In our SMBU Daily Video, Mike Bellafiore answers a question from @StockTwits about a Wall Street Journal piece recommending retail traders not to trade the open. In this video you will learn: The strategies to trade on the open Who should not trade the open and why What order types work best on the open Whether you should trade the … Read More
30 Trading Habits in 30 Days- The Daily Gratitude Exercise
Welcome back to our new series 30 trading habits in 30 days. In this video, I share why we created this series for the trading community and how it can help your trading. Today we share habit #5- the daily gratitude exercise. One habit to adopt to help us think more constructively as a trader is the daily gratitude exercise. … Read More
Mike Bellafiore has started a new series 30 Trading Habits in 30 Days
Mike Bellafiore has started a new series 30 Trading Habits in 30 Days for his YahooFinance Blog, The Trading Coach. In this video we discuss why we created this new series and how it can help you as a trader. Also we ask for questions from you on areas for habits on interest to you. In this video Mike discusses: Your … Read More
30 Trading Habits in 30 days: AM Idea Sheet
Welcome back to our new series 30 trading habits in 30 days. In this video, I share why we created this series for the trading community and how it can help your trading. If you have missed the prior habits they are archived. Today we share habit #4- AM Idea Sheet. Developing traders often miss trades. They miss easy trades. … Read More
30 Trading Habits in 30 days: Trader Development
Trading habit #1 was The PlayBook. Trading habit #2 was to create a Road Map. Trading habit #3 is Trader Development. What do we mean by trader development? Each day we hold a series of mentoring meetings for our developing traders in our proprietary trading firm’s training room in NYC. Trader Development is one of these sessions. And we hold … Read More
30 Trading Habits in 30 days: The Road Map
Yesterday we began 30 trading habits in 30 days to give you a sneak peak into the habits of a professional trader at a proprietary firm. You can find Habit #1: The PlayBook here. Today we will discuss a new habit, developing your Road Map for the trading day. Our firm has developed many new traders to consistently profitable … Read More
Financing an Options Purchase
In our SMBU Daily Video, learn about the concept of financing an options purchase. In this video from Seth Freudberg, he will discuss: The idea of financing an options purchase An example of a trade that could have went horribly wrong by financing the purchase of an at the money put in the recent sell off The proper way to structure … Read More
Calling Out Traders For Missing $JOY
In our SMBU Daily Video, learn why we called out traders for missing a great trade. In this video from Mike Bellafiore, you will learn: Why $JOY was an A+ trade How SMB holds traders accountable Why having a process is vital to not missing A+ trades We hope this video helps you improve your trading skills.