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Mike Bellafiore is the Co-founder of SMB Capital, a proprietary trading firm in New York City, and SMB\u00a0Training<\/a>, its trader education division. He is the author of the \u201ctrading classic\u201d One Good Trade<\/i><\/a> and The PlayBook<\/i><\/a>. He also authored a chapter for The StockTwits Edge<\/i>, in which he discussed a favorite trading setup. Mr. Bellafiore writes regularly for SMB Training blog<\/a>, where he shares ideas on how to improve trading performance. SMB’s trading techniques were noted in The Daily Trading Coach: 101 Lessons for Becoming Your Own Trading Psychologist<\/i>, written by Dr. Steenbarger.<\/i><\/p>\n

SMB Capital\u2019s trader training program was highlighted in the TV documentary Wall Street Warriors<\/em>. His firm has appeared on CNBC\u2019s Fast Money, CNNMoney, Bloomberg, and Fox Business.\u00a0 SMB produces educational videos for the trading community daily on its YouTube Channel- SMB Capital<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Mike is a former member of the University of Connecticut Board of Trustees.\u00a0 Presently, he serves on the Board for Traders4ACause<\/a> and The Impact Competition. He lives with his wife and two children on the Upper West Side in NYC. Mike can be contacted at mbellafiore@smbcap.com<\/a> and followed on Twitter @MikeBellafiore<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mike Bellafiore is the Co-founder of SMB Capital, a proprietary trading firm in New York City, and SMB\u00a0Training, its trader education division. He is the author of the \u201ctrading classic\u201d One Good Trade and The PlayBook. He also authored a chapter for The StockTwits Edge, in which he discussed a favorite trading setup. Mr. Bellafiore writes regularly for SMB Training … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","no-post-thumbnail"],"yoast_head":"\nMike Bellafiore Bio | SMB Training Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/bellas-blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mike Bellafiore Bio | SMB Training Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mike Bellafiore is the Co-founder of SMB Capital, a proprietary trading firm in New York City, and SMB\u00a0Training, its trader education division. 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