Attention all short term traders! Stop with the stupid short trades in LVS! If a stock is in an uptrend in every conceivable time frame you need to spend your energy thinking about how to get long. It is asinine to think that every time you see some weakness on the tape or it has one negative day that this is the … Read More
SMB Trading Lesson of the Week – Combinatorial Explosion
Watch Mike Bellafiore, author of One Good Trade: Inside the Highly Competitive World of Proprietary Trading (Wiley), in our new video series SMB Trading Lesson of the Week for StockTwits U. This week we discuss: Combinatorial Explosion. You can watch here. We hope you enjoy! Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter!
Exploring Randomness: Thought-Provoking Insights and Reflections
Thinking about randomness can be challenging, but there are some important lessons to be learned here.
Don’t Make That Mistake!
When a very strong stock fails to make a new high after consolidation some traders are on the prowl to establish a short position. Don’t make that mistake! Let me first define what I mean by a “very strong” stock. A very strong stock is a stock that is trending up for the day and is in an uptrend in … Read More
Ripping Through Charts
Before training at SMB I used to rip through charts religiously. I called it the “poor man’s training program” :-). This was several years ago, but I still rip through charts. I find it to be a very useful source of trading ideas and for getting an overall feel of what the market is doing across multiple sectors. Ripping through … Read More
The Taylor Rhythm
A fifty year old system can give valuable insights into the character and structure of each trading day.
Gap Study (3/3)
The last installment in a short series on gaps, showing how to apply quantitative thinking to market problems.
Some notes on flags
A few random thoughts continuing Bella’s earlier post on flags