Dr. Steenbarger, author of the The Daily Trading Coach, reviews One Good Trade: Inside the Highly Competitive World of Proprietary Trading (Wiley Trading) in this article at Seeking Alpha. From Dr. Steenbarger: Prop trading firms have traditionally been quite secretive about what they do and how they do it. Mike has lifted that lid, offering a variety of lessons that … Read More
Traders Ask: Determining Your Stop
Dear Bella, Where would your stop loss be for the lot you added when the sellers won at 76? More importantly, how does one determine the right spot to place your stop loss or your “line in the sand”, so to speak? I also traded BIDU today and I had 76.50 and 76.00 marked as key levels. I missed my … Read More
SMB Trade of the Week- Important Technical Resistance Level Trade (BIDU)
Each week we share with you a trading pattern that we use consistently on our desk. Like most successful traders we have measured the win rate for this trade. In short we are giving you an intraday trading pattern that works. In this SMB Trade of the Week we will share an Important Long Term Technical Resistance Level Trade that … Read More
SMB Trade of the Week: A Resistance Trade (JPM)
Each week we share with you a trading pattern that we use consistently on our desk. Like most successful traders we have measured the win rate for this trade. In short we are giving you an intraday trading pattern that works. In this SMB Trade of the Week we will share with you a Resistance Trade in JP Morgan, stock … Read More
Traders Ask: How Do I Make Adjustments?
I received the following email from trader Angel: Hey Mike! I hope that my email finds you well. I have topic that may benefit some other readers as well. It’s about re-inventing the wheel. Back in april and early may I was trading very well. I had multiple $1,000 days and even a $3,000 day. However, when the volatility increased … Read More
SMB Trade of the Week: Visa
Watch SMB Trade of the Week, a Resistance Trade in V from Mike Bellafiore.
Traders Ask: How Do I Work on My Stubbornness?
I received the following email from reader Brent: Dear Bella, I have followed SMB Capital since WSW on Mojo and have been following the blog for several months now. I am impressed by the quality of content that you guys release and it has helped my trading greatly. I am a remote trader for a prop firm and have been … Read More
One Good Trade: Inside the Highly Competitive World of Proprietary Trading
Thank you all for your suggestions for my book title. There is so much more that goes into writing a book than writing the book. Choosing the best title is one such example. BTW if anyone has not figured out my title yet see the blog title above. The working title had been The Way of the Prop Trader: Tools … Read More