Mike Bellafiore, partner at SMB Capital, was interviewed today by Damien Hoffman from Wall St Cheat Sheet. In the interview Mike discusses the proposed “transaction tax” in Congress that would increase the cost of trading. Read the full interview here.
Open Shots: BBY
I traded BBY on the Open. It does not get any easier than this stock on this open. It just doesn’t. I am positive as I write (BBY is at 41.60 now). How could I not be? BBY has done nothing but trade lower. How is that difficult? I am in my office now drinking Coke Zero, writing notes for … Read More
A World Class Training Program
Dr. Steenbarger of TraderFeed started an important conversation about the ideal training program for traders. As the partner of a trading firm founded on the principle of offering the best intraday equities training program on the street, we would like to contribute to this conversation. My thoughts are meant to supplement what Dr. Steenbarger has already shared so some things … Read More
Foreshadowing on the Tape
MW foreshadowed its strength today on the tape. I used what I saw on the tape to confidently trade a difficult subset of an accumulation play in MW today. Let’s discuss. As usual there was the “Bella what are you trading?” peppered in my direction before the open. My standard response is to subtract how many minutes there are until … Read More
A Trade Worth Making
We sit. We trade. We rip it up. We watch. We lose some more money. And the damn stock is still in the same place it openend. The little sucker has not even moved. Talk about a morning trading like a Piker. There I was banging in and out of KR on the open. Trading too much. Thinking I saw … Read More
Buying Too Early- NVDA
Old School NVDA was In Play this open after some potentially bad news from competitor INTC and a rumor on a new contract with Acer. NVDA gapped up. 15.75 held the bid on the open and NVDA started to do its thing. 15.87 offers cleared. 16 offers cleared. 16.10 offers cleared. 16.15 offers cleared. 16.25 see yah. 16.30 bye. 16.35 … Read More
How Teaching Makes Me a Better Trader
Teaching new traders how to trade has made me a better trader. Below are five things I have learned about trading by teaching. 1) I have cemented the statistically profitable trades that work intraday. Being forced to teach others trading plays has made me recognize exactly which plays work best for me. 2) Video review with other traders increases my screen time … Read More
An Easier Trade
One our traders came over as I was talking to Jay our hyperkinetic intern about the cool new retweet button he installed on our blog, “Bella do you have a minute.” As a partner I have learned what can follow could be just about anything. Previously in the day one of the calmer traders on our desk stormed into my … Read More