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Home Posts One Good Trade

Traders Ask: How Do I Read the Order Flow in an ETF?

Bella09/06/2010Mike Bellafiore's (Bella's) BlogsLeave a Comment

  Question: Hey SMB Prop Traders, Keep up the hard work I have a lot of respect for what you guys do. I’m currently heavily engulfed in learning the in and outs of trading before committing to any positions. Something that has been playing on my mind since reading an article in the Australian Financial Review regarding EFT transactions is … Read More

SMB Trading Lesson of the Week – Rehearsing the Open Before the Open

smbcapital09/04/2010Trade of the WeekLeave a Comment

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?

Bella09/03/2010Mike Bellafiore's (Bella's) Blogs, Traders Ask1 Comment

  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

Traders Ask: What Should I Do Midday?

Bella09/03/2010General Comments, Mike Bellafiore's (Bella's) Blogs, Trading Ideas1 Comment

  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

The Trailer to One Good Trade

Bella09/02/2010Mike Bellafiore's (Bella's) Blogs, One Good Trade2 Comments

The first print for One Good Trade is sold out. It is not only available on the Kindle. Check out the trailer below.

Traders Ask- How Do You Choose What Trades to Focus On?

Bella09/02/2010General Comments, Mike Bellafiore's (Bella's) Blogs, Traders Ask1 Comment

  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

And The Real Reason For That Losing Trade Was……..?

Bella08/31/2010General Comments, Mike Bellafiore's (Bella's) Blogs9 Comments

Look at the chart above.  Say you shorted RIMM below 45 and got stopped out at 45.16, develop a reason for this loss and then continue reading.   Ok great to have you back with us.  Today during a teaching session Bad A$$ Mike shared a trade he made on the Open getting short RIMM below 45.  Steve whispered in … Read More

What is Your Big Picture?

Bella08/30/2010General Comments, Mike Bellafiore's (Bella's) Blogs3 Comments

Every trader must see their big picture. At SMB we make trading decisions based upon three factors: Reading the Tape, Technical Analysis, and Intraday Fundamentals. We teach our traders to think of a big circle with each of these factors inside. How do you determine your big picture? Today during an informal discussion one of our new SMB Training traders, … Read More

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