After holding a couple of free live webcasts over the past month discussing earnings trades and adjustments, here’s yet another look at an “income” type of trade. This one popped up as a trade yesterday as the VIX starting pushing 15. But the reason for the move up in volatility becomes a two-edged sword.
Warm Up Your Trading Brain
During a weekly review one of our developing traders wrote: Summary: It was an ok week P&L wise but it should have been a much better week given the opportunities we had in the macro plays. With the SPY breaking key support level, there were many ETFs that were In Play e.g. GLD, GDX, FAS, IYR and the TLT. I wasn’t properly … Read More
S&P Trend Change In Effect
Marc Principato, CMT conducts price action analysis on S&P 500 CFD, EUR/USD, GBP/USD and AUD/USD for weekly setups. [purehtml id=32] Subscribe:http://www.bit.ly/utraderyt Subscribe to my Youtube channel: http://www.bit.ly/utraderyt Help me write my book: http://www.unconventionaltrader.com Training Info: http://www.bit.ly/smbhome My analysis on TradingView.com: http://bit.ly/tviewprfle Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/marcpmarkets Webinar and Trade Review Archive: http://bit.ly/archpge
Your Trading Brain Makes No Distinction Between Trading Live and Mental Rehearsal
Hi Mike. Is it ok if we archive a play even if we didn’t execute it well, we didn’t make money, or even if we didn’t saw the pattern live? Or do you recommend only add the plays we were actually in and we did at least a little well? @mikebellafiore Gr8 question! In The PlayBook I recommend for all … Read More
What Are You Going To Do With That Anger?
During our midday meeting with our College Training Students and new traders I noticed one new trader quite upset. He was so upset it was uncomfortable for me to look at him. Was he upset at the firm? Something I had just said? Himself? Having to sit in this meeting during market hours? When traders get upset is an upset … Read More
Before Placing a Trade: Embracing Risk Management for Success
Today’s lesson is going to be a little about trading psychology and a little about money management. At the end of this post we have provided additional training videos to further enhance your skills. We are going discuss what risk is and how most traders view it from the wrong perspective. First, let’s cover a couple of definitions: Money management is how … Read More
Did You Trade Well? (Part II)
On Twitter I received this question: Does the success of ur day hinge on ur PnL, or proper execution? By 1 std I failed 2day, the other = success cc @MikeBellafiore @MikeBellafiore At SMB we do not define success or failure by our P&L but by whether we traded well. At the close we do a detailed trading review of how … Read More
Did You Trade Well? (Part I)
On Twitter I received this question: Does the success of ur day hinge on ur PnL, or proper execution? By 1 std I failed 2day, the other = success cc @MikeBellafiore @MikeBellafiore At SMB we do not define success or failure by our P&L but whether we traded well. At the close we do a detailed trading review of how well … Read More