Inside the World of Prop Trading: A Journey with the Disciplined Investor

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Mike Bellafiore, author of One Good Trade: Inside the Highly Competitive World of Proprietary Trading, was featured on The Disciplined Investor. Mike talks with host, Andrew Horowitz, about the shift to high frequency trading (HFT) in the trading industry and the ways SMB has adapted to combat the adoption of HFT. Andrew does a weekly podcast, which can be found … Read More

The “Pin Play”

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Expiration day can have a strong effect on a stock. This is known as “pinning the stock”.  A stock that is stuck at strike on expiration day when the general market is moving will move away from strike after expiration day.  Stocks with high open interest at a particular strike usually get pinned near the strike on expiration day.  This … Read More

Afraid to Trade Reviews One Good Trade

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Afraid to Trade recently reviewed One Good Trade: Inside the Highly Competitive World of Proprietary Trading, writing: “few books are similar to Bellafiore’s One Good Trade. One Good Trade takes you into SMB Capital through stories, strategies, experiences, and lessons learned.” Afraid to Trade and SMB are teaming up to give away a free copy of One Good Trade. Visit … Read More

Mike Bellafiore on the Gabe Wisdom Show

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Listen to this great show by Gabriel Wisdom from Business Talk Radio. He sits down with Mike Bellafiore, author of One Good Trade: Inside the Highly Competitive World of Proprietary Trading, and discusses why traders fail and what SMB looks for in the next great trader. Mike Bellafiore enters Gabe’s show twenty minutes into his broadcast. Gabriel Wisdom hosts regular … Read More