Hi Mike. Yesterday in you webinar you showed us a chart on Toyota that dropped nicely on bad news. After that initial drop the stock began a sideways move. The question is: Do you continue to trade that stock during the day even though its going kind of sideways, or do you wait for it to brake the lows or … Read More
Traders Ask: What R U Thinking While Trading?
Mike, A few nights ago I watched Alex Rodriguez pound two homers against Boston. As I watched, Alex was calm, collected, and observing what was being thrown at him. I wonder whats going on in his head during those moments, when he’s just waiting for the pitcher to release the ball? “Absolutely nothing” I said. “Alex is just intently … Read More
Traders Ask- When Do I Buy For a Support Play?
Question: Hi guys In Mike’s great book he talks often of “buying right” most often using limit orders at resistance/support levels and on dips during a momentum trade. For a while I’ve struggled to find the best time to do this. Can you please tell me, using a long trade as an example, do you place your limit order at … Read More
Traders Ask: Violating My Risk Parameters
Dear Mike, I hope that my email finds you well. One of things I’ve learned about trading at a proprietary firm, is that the best traders are also the most honest traders. They’re honest about their numbers, their mistakes and weaknesses as a trader. Today I took a real close look at my trading weakness. I want this to become … Read More
A Trader’s Thoughts
Today was an inside day after yesterday’s market break. Statistically this was the most probable outcome. The price action for the bulls today was terrific. Again. I have no evidence that we are heading down from the price action of late no matter what the proselytize via the blogosphere and traditional media. And so what am I thinking about to prepare for … Read More
Inside the World of Prop Trading: A Journey with the Disciplined Investor
Mike Bellafiore, author of One Good Trade: Inside the Highly Competitive World of Proprietary Trading, was featured on The Disciplined Investor. Mike talks with host, Andrew Horowitz, about the shift to high frequency trading (HFT) in the trading industry and the ways SMB has adapted to combat the adoption of HFT. Andrew does a weekly podcast, which can be found … Read More
SMB Trade of the Week – FDX
SMB Trade of the Week – FDX. A Return to a Technical Break Area Trade
Traders Ask: What Bloggers Should I Follow?
Hi Mike In your book you mention several times that you ask potential traders what blogs a trader reads. Sadly when I thought about this (and prior to this blog) the answer for me was none. I read heaps, seek out videos, study my trades, would love a mentor etc. but no blogs). Why? When I started trading stocks I … Read More