DISCLAIMER: This entry method does not allow getting every cent of the move. If this is important to you do not read any further! The how and why of entering a pullback trade can be tough for many traders. Although if the price is moving against the established trend it can have decent momentum. This makes it harder for traders … Read More
The Best A Set Up for this Market (An Example- AMLN)
Last week SMB visited the selfless trading conference held by Tickerville. My call was to share an A set up. A set ups are our favorite trades. We have A trades, B trades and C trades. With an A set up we trade a stock with more size, hold longer, and perhaps set a larger stop. We put on 30 percent … Read More
Morning Playbook
US Market playbook for for 6/7/10
Traders Ask: Consistency
“If I hadn’t made money some of the time I might have acquired market wisdom quicker.” — Jesse Livermore I received the following question from reader Angel: Hi Mike, I hope that my email finds you well. Trading has been going very well, and I’m very happy with my results. I love this business! Mike, I would like to suggest … Read More
LONG OR SHORT (FUQI)?
FUQI is a perfect example of how we must make trades our own. How we must develop our own playbook. I am short FUQI from 12.60. The intraday fundamentals are so compelling TO ME that I am playing FUQI to finish near the low. My win rate is probably 10 percent for such a set up. It … Read More
The Addition
I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor. Henry David Thoreau SMB has a developing trader desperate to improve. In a merciless 2009 he traded very well comparatively. This quest to improve is not unlike that of an unprofitable trader hungry to just start breaking even. This journey is … Read More