In this 1 minute video Steve explains his thought process with respect to trading CAT when the market opens. Key levels are discussed with price targets. In this 2 minute video Steve discusses recent price action in the SPY and key levels to watch in the next few days. Steven Spencer is the co-founder of SMB Capital and SMB University … Read More
December’s $RUT Bearish Butterfly Trade
One of my favorite options spread trades is the Bearish Butterfly. I developed this trade a number of years ago in recognition of the fact that no matter how much the market may rally, it will eventually experience pullbacks. So an options spread trade, developed to take advantage of these periodic pullbacks should work in most market scenarios. In the … Read More
Forex trade of the week
A key point in the EUR/CHF trade was when the price fractured the areas of support, which are identified by the Fibonacci retracement at level .618 % at an approximate price of 1.2800. Once those areas have been breached, we expect the trend to be lower than the previous minimums, but in turn, the price increases producing up trends. This … Read More
“One Good Trade” Review by Jeff White
Jeff White of The Stock Bandit Trading Blog recently reviewed Mike Bellafiore’s book One Good Trade: Inside the Highly Competitive World of Proprietary Trading.
The Money Trade
This is the setup that has offered the highest win rate intraday since the beginning of October and the greatest risk/reward ratio. It is the setup that I chose to write about in a very cool trading book that will be released in 2011 and I discussed it last week in Vegas during our tape reading/intraday swing lecture. The Criteria: … Read More
And The Real Reason For That Losing Trade Was……..?
Look at the chart above. Say you shorted RIMM below 45 and got stopped out at 45.16, develop a reason for this loss and then continue reading. Ok great to have you back with us. Today during a teaching session Bad A$$ Mike shared a trade he made on the Open getting short RIMM below 45. Steve whispered in … Read More
SMB Trade of the Week-MDT
Watch Mike Bellafiore in this short video discuss SMB’s Trade of the Week. SMB’s new video series for StockTwits TV first released exclusively on the iPad, details trading patterns that are consistently used on SMB’s trading desk. Mike Bellafiore, partner at SMB Capital and author of One Good Trade: Inside the Highly Competitive World of Proprietary Trading (Wiley), discusses Shorting … Read More
My Book is Sold Out: A Social Media Tale
My book One Good Trade is sold out. This took three weeks. A rush reprint will be underway soon. Save a few exceptions, it is now only available on the Kindle. I was told, “This has never happened before with a trading book.” This is a social media tale. I considered hiring a PR firm to rep my book before … Read More