What statement are you making with your trading?

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I talk to traders all over the world and it surprises me how many “high probability” or “market neutral” traders don’t realize that they are making a statement with their position. By making a statement I mean whenever you enter a position, you are defining the conditions under which you will win and which you will lose. For example, when … Read More

Breaking Through as a Trader

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Hi Mike, Firstly, I just want to say thank you for your Webinar yesterday for the Big Mike Forum.   I’m sure you’re ridiculously busy, but if you have a moment to answer one question, I would greatly appreciate it. You mentioned an SMB trader that needed to take a break in the summer and was able to turn things … Read More

Today: Webinar with Mike Bellafiore and Mike from BigMikeTrading.com

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Join us for a special Webinar, “The Future of Trading: The Multi-market, Multi-product, Discretionary, Quant Trader”, with Mike Bellafiore and Mike from BigMikeTrading.com today, Tuesday, November 12 at 4:30pm ET. The topics of discussion are: * How pro traders are crystallizing their favorite setups * How pro traders are expressing their favorite setups in other products * How pro traders … Read More

All Good Traders Must Have a Nickname

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Mike Bellafiore, Hello. I want to say thank you for a wonderful book, One Good Trade! In Russia there is nothing like this book. I have not yet started trading, as do the study of the theory and the accumulation of money for shopping schea, but I’m sure that if I follow all the rules you set, it will reduce … Read More

A Profitable Weekly Options Trade in $MSFT

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Almost five years ago two of the better traders ever trained by SMB asked for risk with longer term positions. We loved these guys and had all the confidence in their trading ability. After a period of huge gains the firm had had a particularly bad month and these two traders were not trading their intraday accounts well. Bad timing … Read More

It’s Okay to Get Upset While You Are Trading

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So Dr. Menaker indicates if we can become self aware of our emotions we are much more likely to be able to control our actions/behavior and therefore minimize our mistakes. That made perfect sense but I wondered if a consistently profitable trader goes through the same emotions that the “less than” CPT goes through? Aren’t you and Steve simply much more confident than less successful traders? … Read More