them regularly in order to pound these concepts into … Read More

An Uncomfortable Short ($JNS)

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Hey Mr. Bellafiore, I hope all is well with you since we last spoke in the middle of the summer. I have two quick questions for you, that I hope you can answer when you have a spare moment. These questions are both based on your personal trading style. 1.) Is there ever a point in the day where you … Read More

How I Traded Alibaba ($BABA)

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Before the Open our newest traders met at my desk to discuss the stocks to watch, including $BABA.  When trading IPOs there are two important considerations: 1) momentum 2) technical levels Below yesterday low of 89.50 tipped the momentum down.  Below 89.50 and BABA was at all-time lows, if you can say such a thing about an IPO trading 30 … Read More

How Many Trades Do You Find Each Day?

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Hi Bella, First of all I would like to thank you for everything that you do for us traders. I’ve just started to read The Playbook and I’m sure it will help me develop as a trader. I’ve one question though, in Playbook you write that we should archive trades in our Playbook that makes most sense to us. Well … Read More

It is all BS

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Hi Mike, I am writing this letter to tell you how an ordinary trader can see things from a totally different perspective after reading the “The Playbook”. I appreciate your firm for the information it disseminates to the aspiring trader community. I tried to catalog my trades (for eight months—my trading life) as suggested in the book. Results: 1) I make … Read More

We are Hiring! Trading Floor Manager in NYC

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Our trading desk in NYC is looking for a new Floor Manager.  If you are interested, please apply here. We are looking for someone with trading and supervisory experience to work on and oversee the trading floor in our NYC office. Ideal candidates will have considerable experience in both trading and overseeing traders and trading risk. (This position will also … Read More