40 trading lessons from The PlayBook

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An experienced and successful trader is starting with our desk, powered by Kershner Trading Group, next month. He is one of the more diligent traders you could meet. I have compared him to Tim Tebow in One Good Trade for work ethic. He just powered through One Good Trade and The PlayBook to improve his trading game and better prepare … Read More

Things heard on the prop desk this Monday

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Monday’s strength was surprising to some prop traders on the Street, after the huge down move Friday.  Let me share some things heard on our prop desk, and then make a trading point. Me: didnt expect today Trader: it’s just so annoying Me: yes yes yes.  but good example of…..its our job to trade the market not expect the market … Read More

The Rise of College Traders

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SMB has five traders for our June class who already have proven active-trading records in college. We get emails from guys making serious money consistently and yet are in college. I have never seen this before. Do you see how many awesome blogs are out there written by college traders? I wrote an article recently about the thirst for trading education … Read More

“Best Stock Trading Book I Have Read, Easily”

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E. Ottens recently wrote a glowing review of The PlayBook for Amazon. We thought you would like to see it: The second-best was Bellafiore’s first book, One Good Trade. I’ve worked at a prop firm for a couple of years and have been consistently profitable for the last nine months. I would advise anyone considering this as a career to … Read More

Should This Trader Make a Comeback?

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Below is an interesting trading anecdote I received via LinkedIn.  I asked the writer if I could share his trading experience with our community.  He agreed.  The names and places have been changed for compliance reasons and we have no interest in saying anything negative about anyone or any firm on this blog. What I find interesting about his note … Read More