The volume is light today. This was expected the day before Thanksgiving. For those of us who made it into work we need a game plan for these lighter volume sessions. There is some money to be made but there is more money to be lost with poor trading decisions. Some ideas: 1) Decrease your tier size. If normally 1000 … Read More
SMB Morning Rundown for November 25, 2009
Today, the Market appears set to open higher after a a number of positive economic reports were released. Pre-Market, the SPY failed at the recent 111.60 resistance level. The levels we are watching in the SPY today are 111.60 for resistance and 110.80 for support. Below 110.80, we expect a move down to 110.50. Below 110.50, the next support level … Read More
Focus on The Fundamentals
Wouldn’t it be great if every day you could turn on your trading platform at 9:25AM, quickly type up a few stocks, and then start trading the Open? Woudn’t it be great if every day you could buy/short 5,000 shares at some great technical level and cash out for 10K by 10:00AM? Wouldn’t it be great if the stocks you … Read More
The Trades of a Professional Intraday Proprietary Trader- CEPH
Last night one our traders Senor Social Media fired off a question about the blog I wrote. “Bella I thought you mentioned that CEPH was a long at 54.50 on the trading floor?” It was. The trade I outlined in my blog was an A trade. There were many other trades that I did not discuss in last night’s blog … Read More
SMB Morning Rundown for November 24, 2009
Today, the Market appears set to open slightly higher. The levels we are watching in the SPY are 110.70 for support and 111.60 for resistance. If we start holding above 111.60, we could see SPY 112+. If we start holding below 110.70, the next major support level is SPY 110.00. Our best AM Idea for today, which we highlighted in … Read More
Making Adjustments
As traders, it is our job to adapt to changing markets. No strategy or system works forever. And while there are certain trading fundamentals that will always be relevant (i.e., discipline, patience, proper preparation), we always to need to be cultivating our edge and looking for new ways to make money. Below is a quick rundown of three shifts I’m … Read More
An A Trading Set up
So we have all these uber smart guys walking around our desks at SMB. And they are always asking for more. “Bella how about a review of the best set ups of the month?” Steve is doing that as I write. I already have learned these set ups so I get to sit it out. Plus I picked out … Read More
SMB Setup for the Close for November 23, 2009
Today, the Market sold off for most of the day after a strong drive on the Open. In the afternoon, the Market touched the Opening lows and had a modest bounce. Into the Close we don’t expect a big move, but if the SPY hold above 111.10, we could see a move to 111.35-111.50. If the SPY take out the … Read More