We produce videos and blog posts to contribute to the trading community. Here is some of the best learning shared by us of late to perhaps help you and worthy for study and review this weekend. The One Trade that can make your trading career How to trade the open How to become a consistently profitable trader and a setup … Read More
Expressing your unique voice in markets as a trader
A reader reached out and asked: (Edited) here from South Africa and I want to enquire about your current outlook on the tech sector and how you feel about the huge movements since the year has started? I am a Equity and options trader From South Africa, and you have done more than just change my life. I am a … Read More
What this College Trader Can Teach You
A graduate of our college summer training program pinged me about visiting. Hi Bella, I’ve taken the SMB Foundation for college students last summer with RJ, Dan, and Andreas, opened up an account (edited) and have been trading since September. I don’t know if you remember me, but I’m the guy from Toronto who plays ping pong. I’ll be visiting … Read More
The First Trade We Teach (An Example with $DSW)
Good afternoon. I hope this email finds you well. I have spent many hours over the past few weeks reviewing your YouTube videos, blog posts and anything else that I can get my hands on that offers a glimpse into how your trading desk makes money. I’m about 2/3 of the way through your book One Good Trade I have been … Read More
Can You Keep it Down Please? I am Trading
Hi Mr. Bellafiore, Terrific book, thank you for writing it. I have the audio version. I ordered it two minutes after I read a comment from one person saying that he had listened to it six times. Due to my tape / chart reading ability combined with having read Reminiscences of a Stock Operator six times (and other books … Read More
Why Don’t You Trade the E-minis?
You mention, “Stocks in Play” a number of times. At the risk of sounding a bit green, I suppose this means stocks that have enough volume and movement to make it worthwhile to trade, correct? If this is the case, I’m wondering why you don’t trade the S&P emini? Maybe you do, but I haven’t heard you mention it yet … Read More
HFT Silliness
We received this question from an SMBU reader: Hello Mike, I have a question regarding Move2Move trades, since the trade moves quickly do you find it is better to “Hit the Bid” then to go on the offer? Thank you so much! @mikebellafiore A Move2Move trade is generally a scalp trade made by an intraday trader. You see a stock … Read More