During our SMB Midday Recap Bella taught: 1) A trading execution principle for stocks that break out. 2) How to make a second-day VWAP support play in $CAT by doing the exact opposite of what he did. 3) An example of the best stocks to trade for intraday traders—those with independent order flow. $FIO was used as an example of a … Read More
Best Trading Tweets #28
Henrique Simoes (@traderhms / [email protected]) is the founder of the Best Trading Tweets Web site. Recently, he selected and highlighted a tweet by Bella. We though you’d like to see it. You can be better tomorrow than you are today! Mike Bellafiore One Good Trade The PlayBook No relevant positions
Why This SMB Trader Added to His $FB Longs Today (video)
During our SMB Midday Recap Bella discussed: 1) Why he added to his FB, Facebook, position at 51.16 for a swing trade? For those following at home, Bella tweeted this in real-time on SMB Real Time. 2) Why you should develop a list of intraday stocks that do not trade well if you are an intraday trader. Hint….$CAT 3) Why … Read More
Why We Started SMB
Mike, I’ve just started your book One Good Trade, and I love it. My question is why start a prop firm if you and Steve are the best traders and it is all your money? Can’t you just scale up your trades? I trade my own money and was thinking about starting a prop firm, but then I think: 1. … Read More
Trading After the Debt Ceiling is Raised (Video)
Yesterday during our After-Hours Review our desk discussed attacking the markets after the debt ceiling is raised. Our preparation started yesterday. Notice that we run through different strategies: 1) Buy buy buy instantly 2) Wait for the market to settle and start a trend 3) Short the news 4) Fade a quick up move As a trading partner it … Read More
The Single Most Valuable 15 Minutes of Trading Education (Video)
Mike, I had to send this email out right away after you posted your session on how you lost on $FB. For me, this was the single most valuable 15 minutes that I have spent on trading education. Why? For me, getting bigger, pressing, and holding are the biggest obstacles for me to get to the next level. As background, … Read More
Turning One Trading Day Into Ten
Hi Mike, Thank you and your team for creating the DNA Program for those of us who want to learn from the best. It is now possible for anyone passionate about learning how to trade to DO IT. No more excuses for lack of opportunity. What I always wanted but could not find has finally arrived. I am very excited … Read More
Contemplating Insanity Into My Trading
I am one of the subscribers to the new SMB DNA program. I missed your mentoring session yesterday, but I just watched the recording and was wondering if you could answer one question for me. I just also wanted to say that I read both of your books not too long ago and thought they were the best books on … Read More