I found this blog post about @smbcapital on Twitter. Is he getting hired? TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 2011 My unprepared interview with SMB This is my second time in New York but the first time to actually took the time to look around. It is one of the most fascinating city I been to. I feel like everybody walks with a … Read More
The Direction AND the Pattern
“I should have set a wider stop.” “I am such a wuss. I didn’t give my stock enough room.” “Bella, where should I have set my stop so I didn’t get shaken out of that trade?” In Steve’s office we were looking at the results in JBL. JBL had been discussed in the AM Meeting. Lots were long but maybe … Read More
Is the Market Slower and Easier than You Think?
I sit overlooking the Gulf of Mexico, after two cartoons of watermelon and a long morning run. In the middle of a family commitment I am on a non-vacation vacation. Tim Ferris would not be so happy with me as I have started my eating with fructose overload. One of my new favorite guys ripped off an email to me last … Read More
Grit: The Better Measure of Potential Success
Jonah Lehrer of The Frontal Cortex shared some important new research on the importance of grit. We can use his thoughts to help us become better traders. The second takeaway involves the growing recognition of “non-cognitive” skills like grit and self-control. While such traits have little or nothing to do with intelligence (as measured by IQ scores), they often explain … Read More
How Many of These Trades are in your Quiver? (CCJ)
We all see the screens differently. However we all must see the screens as patterns of risk/reward opportunities that we can make our own. Below are 7 trades I might make in CCJ. Do you see your screens this way? 1) Premarket Breakdown Trade Play the downside momentum until the stocks slows. 2) The Bounce Let CCJ stop going down, … Read More
You Ask I Answer
Hi Bella: Hey young fella. Thanks very much for putting some much valuable material on your blog and website. Thxs for following us. Although I didn’t receive the opportunity of a summer internship with SMB, your website certainly provides quite a learning experience for me. Freakin SMB HR! I especially appreciate your classroom style of challenging your trainees to prepare for more … Read More
Using a Premarket Level (FNSR)
Not all levels are created equal. With all these technical indicators it seems that every ten cents could be a level. When we ask our guys to discuss levels we ask: on a scale of one to ten how important is that level? When we find important levels we expect a battle, and then for stocks to move away from … Read More
Traders Ask- Doubling Down Bella?
In One Good Trade I offered this example of a RIMM trade: Today I got this email from SMBer Terry: Hello Mr. Bellafiore, I just have a quick question about adding size to a short in a weak stock that is working against you. In your book, you reference a play in RIMM around the level of 82. The play … Read More