{"id":19565,"date":"2012-06-18T11:37:49","date_gmt":"2012-06-18T15:37:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/?p=19565"},"modified":"2023-08-01T20:57:41","modified_gmt":"2023-08-02T00:57:41","slug":"the-pros-process-mike-bellafiore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/the-pros-process-mike-bellafiore","title":{"rendered":"The Pro&#8217;s Process &#8211; Mike Bellafiore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Richard Chignell from Embrace the Trade on the fourth of his series of posts has been asking Pro Traders about their psychological processes.<\/p>\n<p>From Mr. Chignell:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The fourth in my series of posts asking Pro Traders about their psychological processes. \u00a0Delving a little into how it feels to them when trading. \u00a0The good and the bad. \u00a0How this has changed over time and what preparation they do mentally for performing as a trader.<\/p>\n<p>One of the key features for me was that I wanted traders with experience who have been through the mill over the years and of course those who were kind enough to broach this subject publicly. \u00a0This I hope gives developing traders more to learn from.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m very fortunate to have a great line up and this week is particularly special as I have <strong>Mike Bellafiore<\/strong> Co-Founder of <strong>SMB Capital<\/strong>. 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