I am in Sydney on business, meeting with trading firms and traders. Yesterday, I had the opportunity to stand (literally) with Austin Mitchum, @AustinMitchyblu, and observe/participate in his trading of ASX equities. I thought I would share a few observations. 1. One Good Trade Somebody coined this phrase somewhere or wrote a book about it. Strikes me as genius, so … Read More
Elevating Your Trading Performance: 9 Ideas from Yearly Reviews on the Desk
At the start of year, our firm meets with our traders to review their goals for 2019. We trade in teams so we meet in teams. Each trader goes over their goals before their Team Leader and other teammates. Our Floor Manager, Dr. Steenbarger and I participate and offer feedback. Let’s give you an inside look into what we … Read More
Weekend learnings lessons from our trading desk
The weekend is an opportunity to improve as a trader, so let’s get to that with some ideas for you, The quote stuck in my head, repeated often on the desk to our traders, and that can help you is: “Effective best practices turned into habit will drive your trading progress in 2019!”- Mike Bellafiore, SMB Capital Here is a … Read More
Weekend Learning: Lessons from Our Prop Desk to Amplify Your Trading Skills
“Grow or die.” Phil Knight- Co-Founder of Nike As we start the new year, developing good habits is essential to improving your trading performance this year. One excellent habit to develop is working on your trading game on the weekend. Here we try and help you with that with trading education and ideas to improve for you below. We try … Read More
Gain exposure to multiple setups with edge
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