One of our very bright new traders asked to chat about trade psychology. He feared his needed help and wanted to seek my advice on a trading psychology coach. Many of our traders work with psychology coaches. The results are often very positive. I asked the trader to stop by my office for a chat to see if his issues … Read More
SMB Trade of the Week: PLUG
Mike Bellafiore, author of the “trading classic” One Good Trade and The PlayBook, talks about his SMB Trade of the Week in $PLUG. This stock was highly in-play this past week, presenting some great trading action which the desk was able to take advantage of. Highlights from this trade: 1) There were many variables involved in this trade – the big picture, technicals, … Read More
Trade Commentary: Is Ciena in the Early Stages of a Bigger Move?
In this short clip from Friday’s AM Meeting I discuss why I’m looking to build a long position in CIEN. Being on the lookout for stocks that have enormous longer term upside are what helped me focus fairly early on FSLR, GMCR, NFLX in late 2012 and CREE in 2013. Steven Spencer is the co-founder of SMB Capital and SMB … Read More
The Importance of a Well-Thought-Out Trade Plan
Have you watched “Star Trek: The Next Generation”? One of my favorite episodes is when the Enterprise gets into a battle with The Borg. The USS Enterprise is getting hammered. Fires are breaking out, sparks are flying everywhere and people are running around screaming. Then there’s the Captain Picard, sitting in the Captains chair, confidently doing the tasks that will … Read More
Trade Review: Student Trade in the S&P 500
In this segment, Marc Principato, CMT reviews a trade in the S&P 500 CFD that was initiated by one of our top students. The trade is based on a pattern from our unconventional methodology. What have you learned by watching? — Marc Principato, CMT Risk Disclaimer *No Relevant Positions Click here for a free trial of our chatroom
Can You Momentum Trade Oil Like Our Trainee?
Our trainee Petr takes a momentum trade in the WTI cdf and makes 5:1 RR. Can you trade like this? Subscribe: http://bit.ly/utraderyt Help me write my book: http://www.unconventionaltrader.com Training Info: http://www.bit.ly/smbhome My analysis on TradingView.com: http://bit.ly/tviewprfle Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/marcpmarkets Webinar and Trade Review Archive: http://bit.ly/archpge Marc Principato, CMT Risk Disclaimer *No Relevant Positions
A Fireman’s 2nd Day Trend Trend Trade (FSLR)
We received this e-mail from an SMBU Blog reader. We hope you enjoy. So I had my first PlayBook trade today (that is, an A+ setup that I had previously seen and wrote a detailed Playbook entry for and now I actually traded it …) The trade was a Second Day Play with Trend Trend characteristics that breaks out over pre-market … Read More
Mastering Trade Execution: Unlocking VWAP and Independent Order Flow Principles
During our SMB Midday Recap Bella taught: 1) A trading execution principle for stocks that break out. 2) How to make a second-day VWAP support play in $CAT by doing the exact opposite of what he did. 3) An example of the best stocks to trade for intraday traders—those with independent order flow. $FIO was used as an example of a … Read More