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SMB on StockTwitsTV

Earlier today, Steve appeared on StockTwitsTV to discuss the Market and the stocks in play for the day. Watch the clip below and feel free to leave your comments on this blog. SMB appears on StockTwits TV every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 12:30pm EST so be sure to tune in! Don't forget to follow us on Twitter!
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Trades of The Week

SMB Trade of the Week-MDT

Watch Mike Bellafiore in this short video discuss SMB's Trade of the Week. SMB's new video series for StockTwits TV first released exclusively on the iPad, details trading patterns that are consistently used on SMB's trading desk. Mike Bellafiore, partner at SMB Capital and author of One Good Trade: Inside the Highly Competitive World of Proprietary Trading (Wiley), discusses Shorting a Weak Stock Below Intraday Support in MDT. We hope you enjoy! Don't forget to ...
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SMB in the News

GMan Makes Wall St. Cheat Sheet’s Top 3 Traders Under 30

A special congratulations to GMan for making the Top 3 Traders Under 30 for the Wall St. Cheat Sheet.  After 8 months of due diligence, Wall St. Cheat Sheet selected only three elite traders who they feel standout within the trading community. GMan has proved his skills through the biggest equities crash since the Great Depression and was recently made Partner here at SMB. Expect great things from GMan in the future! Read the full story ...
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Trading Ideas

SMB Morning Rundown – September 2, 2010

Today, the Market appears set to open slightly higher. The levels we are watching in the SPY are 109.50 (resistance), 108.00 (support). Our best AM Idea for today, which we highlighted in our AM Meeting is to get long COST on a pullback to 57.85 with an upside target of 59.25. Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter.
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Traders Ask

Traders Ask: How Do You Record Your Trading Screens?

Reader John asked: Mike, I just got done reading your book and I loved it. I thought it was the best trading book I have read. I have been a full time prop trader for 6yrs. and read a lot of books and found yours extremely valuable and enjoyable. Your book spoke directly to me as a very active prop trader. Thanks. I am interested in recording my level 2 and screens in order ...
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Technical Plays

3 Pushes to end a trend: An important pattern illustrated in today’s market action

I tend to write from a more theoretical perspective in these blogs, but today's market action provides a few interesting lessons.  By way of background, I have not been happy with my trading performance over the past few months.  I am just not achieving the level of consistency in my intraday trading that I know is possible.   In response to the frustration I have been feeling, I have scaled back both the size and scope ...
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Trading Theory

3 Pushes to end a trend: An important pattern illustrated in today’s market action

I tend to write from a more theoretical perspective in these blogs, but today's market action provides a few interesting lessons.  By way of background, I have not been happy with my trading performance over the past few months.  I am just not achieving the level of consistency in my intraday trading that I know is possible.   In response to the frustration I have been feeling, I have scaled back both the size and scope ...
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Trading Psychology

3 Pushes to end a trend: An important pattern illustrated in today’s market action

I tend to write from a more theoretical perspective in these blogs, but today's market action provides a few interesting lessons.  By way of background, I have not been happy with my trading performance over the past few months.  I am just not achieving the level of consistency in my intraday trading that I know is possible.   In response to the frustration I have been feeling, I have scaled back both the size and scope ...
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Reading The Tape

First Ticks – Wrong Ticks

Sorry for not posting this past week, but I have been struggling with some thoughts and plans for this blog. I have a very ambitious plan that involves laying out a foundation for technical analysis, sharing the tools I have found useful over the years, and also showing how these can be used in real-time. However, I want to be sure that once I start this project, I can commit to carrying it ...
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Trader Development

3 Pushes to end a trend: An important pattern illustrated in today’s market action

I tend to write from a more theoretical perspective in these blogs, but today's market action provides a few interesting lessons.  By way of background, I have not been happy with my trading performance over the past few months.  I am just not achieving the level of consistency in my intraday trading that I know is possible.   In response to the frustration I have been feeling, I have scaled back both the size and scope ...
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Fundamental Plays

Major Market Sectors and Money Flows

I thought I would kick off the month, and my blogging at SMB, with a look at major market sectors and money flows between those sectors. I will also share an analytical tool I have found useful when trying to understand sector strength and rotation. Though there are a few competing standards, the market is traditionally broken down into 10 major sectors: Energy, Basic Materials, Financials, Consumer Discretionary, Consumer Staples, Technology, Telecom, Utilities, Health ...
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