Mike, I’ve been lately having a hard time executing my trades properly. I find the setups, my analysis is correct, yet myfingers don’t follow up with my brain! I wrote a blog post about it, and reach out to you to tell me what you think could be done. http://bit.ly/gtTprL Hopefully you’ll have time to look at it and perhaps … Read More
Traders Ask: Was I a Wuss?
Hey Mike And Steve, I had a question for you guys about risk and how you guys manage it psychologically. For some reason, when trading on my Lightspeed Platform, my risk tolerance shrinks, and I punch out of stocks way to early or cannot sit through pullbacks when a stock goes negative on me. I get nervous it will just fall out of … Read More
Getting Back into Trading Shape
I have lost my feel for the market while being away for the past two weeks- pre-wedding, wedding, honeymoon. I sit with a terrible case of jet lag, disconnected from the markets, and out-0f-shape trading skills. I am sure many used last week to catch up with family and friends, rest, and truncated your trading week. For me two days … Read More
Traders Ask: How Do You Get Hired as a Trader?
Hello Mike B. Great book I must say. Very inspiring. Thank you for the quick response. I must ask though since you are the co-founder of SMB what should I do in school (academics to increase my chances of employment at SMB? I know from reading your book that HR pretty much decides if they want to interview an applicant so I have … Read More
SMB Trade of the Day (RIMM)
Spencer was chirping to watch RIMM. It traded in a range between 56.40 and 56.80 after showing some strength on the open. I bought a pullback to 56.61. Spencer remarked,”You just bought in the middle of the range.” These words were innocuous on their face but he meant: WTF is wrong with you jackass. Buy 41c or 81c or do … Read More
Trade the Trader: Book Review
Quint Tatro’s Trade the Trader is a book that delivers something different and unique to the trading literature. It’s a book of insight and value for the trading community and a work written by a pro’s pro for future pro’s pros. Thank you, Q! So what’s inside? Q shines a light on the differences between anticipatory and reactionary trading, weighing the … Read More
Traders Ask: Flat B4 Macro Events?
Question: Last week I went flat to cash in anticipation of the election, FOMC, and monthly jobs report. What a bad week not to be long. Do you consider broad, macro events like the FOMC, monthly jobs reports, Chicago PMI, consumer sentiment numbers etc. etc. in deciding whether to buy, hold, or sell positions? Do you ignore these macro events and … Read More
I Have Had Better Trading Days
Well I have had better trading days. I traded RIG on a breakout to the longside. Drop out, stopped out, ripper. I gotshort AKAM on the breakdown. Buy the new low program, squeeze, stops triggered, ripper. RIG broke to the upside again, I got real long, reversal, ripper. I got long AKAM after a reversal, very long, reversal, then ripper. … Read More