In the video below, Michael Phelps’ coach, Bob Bowman, presents the Characteristics of Champions. As traders we can learn from this talk to help achieve our goals. Coach Bowman breaks down success into three steps: 1) Visualize your goal 2) Develop a plan/routine to achieve your goal 3) Execute on your plan What is your goal as trader? Make it … Read More
Is Reading the Tape still important?
Hi Mr. Bellafiore, I can start by saying this is a huge honor being able to write to a legend as yourself in the world of stock market trading. I read your book One Good Trade and am on the way to reading The PlayBook which are hugely influential course materials on the subject matter of trading as I’m … Read More
Revealing Our Insights: What We Have Learned from Mentoring/Coaching Traders
Our firm in NYC has focused on training new traders to consistently profitable and then high performing trader over the past decade. Here is what we have learned mentoring and coaching traders: Develop a Growth Mindset- Shark is one of our most successful traders we have trained from new trader to consistently profitable trader and then high performing trader. Each … Read More
A West Coast Story on Journaling
Hi Mike–I listened to your video regarding the trader that was having issues journaling. I solved that same issue by typing onto the chart itself – – the reasons why I bought and sold at the exact point of entry and exit. As you know, Tradestation can pinpoint the exact point of entry and exit if you turn on that … Read More
Taking that next step forward in your trading with sizing
I sit in a unique seat in the trading community. For the past decade, I have trained traders from new to consistently profitable or failed trader. As the author of two trading books, gratefully many reach out to me sharing their trading challenges and triumphs with the why and how. What I do in my writing is share my observations … Read More
How this trader improved
I was chatting in the hallway at our firm in NYC, with a developing trader who was verbally proud of his improvement on that day. He was really proud. I asked him what progress he had made and how. In detail, he offered his improvement. When he was done, I asked him to memorialize the improvement in an email to … Read More
A trading journal that works for you
I trade intraday futures by reading the tape and looking at historically significant price action levels. I start to really get a feel for the process, but I still trade only one future until the process is internalized. To be able to assess myself I keep a detailed journal where I fill in trade information (entry, exit etc.) and trading … Read More
How Short Term Traders Use Catalysts
In this video I discuss how price action following a significant piece of news helps to determine a trading bias. Steven Spencer is the co-founder of SMB Capital and SMB University which provides trading education in stocks, options, forex and futures. He has traded professionally for 19 years. His email address is: [email protected]. No relevant positions