You have always wanted to trade for a living. You don’t want a boss. You want unlimited upside with your income. You don’t want your pay determined by office politics. You want to be paid based on what you are worth and what you produce. You love figuring out the daily puzzle that is the market. You love trading. The … Read More
Weekend learning lessons for traders from the prop desk – November 9, 2019
Surprising advice from a Senior Trader (critical to your success) Improve your edge (or gain one) with this overall market analysis technique An introduction to how we use Tape Reading to make profitable trades (Twitter) Ten things I wish I knew before I started trading options Everything you NEED to know before placing a trade (assuming you don’t want to … Read More
Everything you need to know before you place a trade in a stock (assuming you want to become a successful trader)
We were in our training room in Midtown Manhattan during our 11AM mentoring session, reviewing TSLA from the opening session. Kinda a big trading opportunity for those following markets lately. One new trader had traded it, but not particularly well. I asked him why he chose TSLA. And he rattled off what he thought was the news catalyst in the … Read More
Some Answers on Risk/Reward, Stock Selection, and Time Frame
Hey Mr. Spencer. I was a participant in the SMB-U webinar on Tuesday morning and I have some clarifying questions I hope you could answer. 1. You discussed the importance of only trading securities with 1/5 risk reward. I understand the concept, but I’m not sure I understand how those levels are quantified. What I thought was being said was … Read More
Trading Lesson: Finding The Best Trading Opportunities
Every morning I create a written game plan with 8-10 stocks that I believe will offer the best risk/reward trading setups. The game plan is divided into two categories: Fresh News/In Play Stocks and Second Day/Technical Plays. As I was creating today’s game plan I began to feel a small level of anxiety as I wondered how to hone in on … Read More
How Do You Find The Best Stocks to Trade?
Hi Mike… quick question…. while your probably constantly reevaluating throughout the day, would you say its common for SMB to come up with another set of “in play stocks” for afternoon trading, or do you tend to stick with the original ideas from the morning? thanks for all your advice and thoughts. @mikebellafiore 1. We are experts in choosing the … Read More
Which is the Better Stock to Trade? (Part II)
Yesterday we asked which was the better stock to focus on into the close: RIMM or MOS. We asked readers to start at the 3:15PM mark and offer their opinions. This was a real life stock selection decision to be made into the close. Some of our guys were more focused on MOS or even V and not so much RIMM. … Read More
The key to my day today: stock selection
The key to my day today: stock selection. It was pretty clear this morning that the action was going to be in the financials that had announced secondary stock offerings. JPM, STI, AXP, and MS all sold stock to the general public so they could pay back the TARP money and get the gov out of their hair. In our … Read More