In this SMBU Trading Tip of the Week, Bella, author of the “trading classic” One Good Trade and The PlayBook, talks about being relaxed in your trading using $KORS as an example. Highlights from this trade: Growth stocks need to perform very well to keep their tile as best in breed. Softening talk occurred in $KORS, but it kept holding higher. This changed the … Read More
SMBU Trading Tip: Lessons From the Multiple Thousand Dollar Trading Loss
In this SMBU Trading Tip of the Week, Bella, author of the “trading classic” One Good Trade and The PlayBook, talks about how one trader ripped up over three thousand dollars in a Reversal Trade. He still thought it was a good trade! Highlights from this trade: The trader was aggressive where he should have been. The trader had an edge with this setup. … Read More
SMBU Trading Tip of the Week ($WWE)
In this SMBU Trading Tip of the Week, Bella, author of the “trading classic” One Good Trade and The PlayBook, talks about finding a signal to get bigger in $WWE. Highlights from this trade: 1) Your position size should increase as new data confirming your trade appears 2) Use VWAP to add size to your trade 3) Learn the signal that alerted Bella … Read More
SMBU Trading Tip of the Day ($VSI)
In this SMBU Trading Tip of the Day, Bella, author of the “trading classic” One Good Trade and The PlayBook, talks about the importance of execution with an example in Vitamin Shoppe (stock symbol $VSI). Highlights from this trade: 1) You can turn a very good trade into a losing trade with poor execution. 2) Trading is a skill. 3) Market “calls” are … Read More
Mastering Trade Execution: Unlocking VWAP and Independent Order Flow Principles
During our SMB Midday Recap Bella taught: 1) A trading execution principle for stocks that break out. 2) How to make a second-day VWAP support play in $CAT by doing the exact opposite of what he did. 3) An example of the best stocks to trade for intraday traders—those with independent order flow. $FIO was used as an example of a … Read More
Execution Trading Skill
Trading is a skill. Gaining trading skill takes time. Today in JNJ and HAL execution trading skill was essential. Let’s quickly discuss two trades to illustrate this important trading point. JNJ was in play. Amazing Andrew was hawking the 62.10 level as intraday support. Something about the premarket. JNJ opened and traded down towards his support level. 14c held the … Read More
Execution, Execution, Execution (BIIB)
Trader A sits looking at the consolidation in BIIB. We have some nice consolidation. BIIB is above the highs from the first day gap up. There is no resistance above in the near term. Should I pay 80? Trader B sits looking at the consolidation in BIIB. We have some nice consolidation. BIIB is above the highs from the first … Read More
Nice Idea But Poor Execution
I was interested in shorting CLF this morning below 73. My price alert was triggered when CLF dropped 73. It traded down over the next few minutes to 72.50. I offered some stock at 72.88 thinking that CLF would quickly bounce back before downtrending for the day. CLF did pop up to 72.85 but never traded up to 88 cents … Read More