Watch Mike Bellafiore, author of One Good Trade: Inside the Highly Competitive World of Proprietary Trading (Wiley), in our new video series SMB Trading Lesson of the Week for StockTwits U. This week we discuss: Rehearsing the Open Before the Open. We hope you enjoy! Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter!
Traders Ask: What is the Proper Win Rate?
Dear Mike I am an avid follower of your blog and am completely sold on the idea of trading in-play stocks as a result of a greater likelihood of subsequent predictable intraday behaviour. I have a couple of quite specific questions on the consolidation play that is mentioned in several places on the blog. Context: Assume an in-play stock … Read More
One Of My Favorite Plays
When I was younger I played a lot of pickup basketball. Many times I was matched up against players who were either bigger, stronger or quicker than me. Well maybe not stronger 🙂 I found playing “up” to my competition was much more enjoyable than playing “down”. Playing better competition tends to heighten your focus and forces you to improve … Read More
Traders Ask: What Should I Do Midday?
Hi, Mike! I asked for your advice about daytrader’s midday activity. What your young traders do tipically do during 12.00-14.00? I used to ovretrade during midday, so I decided not to trade at all during slow market hours. Can I do something useful for my trading game within two hours? Maybe rip through charts or watch some trading videos, … Read More
SMB Morning Rundown – September 3, 2010
The SMB Morning Rundown highlights the key levels in the Market and the best trading setup that we have identified for the Open.
The Trailer to One Good Trade
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SMB Morning Rundown – September 2, 2010
The SMB Morning Rundown highlights the key levels in the Market and the best trading setup that we have identified for the Open.
Traders Ask- How Do You Choose What Trades to Focus On?
Thanks for a great job on the blog. Also love Mike’s book. I just left a prop firm where i could only scalp Eurostoxx 50 futures (like dax or S&P500 futures) to trade stocks in play for my own money, since there are almost no props here trading stocks. I live in Stockholm (Sweden) and the Nordic equity markets … Read More