{"id":33214,"date":"2013-10-30T09:45:43","date_gmt":"2013-10-30T13:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/?p=33214"},"modified":"2023-04-27T07:29:45","modified_gmt":"2023-04-27T11:29:45","slug":"the-playbook-inspires-this-canadian-trader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/the-playbook-inspires-this-canadian-trader","title":{"rendered":"The PlayBook Inspires This Canadian Trader"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi Mike,<\/p>\n<div>(I am) a discretionary trader from Montreal, Quebec.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>I simply wanted to take a minute and thank you for your help and for\u00a0providing me with inside resources\u00a0to step up my game.\u00a0I have been trading\u00a0for quite some time now (seven years to be exact) and have enjoyed reading so many books about trading.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>You can read psychology books; they&#8217;re great. You can apply them and\u00a0that&#8217;s\u00a0even better.\u00a0But to live it\u00a0by reading <em>The PlayBook<\/em> was for me a great experience and that&#8217;s why I took the time to\u00a0write\u00a0this email. For real hard core traders, the passionate ones out there that just can&#8217;t seem to get it right after year and year, this is the\u00a0material that will lead them to succeed.\u00a0Its\u00a0all about where you are in your learning curve.<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>I really\u00a0identified\u00a0myself with your team\u00a0throughout their challenges and accomplishments.\u00a0My favorite passage? It&#8217;s your discussion of prep on page 250:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><i>&#8221;Prep had been making progress from corrected flaw to corrected flaw. I could sense\u00a0<\/i><i>he was so close.\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">AND THEN IT HAPPENED. He had the best day on our desk. And then again. And then again<\/span>&#8230;..&#8221;<\/i><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/div>\n<div>Amazing! What a feeling it is to finally step it up.What an amazing feeling it is to know that this time <em>you did it right<\/em>! That&#8217;s\u00a0my FIX. That&#8217;s the reason I never gave up, and will always aim to get better. Thank you for sharing real life experiences\u00a0and the ones of the people around you. Precious information that lonesome passionates like me can&#8217;t find easily.<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>It was a delicious\u00a0read, and one can only dream about sharing these experiences\u00a0live with you guys.\u00a0Congratulations\u00a0to your team and for your new born son. What a trader he will be! ;).<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Thank you for your time, and best of luck, bud.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Related blog posts:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/irrational-pessimism\">Irrational Pessimism<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/why-inexperienced-traders-fail-to-hold-their-winners\">Why Inexperienced Traders Fail to Hold Their Winners<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can be better tomorrow than you are today!<\/p>\n<p>Mike Bellafiore<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/One-Good-Trade-Competitive-Proprietary\/dp\/0470529407\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1382397128&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=one+good+trade\"><em>One Good Trade<\/em><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-PlayBook-Inside-Professional-Trader-ebook\/dp\/B00DW7PLLQ\/ref=pd_sim_b_1\"><em>The PlayBook<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/mikebellafiore\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/twitter-badges.s3.amazonaws.com\/follow_me-c.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>No relevant positions<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/tradingworkshop.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-42831\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/smbwebinarsignup.jpg\" alt=\"tradingworkshop\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi Mike, (I am) a discretionary trader from Montreal, Quebec. &nbsp; I simply wanted to take a minute and thank you for your help and for\u00a0providing me with inside resources\u00a0to step up my game.\u00a0I have been trading\u00a0for quite some time now (seven years to be exact) and have enjoyed reading so many books about trading. You can read psychology books; &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/the-playbook-inspires-this-canadian-trader\" 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":[1],"tags":[2444,2449,4703,2448,2451,4706,4707,1718,653,2445,1989,4712,4690,1888,207],"class_list":["post-33214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-comments-2","tag-daytrading","tag-how-to-be-a-day-trader","tag-learn-trading","tag-prop-trade","tag-stock-market-course","tag-stock-trading-education","tag-stock-training","tag-the-playbook","tag-trader-training","tag-trading-careers","tag-trading-course","tag-trading-courses","tag-trading-education","tag-trading-school","tag-trading-stocks","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>The PlayBook Inspires This Canadian Trader | 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-playbook-inspires-this-canadian-trader\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The PlayBook Inspires This Canadian Trader | SMB Training\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hi Mike, (I am) a discretionary trader from Montreal, Quebec. &nbsp; I simply wanted to take a minute and thank you for your help and for\u00a0providing me with inside resources\u00a0to step up my game.\u00a0I have been trading\u00a0for quite some time now (seven years to be exact) and have enjoyed reading so many books about trading. 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