RIMM has been my favorite trading stock for the past year or so. I have blogged about trading it a few times already. On Friday it presented a phenomenal trading setup. A setup that I believe works over 70% of the time and offers a risk to reward of greater than 10:1. This setup does not occur that often but … Read More
What Gets Us Short
There is nothing that I have seen as I write to indicate that the market will next trade lower. Nothing. The market is an uptrend. WFC, GS, IBM, APPL, RIMM are leading the way. SPY finished near its high into the Close. There was old school buying into the close in WFC, the bids would not drop and continually stepped … Read More
What Will Make this Market Trade Lower?
That was some serious strength into the Close in the Financials. WFC, MS, and GS all finished at their highs. WFC was strong like a bull. The buying was relentless. And we saw something old school (not the movie) with bids not dropping, and then stepping higher, like back in the late 90’s. WFC was bought like YHOO in the … Read More
Bella Responds
1 ) Thank you for your posts. I was very impressed with the advice given. I am not sure what you all need me for anymore. Great work! 2 ) Mentoring a developing trader, even if you are also a developing trader, makes your own trading better. For those who shared their ideas I hope you recognize the value in … Read More
How Should I Respond?
I received the following email from a consistent reader of SMB Blog. As way of background, this developing trader is an accomplished musician. And when I say accomplished, I mean 10/10 randomly selected people would know who this gentleman plays with (but sorry we are not giving away this info). I would like to try something new on this blog. … Read More
Trader Mike, SMB, and DNDN
Trader Mike commented on a recent blog of mine with, “The other day when I linked to the SMB Capital DNDN post, I wondered why anybody would knowingly be involved in that stock ahead of news.” We enjoy Trader Mike’s blog so I promised Mike a response. Also, Adam at Daily Options Report, offered interesting commentary on this play. This … Read More
The Week That Was: April 27 – May 1, 2009
A very interesting week. The SPY continues to linger around just below the 88 level, consolidating near the highs. Tuesday’s action after the Fed announcement increased volatility, although we haven’t really gone anywhere. Wednesday morning, it looked like the bulls were regaining control of the tape, but were not able to close the week above the critical 88 level. One … Read More
All Trades Are Not Created Equal
On our desk newbies are taught to look for setups where they can risk one unit to make five. By constantly looking for these great risk/reward setups they can become consistently profitable. But there is something more important one needs to recognize in order to move to the “next level”. Traders must recognize that unlike people all trades are not … Read More
