Listen to this trading interview with Bella on Blog Talk Radio hosted by Aleksander Danilov of Solutionsology.com by clicking this link here. Bella discusses: 1) Why he wrote The PlayBook 2) Process: How The PlayBook and the SMBU Performance Center powered by Tradervue helps traders develop a process where they can build from their strengths. 3) Following like-mind traders on … Read More
SMBU’s Top Ten Trading Blog Posts of 2013
SMBU’s Top Ten trading blog posts for 2013: The Failure Rate of a Proprietary Trader The Opportunity for a Prop Trader Lessons Learned From a Million Dollar Loser What I Learned From the Best Trader at Citibank Ten Takeaways From a Top Trading Coach Do You Have a System to Identify and Trade Breakouts? Ten Ideas for Creating a Good … Read More
Intraday Trading Principle
Basic Principle: If a stock moves quickly in either direction accompanied by a huge surge in volume then all trades placed in that stock should be made on the side of the initial move. Examples: MON (11/9/09) TIVO (3/4/10) (5/14/10) V (6/21/10) GS (4/16/10) (7/15/10) BP (6/9/10)
A Day on the Street
SMB offers the very best intraday equities training program on the Street. We meet hundreds of college students seeking an invitation from our desk. And many ask what it is like to trade with us. Before anyone is asked to accept an invitation we mandate that a candidate meet with traders on our desk. A candidate may ask any question … Read More
Learning from “Outliers”
One of the great lessons of trading is how little you know. You must constantly learn. I have to admit I didn’t quite understand what a credit swap was till recently. I was in an interview with a very bright young woman who explained to me what she did as a credit derivatives trader. I didn’t get the whole thing … Read More
Insanity
One of our new traders got ripped by a Senior Trader on our desk in the email below. I thought all of this was awesome. I loved that the new trader sought some extra help. And the advice given was spot on. As a mentor it is our job to tell the new trader the truth. Further, there are a … Read More
Last Week of August 08
The last week in August is the worst trading week of the year. Our desk is instructed to take off during this month. Many were away this past week. And many will be away this week. I will be trading. My vacation will start next week. Steve gets this week off and I get the next. But there are some things … Read More
Modeling Career
I would like to take this opportunity to officially announce my retirement from modeling. Well let me modify that statement. I will not model another day unless I get paid 10k. Ok now that makes more sense. So Steve and I were asked by Trader Monthly to do a shoot for an article they are writing about SMB Capital. The … Read More
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