I received this email last night about an excellent risk/reward opportunity in PM. The SMB Reader below is asking all the right questions. But I ask you for a fun exercise. Where would you have sold? Hello mr. Bellafiore, Thank you very much for sharing your trades and ideas in SMB blog. I am reading it every day and it … Read More
One Good Trade ($PLCM)
I struggled with RVBD. I struggled in LRCX. Same with CREE. And ABT. And BAX. My EBAY trade did not work out as I expected. Nor CRUS. I was sitting in my office a few minutes ago talking to a frustrated mentee saying: “I cannot seem to make money in anything.” “Others around me seem to be making money except … Read More
The Inner Voice of Trading by Michael Martin
I have been anticipating the release of The Inner Voice of Trading for months now. In full disclosure Michael Martin is a friend of mine and I endorsed this project on the back cover. Also, Steve Spencer and I were interviewed for the book. With that out of the way my anticipation stirred mostly because this was a book from … Read More
The Hunted
“They’re just hunting for stops!” says a frustrated trader as a position once in the money is now stopped out. I have been hearing this a lot on our trading desk. I heard GMan say it this open. I know I was thinking it last night. Definitely heard some guys who sit near me trumpeting this wall street cliche. We … Read More
Do You Learn as Much as This Trader Did Last Week?
The author below is quickly becoming one of my new mentees to watch. As a student of elite performance there is so much right about this email. The work. The concentration on improvement. The self-reflection. The detail to his learning. The depth of it. New and developing trades too often seek to copy the trades of that big trader. It … Read More
The Inner Voice of Trading (an excerpt)
Steve and I have both read and are in the excellent new book from Michael Martin, The Inner Voice of Trading. Below is an excerpt that FT Press was gracious enough to share with our readers. We have been tweeting about this book of late. The Inner Voice of Trading has started with terrific reviews here. Last week it cracked … Read More
Free Webinar 10/6: Your PlayBook- Setups that you can make your own
Join us this Thursday for a free webinar with Mike Bellafiore, author of the “trading classic” One Good Trade at 4:15 PM EST. Mike will discuss some trading set ups that you can make your own. More importantly he will focus on the proper thought process for such trading plays. Questions from attendees will be answered at the end of … Read More
Making Decisions How to Enter on MOS
A guest post from an SMB trainee, TO: Bella has the entire floor working on their Playbooks on a daily basis, in order to take internalize our best plays. Here is one of my plays on MOS last week. 1. Big Picture: The SPY’s were in an intraday downtrend in the 116’s and next support was 115. 2. Intraday Fundamentals: … Read More