Someone is impersonating me on LinkedIn and I wanted to alert you. The Impersonator LinkedIn Account The impersonator created a LinkedIn account that looks like mine, but with a slightly different handle. Here is the LinkedIn account that is impersonating me: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-bellafiore-30014a269/ I suppose next the impersonator reaches out to my network asking to connect. Then it sends messages to … Read More
Meet Lance and Bella in Chicago (May 10th)
Meet Lance, @TheOneLanceB, and Bella in Chicago May 10th @BarCargoChi for pizza, drink, and networking. This is a Traders4ACause event benefitting @StridesForPeace. You can purchase tickets here. Lance won’t drink because it will mess up his Oura Ring sleep score. Well maybe for a special occasion like this he will. Bella won’t eat the pizza as he doesn’t really eat … Read More
You are trading too many stocks (new traders)
You have always wanted to trade for a living. You don’t want a boss. You want unlimited upside with your income. You don’t want your pay determined by office politics. You want to be paid based on what you are worth and what you produce. You love figuring out the daily puzzle that is the market. You love trading. The … Read More
Timeless Advice for New Traders…Scalp!
My timeless trading advice for new traders is….scalp. Okay, let me explain why. What I heard too often During a recent team monthly trader meeting, I heard too often something that I wasn’t crazy about. I was particularly not so thrilled hearing it from the younger traders. While I wasn’t so thrilled, this did offer an opportunity to set expectations … Read More
5 Keys to Make More Money in Your Profitable Trades
Have you ever made a good trade and regretted you did not make more? And after giving this more thought you concluded that if you could just make more in your best trades you could do SO much better as a trader. And I mean a lot better. In fact, this one issue, might be the thing holding you back … Read More
Boost Your Trading Performance: 4 Simple Solutions to Avoid Missing A+ Trades
Do you ever feel like if I you could just take my best trades, we say A+ trades, my results would be a lot better? I am talking a lot better. You are probably right. Let me share a recent anecdote about this from the desk and offer 4 simple solutions. A few traders on the desk had been missing … Read More
Thank you Covid!
I got Covid for the first time this week. Many on the desk didn’t miss their opportunity to tease me about being the last person on earth to get it. My son got it as well. That meant a trip to our house on the Jersey Shore to isolate from mom, his sister, and others. So it was just the … Read More
The decisions you make about your trading business matter
The decisions you make about your trading business matter. To this point, I received the note below from a 7-figure trader on our desk. He was a 7-figure trader by his second year of trading. Not easy to do. Not often you see that. This is a very talented trader and person. Even for him his decisions about his trading … Read More