Bella sits down with MoneyShow.com to discuss why Reading the Tape is a useful skill that all active intraday traders should learn.
LONG OR SHORT (FUQI)?
FUQI is a perfect example of how we must make trades our own. How we must develop our own playbook. I am short FUQI from 12.60. The intraday fundamentals are so compelling TO ME that I am playing FUQI to finish near the low. My win rate is probably 10 percent for such a set up. It … Read More
GOALS ACHIEVED
I received this email from Reader David: Good call Bella! Things are really starting to click for me, letting some plays work over the course of 1-3 days has been where I have been making most of my $. IMAX was a good example last week, i caught 4 points over the course of a week.And this MGM I got … Read More
If Only They Were All This Easy…
I managed to pick up some MGM at 11.22 yesterday. I was risking about five cents on 1200 shares. I considered my initial upside to be around 11.80. But ultimately I was looking for a breakout above 12 with upside to 13.80-14. When I came in this morning MGM was trading slightly higher than 11.50. My trading plan was to … Read More
Your Win Rate
I received the following email from reader Ed: Hi Mike, I hope you’re doing great and all is well by you. I was wondering if I could run something past you if you don’t mind. I was the trader that Dr. Brett mentioned in his March 14 article, “the mistakes traders make.” I was wondering if you would mind telling … Read More
A Silly Trade
I highlighted what I thought would be the relevant range for AIG today in our morning meeting (34-36). My reasoning was that AIG needed an inside day prior to making its next large move. I was interested in getting long close to the bottom of the range and short close to the top. The market opened and AIG quickly popped … Read More
A New Arrow For Your Quiver
I have never written a blog post about the trade setup that I’m about to discuss. For the most part we share pretty openly the setups and techniques we use on a daily basis to make money. I’ve been contacted by many developing traders who actually can’t believe the amount of information we provide free of charge via our blog. … Read More
Mental Capital
I have been talking a lot to our traders recently about properly allocating their mental capital. What do I mean by this? Each stock we look at as a trader will offer a certain amount of opportunity each day. If a particular stock is likely to offer far more opportunity than another then all other things being equal the traders … Read More