Mike Bellafiore, author of the “trading classic” One Good Trade and The PlayBook, analyzes a trade in $COH for the SMB College Student Training Program on causal Friday at the firm. This 2nd Day Play in $COH had some traders on edge but the real trade was letting $COH do what it wanted to do below the 34.85 level that developed. As always, we … Read More
SMB Trading Tip of the Week: Discover the Information in the Counter Move $LULU
Mike Bellafiore, author of the “trading classic” One Good Trade and The PlayBook, offers the SMBU Trading Tip of the Week using a recent trade in $LULU. There is information to be discovered in the moves counter to the direction of your trade that can foreshadow where the stock is headed. This quick tip might help you gain confidence to get bigger in … Read More
SMB U Trading Lesson of the Day: How to Gain Trading Confidence
Mike Bellafiore, author of the “trading classic” One Good Trade and The PlayBook, talks about a SMB Trading Lesson of the Day on how to gain trading confidence. A trader from the SMB trading community reached out to Bella seeking advice for ways he could extinguish his trading fears. As a new trader Nicolas wasn’t able to actualize his trading … Read More
SMB U Trading Lesson of the Week: When to Exit Winning Trades
Mike Bellafiore, author of the “trading classic” One Good Trade and The PlayBook, talks about a SMB Trading Lesson of the Week on when to exit winning trades. Mike discusses a situation where a trader thought he needed a trading psychologist. Turns out it was just an issue with his trading strategy. Enjoy the video! You can be better tomorrow … Read More
SMB U Trading Lesson of the Week: Position Sizing in $CCL
Mike Bellafiore, author of the “trading classic” One Good Trade and The PlayBook, talks about a SMB Trading Lesson of the Week in $CCL. Mike discusses the various trading scenarios and how your position sizing would have changed under different market circumstances. Enjoy the video! You can be better tomorrow than you are today! Mike Bellafiore One Good Trade The … Read More
SMB Trade of the Week: PLUG
Mike Bellafiore, author of the “trading classic” One Good Trade and The PlayBook, talks about his SMB Trade of the Week in $PLUG. This stock was highly in-play this past week, presenting some great trading action which the desk was able to take advantage of. Highlights from this trade: 1) There were many variables involved in this trade – the big picture, technicals, … Read More
Trading’s Anomaly
Mike Bellafiore, co-founder of SMB Capital, spoke to students at Pace University about trading and the need to start early while they’re in college if they want to get an edge in trading. Mike explains the anomaly in trading: just because you can walk on the field of trading doesn’t mean you should do it. Enjoy the video! You can … Read More
What Comes Next for the Profitable Trader?
Hello again, Mike. I have a couple questions for you. First question: How do I overcome psyching myself out of the layups? I’m working to overcome an interesting challenge. I’m faking myself out of trades, or not taking them because they seem too obvious. It’s right on the boundary between a) trading my plan and taking my signals and b) … Read More