{"id":25127,"date":"2013-03-12T18:14:57","date_gmt":"2013-03-12T22:14:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/?p=25127"},"modified":"2013-03-13T09:42:26","modified_gmt":"2013-03-13T13:42:26","slug":"the-time-stop-an-example-in-yum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/the-time-stop-an-example-in-yum","title":{"rendered":"The Time Stop (an Example in $YUM)"},"content":{"rendered":"

On our prop desk I encourage our traders to look for stocks that are trending, enter a Trade2Hold, and stay in the position if it is working until there is a Reason2Sell. SMBU offered a free Webinar on Reasons2Sell here<\/a>. I discuss them in great detail in my latest book, The PlayBook<\/em><\/a>. Below is an example of a Reason2Sell, a Time Stop.<\/p>\n

Figure 1.1<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

In this setup, trader Chapel Hill, gets very short as YUM forms a bearish flag pattern, after an opening drive to the downside, as you can see in the chart above (Figure 1.1) and after a longer term failed breakout in the after-hours (see Figure 1.2).<\/p>\n

Figure 1.2<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Chapel Hill gets very big against the 69 and 69.25 as you can see from the intraday chart, Figure 1.1. I love this position. He is trading from a position of strength, with the trend, with identifiable stops. And the stock was In Play (see Figure 1.3)\u00a0so it was more likely to continue trending down intraday as opposed to a stock without a news catalyst.<\/p>\n

Figure 1.3<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

But the stock just did not move. As traders it is a good habit to set a time clock in your head for when you expect a stock to move. If the stock does not move in the time you think it should then you can reduce your risk, lighten up in your position. Said another way, you can have a Time Stop for your position. In this case, YUM did not trade lower in the time we thought it should, which can be a Reason2Cover, so we lighten up.<\/p>\n

I’m asked frequently about how to manage positions that are in your favor. Develop Reasons2Sell for your winning positions. And consider a Time Stop as a Reason2Sell.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow we can be better than today!<\/p>\n

Mike Bellafiore<\/p>\n

The PlayBook<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

One Good Trade<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

no relevant positions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On our prop desk I encourage our traders to look for stocks that are trending, enter a Trade2Hold, and stay in the position if it is working until there is a Reason2Sell. SMBU offered a free Webinar on Reasons2Sell here. I discuss them in great detail in my latest book, The PlayBook. Below is an example of a Reason2Sell, a … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":25128,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,10],"tags":[637,587],"class_list":["post-25127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-comments-2","category-mike-bellafiore-bellas-blogs","tag-stop","tag-time"],"yoast_head":"\nThe Time Stop (an Example in $YUM) | 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\/the-time-stop-an-example-in-yum\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Time Stop (an Example in $YUM) | SMB Training\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"On our prop desk I encourage our traders to look for stocks that are trending, enter a Trade2Hold, and stay in the position if it is working until there is a Reason2Sell. SMBU offered a free Webinar on Reasons2Sell here. I discuss them in great detail in my latest book, The PlayBook. Below is an example of a Reason2Sell, a ... Read More\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/the-time-stop-an-example-in-yum\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SMB Training Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/smbcap\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-03-12T22:14:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2013-03-13T13:42:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/time-stop-YUM.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1205\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"904\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Bella\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@smbcapital\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@smbcapital\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Bella\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/the-time-stop-an-example-in-yum#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/the-time-stop-an-example-in-yum\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Bella\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/80500a901d0e5ce0a27fa996bb1b9161\"},\"headline\":\"The Time Stop (an Example in $YUM)\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-03-12T22:14:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-03-13T13:42:26+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/the-time-stop-an-example-in-yum\"},\"wordCount\":320,\"commentCount\":1,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/the-time-stop-an-example-in-yum#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/time-stop-YUM.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"stop\",\"time\"],\"articleSection\":[\"General Comments\",\"Mike Bellafiore's (Bella's) Blogs\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/the-time-stop-an-example-in-yum#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/the-time-stop-an-example-in-yum\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/the-time-stop-an-example-in-yum\",\"name\":\"The Time Stop (an Example in $YUM) | SMB Training\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/the-time-stop-an-example-in-yum#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/the-time-stop-an-example-in-yum#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/time-stop-YUM.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-03-12T22:14:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-03-13T13:42:26+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/the-time-stop-an-example-in-yum#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/the-time-stop-an-example-in-yum\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/the-time-stop-an-example-in-yum#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/time-stop-YUM.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/time-stop-YUM.jpg\",\"width\":\"1205\",\"height\":\"904\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/the-time-stop-an-example-in-yum#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Time Stop (an Example in $YUM)\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"SMB Training Blog\",\"description\":\"Lessons from the trading desk\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"SMB Training\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Logo-e1658419502954.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Logo-e1658419502954.png\",\"width\":230,\"height\":81,\"caption\":\"SMB Training\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/smbcap\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/smbcapital\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/smbcapital\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/80500a901d0e5ce0a27fa996bb1b9161\",\"name\":\"Bella\",\"description\":\"Mike Bellafiore is a co-founder of SMB Capital, a day trading firm which takes great pride in its exceptional training program. SMB Capital is an equity prop trading desk that trades on 5th Avenue in New York City. Mr. Bellafiore is a graduate of the University of Connecticut School of Law. He has traded professionally for more than a decade.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/bellas-blog\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/author\/bella\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Time Stop (an Example in $YUM) | SMB Training","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/the-time-stop-an-example-in-yum","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Time Stop (an Example in $YUM) | SMB Training","og_description":"On our prop desk I encourage our traders to look for stocks that are trending, enter a Trade2Hold, and stay in the position if it is working until there is a Reason2Sell. SMBU offered a free Webinar on Reasons2Sell here. I discuss them in great detail in my latest book, The PlayBook. Below is an example of a Reason2Sell, a ... Read More","og_url":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/the-time-stop-an-example-in-yum","og_site_name":"SMB Training Blog","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/smbcap\/","article_published_time":"2013-03-12T22:14:57+00:00","article_modified_time":"2013-03-13T13:42:26+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1205,"height":904,"url":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/time-stop-YUM.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Bella","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@smbcapital","twitter_site":"@smbcapital","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Bella","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/the-time-stop-an-example-in-yum#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/the-time-stop-an-example-in-yum"},"author":{"name":"Bella","@id":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/80500a901d0e5ce0a27fa996bb1b9161"},"headline":"The Time Stop (an Example in $YUM)","datePublished":"2013-03-12T22:14:57+00:00","dateModified":"2013-03-13T13:42:26+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/the-time-stop-an-example-in-yum"},"wordCount":320,"commentCount":1,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/the-time-stop-an-example-in-yum#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/time-stop-YUM.jpg","keywords":["stop","time"],"articleSection":["General Comments","Mike Bellafiore's (Bella's) Blogs"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/the-time-stop-an-example-in-yum#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/the-time-stop-an-example-in-yum","url":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/the-time-stop-an-example-in-yum","name":"The Time Stop (an Example in $YUM) | SMB Training","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/the-time-stop-an-example-in-yum#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/the-time-stop-an-example-in-yum#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/time-stop-YUM.jpg","datePublished":"2013-03-12T22:14:57+00:00","dateModified":"2013-03-13T13:42:26+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/the-time-stop-an-example-in-yum#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/the-time-stop-an-example-in-yum"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/the-time-stop-an-example-in-yum#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/time-stop-YUM.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/time-stop-YUM.jpg","width":"1205","height":"904"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/the-time-stop-an-example-in-yum#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Time Stop (an Example in $YUM)"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/","name":"SMB Training Blog","description":"Lessons from the trading desk","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"SMB Training","url":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Logo-e1658419502954.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Logo-e1658419502954.png","width":230,"height":81,"caption":"SMB Training"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/smbcap\/","https:\/\/x.com\/smbcapital","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/smbcapital"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/80500a901d0e5ce0a27fa996bb1b9161","name":"Bella","description":"Mike Bellafiore is a co-founder of SMB Capital, a day trading firm which takes great pride in its exceptional training program. SMB Capital is an equity prop trading desk that trades on 5th Avenue in New York City. Mr. Bellafiore is a graduate of the University of Connecticut School of Law. He has traded professionally for more than a decade.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/bellas-blog"],"url":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/author\/bella"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/144"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25127"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25127\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}