Hi Mike, First of all, I want to thank you for being such a great mentor. I’ve learned so much by reading SMB Capital blogs. I’m currently working a full time job as a Mechanical engineer and have taken trading four years ago, fascinated by this machine we call Mr Market. Obviously due to my day time job, I consider … Read More
StockTwits Suggested–$DECK
The lifeblood of a trading desk is the flow of relevant factual trading information. We spend time training our traders from Day 1 on how to gather and share information so we can all make more money. We build tools that pump out important information on In Play names all day. We have a chat room where traders can share … Read More
The happier Toronto trader
I am an hour away from my presentation at Quant Invest Canada and instead of preparing I thought I would share some thoughts from a few meetings with Canadian traders with whom I met. I take the Coach K approach to presentations. If you cannot get up there and speak on a subject without notes then they probably should not … Read More
Bon voyage to Paris to become a better trader
Bojour. I am flying through some nasty turbulence from southern France to Paris to catch my connecting flight back to NYC. I land, drop off our bags and my wife, grab a few hours of sleep and then head back to the airport for a flight to Toronto. I am the chairman and a presenter at Quant Invest Canada 2012 … Read More
Our markets are broken but still the world’s best
Bonjour. As I write I am flying from Paris, the most beautiful city I have ever seen, to the French countryside for a chateau wedding. Since there is no gogo internet access on the flight and I am sans iPad I thought I would share a story about a future trader I lunched with in Paris. Perhaps some will see … Read More
What is Your Advice for Trading Success?
Bonjour! During some down time in Paris I met with an FX trader and later a broker who wanted to be a trader. Both spoke English but admittedly not as well as they would have liked. At times it was difficult to communicate. When we got really stuck I just wrote down my major points in English and let them … Read More
How do I re-enter after a winning trade?
Hey Mike, How are you doing? How is the progress of your new book (‘One good playbook?’)? Haha. I am looking forward to read it already. I am currently ‘live’ for about a month now, and my results are inconsistent thus far. I have some questions for you. I realised i have a problem when doing a trend play, and i … Read More
A Note to Traders on the Absence of Liquidity
SMB Traders, The last two trading days have been the worst liquidity I have ever seen. Obviously the huffiness on the desk is high. IMO is should be. I have not been this mad on a desk in three years myself trading this ridiculous market. The market is broken. And some of these moves are absurd. Having said that GMan was still … Read More