Understanding the market structure of the day impacts all of your intraday trades. Corey Rosenbloom has done some excellent work on this important trading concept. Dr. Steenbarger has written about its importance. At SMB we talk about the Big Picture before we start our AM meeting. Below is a self-proclaimed rant from a new trainee. We can learn from his monthly analysis … Read More
I am adding JNPR to my Banned List
In One Good Trade I wrote how I hated the way SNDK traded in the mid 2000’s. You could tell me what direction GS was headed and I still might not make money. Steve during his StockTwits TV broadcast called GS “one of the worst piece of $hit intraday trading stocks.” And he went to Wharton. During our SMB AM … Read More
Closer Than You Think to Being One Good Trader
I received an interesting trade review from a new trader: a.m. trading I was very hesitant. my main ideas played out and I missed them IBM and MOS very frustrating for the rest of the day. when I was on the right side I sold too early. ended the morning slightly positive. told myself I prob shouldnt trade the rest … Read More
Passionate Traders Please Apply
Tuesday, July 19th 2011 Watch an interview with Mike Bellafiore and the MoneyShow.com from the past Traders Expo in Dallas. Mike Bellafiore discusses some of the key traits that he looks for when hiring proprietary traders and tells why passion and a thirst for knowledge sits atop the list. View the video here
How I Will Trade This Earnings Season
I have increased some one-one-one mentoring with a few developing traders. Their goal? To make a significant leap forward during this earnings season. During our discussions my goal is to help them limit their trading to their best setups. Here’s a thought that just keeps coming back to me. The market offers 100 windows that you can look into. My … Read More
World’s Leading Traders Speak 4 Earthquake Victims
Tuesday, July 12th 2011 For the past two months, the world’s leading traders came together for a live charity event to help victims of the New Zealand and Japan earthquake. All these webinars have been archived and are available to be viewed for those who could not attend. There is so much awesome trading content here! Also, SMB’s Mike Bellafiore, … Read More
Inside a Trader’s Brain (SPY)
1) Short. Aggressively Short. Europe was down across the board 1 percent. We had new specific breaking bad news in Italy. Our markets have climbed very quickly of late. The next support level in SPY is 132-132.20. Or much lower. For the intraday trader fading below this level on the long side is poor trading. There are some traders with … Read More