hi mike, I have been following your terrific blog for a few months and have just finished reading your book. The book was refreshingly different and very instructive -especially the chapter on reading the tape.And the questions you have recently answered in your blog about age[I’m 50 plus andwant to be a full time trader] and finding stocks in play … Read More
Traders Ask: Scalp or Bigger Move?
Bella, I have question about getting in front of a big order. I’ll use GOOG as the instrument. Suppose 600 is a major technical level, and GOOG has been trading around it for 1 hour. A big bid comes at 600.10. The next several bids are small sizes at 599.75 or below. Let’s say GOOG is trading at 600.10/600.20. Now I … Read More
Traders Ask- How Do I Gain and Edge Trading Midday? (And thoughts from Vegas)
Hey Bella, Big fan of the SMB Blog and have been trading for about a year now. I engulf myself in as much helpful and educational trading literature but seem to struggle figuring out afternoon trading. My style is that I only follow and trade the same couple stocks every single trading day. These stocks typically have small gap moves … Read More
Traders Ask: Should I Have a Max Give-Back Rule?
Hey Bella, How is everything? I have a question for you. I have this one problem (amongst many others) that I am having a tough time overcoming. Whenever I make a few good trades on the open and I have a nice P&L for the day I sit there the rest of the day and force trades and give back … Read More
Combinatorial Explosion- A Trader’s Hurdle
So you are a discretionary trader and a friend sends you a link to an awesome blog post where a world-famous trading teacher shares how to trade a Support Play. Excited you watch as the charismatic guru walks you through his system for trading this set up. He is an excellent communicator, has a solid trading track record and you … Read More
From Bad to Great- A Trader’s Steps to Improve Performance (Examples)
Yesterday we blogged how one of our underperforming traders improved his results. Some of our Readers asked for examples and our trader obliged: Hey Bella, I’ve attached 2 charts – one breakout trade of SLB on 9/29 (10min candle chart) and one breakdown trade of AEM on 9/21(15min candle chart). The line on both charts indicates high/low for previous day. … Read More
Gaining an Edge: The Importance of Using Statistics in Your Trading
I received this email from a reader, excellent developing trader, and potential future trading star. It needs no editing and has awesome value to traders. SMB Chop Tracker Bella, Came across this article that I thought you might like. It’s written by one of my brother’s poker friends. This guy happens to be one of the best NBA sports bettors … Read More
From Bad to Great: a Trader’s Steps to Improve Performance
One of our traders went from flagged for underperformance, to Most Improved, to one of our better traders. How did he do this? Hey Bella, One of the things that has really helped me has been going back and studying the charts of all of my winning trades and finding similarities in the chart patterns and taking a … Read More