The topic of mindfulness has exploded in popularity in the broader public. Meditation and meditative activities like yoga are seemingly everywhere, building on the runaway success of books like Eckhart Tolle’s The Power of Now. This whole interest in mindfulness has only just started to filter through into the world of investing and trading, where I think that it can … Read More
Game Plan Review–$FSLR $SPWR $AAPL $MU $TOL $HD
Each Tuesday after the market close I spend some time reviewing trades from our pre-market game plan. The game plan is shared every morning with traders on our desk and SMB Trader 90 members. One of our 7 trading fundamentals is “proper preparation”, which means having a process for selecting stocks to trade each day. Our AM Meeting is one way we help young … Read More
The Essence of Short Term Trading
I have been spending time since this morning reviewing trades going back to the beginning of the year. In this video I outline several factors that short term traders use on a daily basis to accurately predict short term price movement. In recent months I have begun to use “scripts” to take advantage of these predictions. In the near future I … Read More
Who’s Running The Ship?
When you think of a large cruise ship and the way that it’s run. Who runs the ship, the captain or the crew? If you’re like most people you would say the captain….. and you’d be wrong. As you think about all the things that need to be done on the ship, keeping the engines running, taking care of all … Read More
Lesson 7: The Mental Game
In the last installment of my series, Seven Lessons I’ve Learned, we will cover a part of investing and trading that can change how everything else works: the mental game. Like with any peak performance activity, the absolute top performers have gotten there through developing both their skills and also their psychology and mindset. Peak performers are the kind who … Read More
Trading Shouldn’t Be A Flip of the Coin
Each day I host the SMB AM Meeting. The purpose of the meeting is to make sure that our desk has a game plan to attack the best stocks and setups. Yesterday we looked at Apple, Boeing, Alibaba, and American Airlines. In this video I break down some of the techniques we use to identify the best risk/reward setups. Pay … Read More
The Importance of Staying On Point All Day
Trading is a grueling and intense profession. There are stocks, futures, and scanners whirling in front of your face all day. Many traders develop very strong routines to make sure they stay focused and are able to execute their trading plans. In our previous post we discussed the importance of a pre-market routine and how it helped us capitalize on … Read More
The Benefits of Pre-Market Preparation
Profitable trading is a process. That process starts before the market opens. Great traders expect to make money because they stack high-probability ideas into their game plan. Trade management and adjustments are important too, but the stronger the underlying idea, the easier – and more consistently profitable – the trade will be. This post will walk you through the morning … Read More