{"id":13900,"date":"2011-08-23T09:45:48","date_gmt":"2011-08-23T13:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/?p=13900"},"modified":"2023-04-10T15:42:09","modified_gmt":"2023-04-10T19:42:09","slug":"how-to-find-the-best-stocks-into-the-close","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/how-to-find-the-best-stocks-into-the-close","title":{"rendered":"How to find the best stocks into the close"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<div>Good afternoon Mr. Bellafiore,<\/div>\n<div>I hope this message finds you well.\u00a0 I received your email by attending the event you spoke at in DC (which was really Rockville, MD).<\/div>\n<div>I read your blog everyday &amp; find it extremely helpfull for my trading.\u00a0 I also completed the SMB Foundation ealiear this year.\u00a0 That&#8217;s an<var><\/var> incredible program!<\/div>\n<div>The reason I&#8217;m reaching out is b\/c I have a problem identifying stocks to trade in to the Close.\u00a0 Could you right a blog or respond to this email in regards to that subject?<\/div>\n<div>Even to be more specific, could you write about identifying stocks in\u00a0to the Close w\/o using the radar?<\/div>\n<div>I look forward to starting Trader Development soon.\u00a0 Many thanks in advance for your time.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div><strong>Bella Responds<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>1. My first option is to stick with a stock I have been trading all day that is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/trader-90-trader-365\">In Play<\/a>.\u00a0 You will have paid for very\u00a0important intraday information that you can use to make excellent risk\/reward trades into the close.\u00a0 An example of a stock you might stay with all day was HPQ on Friday.\u00a0 Even thought it didn&#8217;t move into the close below 23.40 and it was most likely gonna tank and above 23.70 it could have found 25.<\/div>\n<div>2. If you sit on a trading desk or trade on a virtual floor a good exercise is to ask others what they are trading.\u00a0 Shark what are you trading?\u00a0 Kevin what are you looking at?\u00a0 Andrew what do you have?\u00a0 This gives you some ideas for you into the close.<\/div>\n<div>3. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/trader-90-trader-365\">The SMB Radar<\/a> that we developed has an in play ranking.\u00a0 Anything above a 3 on the in play ranking should get your attention into the close.\u00a0 Technology allows us to build tools to save us a lot of time.\u00a0 If you asked me this question 5 years ago I might answer something about looking at highs and lows filters.\u00a0 But we can do better than that today.\u00a0 We can narrow our search down to stocks truly In Play.<\/div>\n<div>4.\u00a0 A squawk box helps.\u00a0 Keep that on and you will most likely hear a chirp about Chairman Blankfein hiring a defense attorney and getting first dibs on the GS shorts.<\/div>\n<div>5. In this market ETFs and market stocks have worked well.\u00a0 You want to rip through your charts and have select prices that are most meaningful in your market stocks.\u00a0 If C gets above what price is it a great long?\u00a0 If C gets below what price is it a great short?<\/div>\n<div>How do you find stocks to trade into the close?<\/div>\n<div>Bella<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/One-Good-Trade-Competitive-Proprietary\/dp\/0470529407\/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top\">One Good Trade<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/smbcapital\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/twitter-badges.s3.amazonaws.com\/follow_me-c.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good afternoon Mr. Bellafiore, I hope this message finds you well.\u00a0 I received your email by attending the event you spoke at in DC (which was really Rockville, MD). I read your blog everyday &amp; find it extremely helpfull for my trading.\u00a0 I also completed the SMB Foundation ealiear this year.\u00a0 That&#8217;s an incredible program! The reason I&#8217;m reaching out &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/how-to-find-the-best-stocks-into-the-close\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[1828,1193,653,1354,1349],"class_list":["post-13900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mike-bellafiore-bellas-blogs","tag-smbu","tag-trader-education","tag-trader-training","tag-trading-coach","tag-trading-mentor","no-post-thumbnail"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How to find the best stocks into the close | SMB Training<\/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\/how-to-find-the-best-stocks-into-the-close\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to find the best stocks into the close | SMB Training\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Good afternoon Mr. Bellafiore, I hope this message finds you well.\u00a0 I received your email by attending the event you spoke at in DC (which was really Rockville, MD). 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