Podcast: How to find your trading edge

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Above is a podcast for which I was interviewed on generating trading edge and below are it’s details from the podcaster. Episode 34 of the Desire To Trade Podcast features Mike Bellafiore, the co-founder of SMB Capital, a well-known proprietary trading firm based in New York, USA. Mike is also the author of One Good Trade: Inside the Highly Competitive … Read More

How to Stop Making Bad Fade Trades

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One talented developing trader we work with is struggling with making poor fade trades and controlling his risk.  I know many in the trading community struggle with poor fade trades and losing too much in lesser trades.  The exchange between this trader, his solutions, and my response might be able to help. After a huge rip and then bounce back … Read More

How I Traded Two IPOs Today ($CYBR and $CFG)

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Watch Bella explain how he traded two excellent IPO opportunities today.  You might notice both were not named Alibaba 🙂 “You can be better tomorrow than you are today!” Mike Bellafiore is the Co-Founder of SMB Capital and SMBU, which provides trading education in stocks, options, forex and futures. Bella is the author of One Good Trade and The PlayBook. … Read More

The Easiest Trade During the $BABA IPO

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Watch this video below on how to attack the $BABA opportunity by trading $YHOO.  The $YHOO short was the easiest trade during the $BABA IPO session.  Watch Bella explain this excellent risk/reward trade with SMB’s new traders. “You can be better tomorrow than you are today!” Mike Bellafiore is the Co-Founder of SMB Capital and SMBU, which provides trading education … Read More

How Many Trades Do You Find Each Day?

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Hi Bella, First of all I would like to thank you for everything that you do for us traders. I’ve just started to read The Playbook and I’m sure it will help me develop as a trader. I’ve one question though, in Playbook you write that we should archive trades in our Playbook that makes most sense to us. Well … Read More