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Enhancing Trader Performance: Dealing With Doubt
*****David Blair, The Crosshairs Trader, is a blogger/trader/educator who does a wonderful job of sharing research on elite performance and how it relates to trading. Below is his latest post for the SMB trading community.***** — Editor’s Note Traders make decisions under conditions of uncertainty. In doing so traders must face head on any number of fears related to those decisions. Whether in … Read More
Can You Keep it Down Please? I am Trading
Hi Mr. Bellafiore, Terrific book, thank you for writing it. I have the audio version. I ordered it two minutes after I read a comment from one person saying that he had listened to it six times. Due to my tape / chart reading ability combined with having read Reminiscences of a Stock Operator six times (and other books … Read More
Bella Interview on Blog Talk Radio
Listen to this trading interview with Bella on Blog Talk Radio hosted by Aleksander Danilov of Solutionsology.com by clicking this link here. Bella discusses: 1) Why he wrote The PlayBook 2) Process: How The PlayBook and the SMBU Performance Center powered by Tradervue helps traders develop a process where they can build from their strengths. 3) Following like-mind traders on … Read More
Finding and Increasing your Trading Edge – Part 2
One trader on our desk offers a best practice to emulate. This trader had been gross negative 3/4 past months prior to June. He is a hard worker, focused on the markets, disciplined and well-trained. He is one of the guys who can make it. Yet, while I wouldn’t say it was a large deal that he was not yet … Read More
Training for Trading Success
Think back to the last time you experienced the opportunity to watch a world class performer, someone who really put on an amazing show. It doesn’t matter whether it was a musician, a sports athlete, an actress, a doctor or a business owner. When you see one of these performers in action, you can’t help but admire their skills. It … Read More
The PlayBook Checkup: Facebook Earnings Trade
Below is our newest installment of The PlayBook Checkup with Bella, author of One Good Trade and The PlayBook. During these sessions a trade archived by a Junior Trader from our desk will be reviewed by Bella. Real-time attendance is free for SMBU Tools subscribers, who can also ask questions during the event. In this video, an SMB trader talks … Read More
Trading Lesson: Failed Gaps Can Lead To Large Down Moves– $BRCM
In this morning’s AM Meeting I discussed a possible short setup in BRCM. I was very skeptical of the gap above $40 as this stock was trading at $30 a couple of months ago and only traded higher when they said they were hiring an investment bank to look at selling off some assets. In my view this was a … Read More