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
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
Can You Just Play as a Trader?
If POT breaks 112 then I will get long. If RIMM hits 65 I will start a long term short. If MON gets above 70 then I will get long and try and stay long till 74. If AAPL breaks 205 I will whack the bids and play the downside momentum. All of these are example of excellent trading plans … Read More
What a Strong Stock Looks Like
DE was a strong stock this AM. I blog this point besides DE being at its 52 week high. And save that DE was up over 2 1/2 points. There was a telling movement on the open from 51.50 to 51 which foreshadowed a new intraday high to visit. Let’s discuss. SPY 111.50 is an important intraday level. We … Read More
Ten Interview Tips for Proprietary Trading
Written 11/13/09 It is recruiting season for SMB again. That means some long trips, like the one I am on now, stuck on a train Friday night between Providence and New Haven. I actually got on the early train mistakenly and am in danger of getting booted off the train at New Haven. Seriously, the Amtrak ticket collector (that is … Read More
Buy the Tanking Futures Program
When trading we watch a stock’s corresponding futures or index. For MON the stock I was trading on the Open, SPY is my corresponding index. Generally when SPY trades higher MON should and when SPY trades lower then MON should follow. I say generally and this was not the case at one very important moment today. Again MON was very … Read More
Important Market and Stock Level Pattern
We have been waiting for GS to hold above 173.50. I quick check of the 5 day in GS will so confirm. 108.10 SPY is an important technical level. A hold above and our next important level is SPY 110. Before the open you should have had these thoughts as an intraday trader: Imagine if GS can hold above 173.50 … Read More
Being Prepared for the Easy Money
GMan did a great job of preparing our desk for today’s open. Here were his top three intraday ideas: 1) Buy PG at 60 2) Buy WFMI if it holds above 27 3) Buy CVS if it holds above 29.11 1, 3 were important intraday levels learned yesterday. 2 was a longer term technical play. None of these plays … Read More