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Traders Ask: How to Recognize Real Order Algos
Yesterday we received an inquiry from a reader regarding algos. Read the inquiry below: Hi. I have been trading for nine years now and one of my biggest strengths is tape reading. However, the algo programs are absurd these days. How does the Gman distinguish real buying from some program just market making a stock? Also, it seems like the programs are more in … Read More
GMan Makes Wall St. Cheat Sheet’s Top 3 Traders Under 30: Unveiling the Secrets
A special congratulations to Gman for making the Top 3 Traders Under 30 for the Wall St. Cheat Sheet.
Traders Ask: How Much Capital Do I Need to Trade?
I’ve lost tremendous amounts of money in various markets and I think that that’s something that makes you better at my job, not worse. Jim Cramer I received this email from reader Danielle. My sense is that our blog readers would have strong opinions that would help Danielle. So I open up this blog asking for your advice to Dan. … Read More
Traders Ask: How Do I Work on My Stubbornness?
I received the following email from reader Brent: Dear Bella, I have followed SMB Capital since WSW on Mojo and have been following the blog for several months now. I am impressed by the quality of content that you guys release and it has helped my trading greatly. I am a remote trader for a prop firm and have been … Read More
A Trader’s Mentality
I spent seven years with the firm where I began my trading career. Little did I know it at the time but I was surrounded by an unusually high number of very talented traders. One of the traits that they shared was an attitude that they would take out from the market as much money as they possibly could every … Read More
Learning From Other Traders
New traders at SMB can learn from themselves, their mentor and their peers. Here at SMB we have many guys that are obsessed with trading. Every chance we get, we talk about different plays, how we traded them, how much size we thought was reasonable, and how we could have traded that play differently. I want to highlight the importance … Read More