So you are ready to take trading seriously. You’ve setup your trading station. You have read some books and watched some trading videos. You have saved the capital needed. You have the time to work on your trading game. You know it will take some time to become good. Trading is what you want to do. Awesome! I love it. … Read More
How to end your trading frustration by actually profiting on your awesome trading ideas
You develop an idea before the open. No, you develop an awesome trading idea before the open. You wait for the entry and take it. You get stopped out. And then the stock does EXACTLY what you thought it would. So this is the part where some would tell you to be calm and “trade in the zone”. Who are … Read More
Weekend learning lessons for traders from the prop desk – November 10, 2019
I have been off the grid the end of this week and weekend, attending Tony Robbins’ Unlease the Power Within. I found Tony’s priming technique particularly useful to add as a strategy for myself. A constant theme at the seminar was “no one ever became great without a coach, mentor or teacher.” This would be true for all the top … Read More
Minimizing Damage on Your Worst Trading Days: 5 Ideas to Keep Your Trades on Track
Hi Mike, I’m a DNA member and really enjoyed your book One Good Trade. I have a problem’s with about 5-6 days a year that are big loses. Really hurting my annual results. Thoughts on best practices….Do you recommend a platform that will cut me off? Thoughts? @MikeBellafiore Recently, I asked one our consistently profitable traders his plan to make … Read More
Weekend learnings lessons for traders from our trading desk
You are a developing trader aspiring to be an elite trader. They have it all figured out you think. You can’t wait to acheive their level of success so you can stop worrying about all the nonsense in your trading, all the terrible trading in your trading. I am furtunate to coach elite traders at our firm and a select … Read More
Weekend learning lessons for traders to improve your trading
You want to start improving as a trader, but you are not sure how to. And the weekend is a perfect opportunity for you to work on improving your trading, but you are not sure where to start. Moreover, the market has been extra volatile this past week and you are not sure how to attack it responsibly. You know … Read More
Mastering Position Sizing: Key to Growing Your Trading Account
You make a great trade, but then lament that your trading position was too small. You take a loss on a trade, and then grieve that your trading position was too big. If you could just get your position sizing right, then you could start making significant profits. Then you could have a realistic chance to become a CPT- Consistently … Read More