As a trading mentor, I speak to many up and coming traders who are looking for guidance. There are a number of things that I ask to gauge where the trader is in their learning curve. One of the main pieces of information that I like to learn about a trader is what strategy or strategies are they executing within … Read More
Proper position sizing for your trading
Bella, I want to start off by thanking you for all of the material you present through your blog and your book. I look forward to your next book, I already have it pre-ordered on Amazon. I feel like I get more educational material from the SMB Blog than I get from my own prop firm in Chicago. I started … Read More
Where and How to Buy KBH
So KBH outperformed the market yesterday. There were many tweets on @stocktwits asking where and how to buy. This chart below gives you an entry to consider. It was produced by an SMB Trader and sent to his desk with the simple message: ” add this picture to your playbook. memorize this pattern. KBH @ 14.28.” We call this a … Read More
Do not miss 2nd Day Plays
During a midday Tradecast I said, “You do not want to miss 2nd Day Plays.” These are the easiest set ups for new traders. Essentially a 2nd Day Trade uses the most important prices from Day 1 of when a stock was In Play. So if a stock reported, what were the most important prices from that Day 1? The … Read More
A Note to Traders on the Absence of Liquidity
SMB Traders, The last two trading days have been the worst liquidity I have ever seen. Obviously the huffiness on the desk is high. IMO is should be. I have not been this mad on a desk in three years myself trading this ridiculous market. The market is broken. And some of these moves are absurd. Having said that GMan was still … Read More
The Opportunity for a Prop Trader
@DynamicHedge wrote a must-read piece recently that went viral, “Letters to a Young Trader”, in which along with buckets of awesome advice he also asserted prop trading shops are dying. This is true. But this is not the same as prop trading is dead and/or ALL prop shops are dying. That would not be correct. The author never stated this but … Read More
The Opening Drive Play (UA)
I was watching UA on the open and I wanted to write up this drive because I feel like I’m a bit more comfortable with the slower setups in a trending environment. On the open the timing windows are shorter, the price movements are more whippy, and at the moment it’s generally more difficult for me to control my risk … Read More
Overcoming Your Psychological Issues as a Trader (a Case Study)
Here is a case study on one SMB Trader struggling with his psychology. I’m sure many readers have experienced the same struggles. We end with a plan to solve this psychological issue for this trader. SMB TRADER: I’m really disappointed. This was bad. Probably the most disappointed I have been in myself in a long time. There’s no reason, no excuse, … Read More