FDX broke down technically below 82.71-82.65 intraday. 83 was a prior important intraday level. The sellers won that battle. FDX found 81.80 in a nice downtrend after the technical break. And then we had another excellent opportunity for a technical trade. We had another A trade. When a stock breaks a technical level like at below 82.71-82.65, makes a … Read More
Mike Bellafiore on the Gabe Wisdom Show
Listen to this great show by Gabriel Wisdom from Business Talk Radio. He sits down with Mike Bellafiore, author of One Good Trade: Inside the Highly Competitive World of Proprietary Trading, and discusses why traders fail and what SMB looks for in the next great trader. Mike Bellafiore enters Gabe’s show twenty minutes into his broadcast. Gabriel Wisdom hosts regular … Read More
Trading is About These Moments
Becoming a consistently profitable trader can be summed up in the ability to manage these trades from today. 1. Whether to buy RIG above 60 2. Trading SVNT at the 18.50 intraday level 3. SINA after it broke above a bullish flag pattern to 46.75 4. What to do when SPY hit 112 today. These were some moments from the … Read More
Traders Ask: Why Don’t You Trade Light Volume Stocks?
Hey Mike. Hope you have had a great weekend. In your book (In Play section) you mention you prefer the stock to do at least 1 million shares, and that you stay away from stocks where the daily volume is likely to be less than 600k shares. The thing that makes me confused is that this makes no sense to me … Read More
Traders Ask: Do I Have to Go to the Right School to Become a Great Trader?
I just turned 19 over the summer and I’m a student at UNC-Wilmington. I’ve been interested in trading stocks and options (mostly options) for a few years now as my father day trades some, but he’s a carpenter so he can’t watch the market all the time so he has had mixed success. I’ve done a fair amount of paper … Read More
Traders Ask: How Do I Get Better on Saturday?
Hi Mike, One of my goals for this 2010-2011 trading “school” year is to work six days a week instead of five. The other is to strive for perfect attendance. With regards to working on Saturday’s, I’m putting together my routine. These are the things that I plan to do. Review weekly P&L & Ticket averages (i.e. My Numbers … Read More
The Nibble Trade- (RIG)
RIG was the best stock intraday. 56 has been a huge level. Thursday during the AM meeting Jersey Shore highlighted this level. During the AM meeting Friday he did as well. Intraday he called out, “RIG above 56.” GTL. Gym…..Trading……Laundry. And yet some on our desk did not catch most of the move. Why? 1) All levels are not created … Read More
Traders Ask: Must I Always Follow My Trading Rules?
Question: Mike, Hope you enjoyed an excellent holiday weekend! I spent a lot of time this weekend thinking about a trade from Friday and whether or not I should continue to make this trade – I am curious what your reaction would be if one of your guys did this. In the AM, I noticed the NYSE-TICK opened strong … Read More