{"id":18730,"date":"2012-04-27T08:50:51","date_gmt":"2012-04-27T12:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/?p=18730"},"modified":"2013-02-20T14:37:31","modified_gmt":"2013-02-20T19:37:31","slug":"this-is-what-a-significant-day-of-trading-looks-like","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/this-is-what-a-significant-day-of-trading-looks-like","title":{"rendered":"This is What a Significant Day of Trading Looks Like"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sent to me from an SMB Trader after the close.<\/p>\n<p>Hi Bella,<\/p>\n<p>A truly significant day for me, in terms of personal achievements.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1) I was never as big as I played today<\/strong><br \/>\nLast night I was very pissed off about myself. I saw so many\u00a0occasions\u00a0where I should have been much bigger but I didn&#8217;t. I was being a wuss. I changed that today. I prevented myself from using &#8220;1&#8221; and &#8220;2&#8221; on the keypad. On the open I only pay or hit 300 shares \/ lot and on my best trades, I tiered 400 shares \/ lot into the trade. As I mentioned yesterday, there were many fellow traders I have to learn from. Sammy is capable of taking on huge risks and hold longer. I need to do that. The first thing I did last night before I went to bed was to write a post-it that reds &#8220;Don&#8217;t Be A (expletive deleted) Wuss!!!&#8221;. I posted that on my monitor. Everything I see a great setup, I must go for 400 shares \/ lot. I did that today. At one point I couldn&#8217;t hit more because I realized I already hit my max size.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2) Biggest comeback of all time<\/strong><br \/>\nOn the open I was extremely big in AKAM. I got up to 800 shares around 30c-40c against 41c and 51c. I sprayed the book and took a humongous rip. My P&amp;L dove down to -$$$. I kept at it and stayed in the game. I continued to trade with size aggressively and responsibly. I came back $$$ from the bottom and closed the day around +$$$. The biggest comeback I ever had. Such a relief.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3) Most volume traded<\/strong><br \/>\nI have not traded over 40 tickets in eight months. Today, I went well over it. There were so many intraday opportunities throughout the day. I had to be on my desk all the time. I can&#8217;t miss the next money making opportunities. I delayed my lunch and stayed glued to the screen. At 4pm I was exhausted. I felt my eyes were about to pop out.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>I really stepped out of my comfort zone today. I realized I came back $$$ from the bottom. That means I&#8217;m capable of making $$$ per day. If I get even better. I can make more than $$$. I want to get to the next level.<\/p>\n<p>A day of personal accomplishments. Going to get rest for now and get prepared for tomorrow.<\/p>\n<div>Bella<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/One-Good-Trade-Competitive-Proprietary\/dp\/0470529407\/ref=sr_1_sc_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1327586891&amp;sr=1-1-spell#reader_0470529407\">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<p>no relevant positions<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sent to me from an SMB Trader after the close. Hi Bella, A truly significant day for me, in terms of personal achievements. 1) I was never as big as I played today Last night I was very pissed off about myself. I saw so many\u00a0occasions\u00a0where I should have been much bigger but I didn&#8217;t. I was being a wuss. &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/this-is-what-a-significant-day-of-trading-looks-like\" 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":[162,30,2023,1996,1354,1989,1349],"class_list":["post-18730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mike-bellafiore-bellas-blogs","tag-day-trading-blog","tag-prop-trading","tag-trader-review","tag-trading-class","tag-trading-coach","tag-trading-course","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>This is What a Significant Day of Trading Looks Like | 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\/this-is-what-a-significant-day-of-trading-looks-like\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"This is What a Significant Day of Trading Looks Like | SMB Training\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sent to me from an SMB Trader after the close. 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