Traders often want to trade bigger. Today SNAP offered an example to me of when and how. I was short Shapchat ($SNAP) intraday and scrolling through the SNAP positions of our other traders on the desk. I felt like I was not big enough in my short. I started to think where I could add to my winning position. First, … Read More
Is it me or the market I am trading?
Hi Bella! How are you? Probably you don’t remember me. My name is Andre and I am a Brazilian futures trader. We talked a few times in the past via email. I have read all of your books and others which you quote, like Brett Steenbarger. I am trading since 2009. I had great results in the past, especially in … Read More
Live Trader Mentoring Session with Bella
Attend a live web meeting where Mike Bellafiore will help an improving trader from our community decide where to focus to get to the next level in his trading.
Forex: The Ideal Track Record for Funding a Proprietary Firm
Hi Mike, I am from Singapore, and I recently just finished reading “The Playbook”. I read “One Good Trade” a few years back and got me propelled into the right mindset a trader should have. I like how the book has included the part of how a professional trader thinks, I used to think that a trading plan only includes … Read More
Trader review with Dr. S
In this video, Dr. Brett Steenbarger conducts a live trader review with a futures trader from our community. Get an inside look at a real coaching/mentoring session at SMB Futures. See what a great weekly review process includes. Understand the importance of process goals for focused improvement
SMB Futures Private Session
I recently had a wonderful session with a group of developing futures traders and Dr. Brett Steenbarger. (His blog is a must-bookmark at traderfeed.blogspot.com if you’ve been living in a cave and haven’t bookmarked it already!) We like to combine aspects of coaching and mentoring together whenever possible. After some opening comments regarding the current low volatility environment and the … Read More
Myth #1 of Options Trading
Market neutral options traders fall into the trap of believing many myths about successful trading. Today’s video is the first in a series of videos on the myths of options trading.
A major mistake that options traders make is to fail to recognize the huge psychological difference between trading small amounts of capital and large amounts of capital.
Should I trade GLD Options?
In this video, Seth Freudberg reviews the qualities that must be present for trading vehicles to be traded in a scaleable way. It is a good idea for traders to diversify their trading portfolio so as not to be too heavily dependent on one trading vehicle. However, it can be dangerous to trade market neutral options strategies without making sure that the trading vehicle has certain qualities that make it tradeable.