Becoming Attractive to Prop Trading Firms: Insights from Stockbee Blogspot

BellaMike Bellafiore's (Bella's) Blogs, Traders Ask10 Comments

Dear Mr. Bellafiore, I just finished your book while on vacation in Cabo this week and was blown away. For the last several years I have wanted to get into trading professionally, but couldn’t make the move because I was not sure there was a system for learning and coaching that would help me get better, not just follow what the “superstars” … Read More

What do all successful traders have in common?

Seth FreudbergGeneral Comments, Options Education, Seth Freudberg's Blogs, SMB Fundamentals, Trading Psychology16 Comments

In the summer of 2010,  I traveled to Manhattan from my home in Philadelphia to meet with Roy Davis of  SMB Capital for the purpose of checking out  SMB’s    intraday  equities training program. While I am an income options spread trader myself,  my premise was that  intraday equities trading and options income trading  were not at all mutually exclusive … Read More

The Weekend Review

BellaMike Bellafiore's (Bella's) Blogs1 Comment

A terrific exercise for traders is The Weekend Review.  I received an example from one of our traders and thought it could offer some ideas for readers interested in starting or improving their Weekend Review. Over the weekend I went over my results for February. Lack of discipline in hitting out of my stocks, being stubborn, and breaking my own trading rules … Read More