The Trading Quote of the Day has to be from this pro trader who sent me an e-mail about a point I made during a Webinar we did last night with BigMikeTrading. He wrote: We’re just a flea on (the) back of (an) elephant going for the ride. You can see the entire e-mail and its context below. Hey Mike, … Read More
Today: Webinar with Mike Bellafiore and Mike from BigMikeTrading.com
Join us for a special Webinar, “The Future of Trading: The Multi-market, Multi-product, Discretionary, Quant Trader”, with Mike Bellafiore and Mike from BigMikeTrading.com today, Tuesday, November 12 at 4:30pm ET. The topics of discussion are: * How pro traders are crystallizing their favorite setups * How pro traders are expressing their favorite setups in other products * How pro traders … Read More
EUR/USD Major Support?
The EUR/USD pair has been pulling back. The question is where can this pair bounce significantly? Marc Principato, CMT, Risk Disclaimer *No Relevant Positions
How Do We Improve This Trader’s Performance?
Hello Mike, I had a quick question for you: I’m currently experiencing a small draw down and was trying to formulate a plan on what are the steps I need to take going forward so that I can get back to being profitable. I came up with some questions I should ask myself and some actions I must take to … Read More
All Good Traders Must Have a Nickname
Mike Bellafiore, Hello. I want to say thank you for a wonderful book, One Good Trade! In Russia there is nothing like this book. I have not yet started trading, as do the study of the theory and the accumulation of money for shopping schea, but I’m sure that if I follow all the rules you set, it will reduce … Read More
A Profitable Weekly Options Trade in $MSFT
Almost five years ago two of the better traders ever trained by SMB asked for risk with longer term positions. We loved these guys and had all the confidence in their trading ability. After a period of huge gains the firm had had a particularly bad month and these two traders were not trading their intraday accounts well. Bad timing … Read More
It’s Okay to Get Upset While You Are Trading
So Dr. Menaker indicates if we can become self aware of our emotions we are much more likely to be able to control our actions/behavior and therefore minimize our mistakes. That made perfect sense but I wondered if a consistently profitable trader goes through the same emotions that the “less than” CPT goes through? Aren’t you and Steve simply much more confident than less successful traders? … Read More
The Reality of Trading
I thought today was probably my worst trading day of the year. It wasn’t about losing thousands of dollars. It was about my performance relative to the setups I had outlined prior to the market open and the ones identified intra-day. The largest error was in my $TSLA trading which I will outline below. I was in two other stocks … Read More