{"id":33432,"date":"2013-11-05T09:30:26","date_gmt":"2013-11-05T14:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/?p=33432"},"modified":"2023-04-25T16:00:36","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T20:00:36","slug":"10-tips-for-when-you-first-go-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/10-tips-for-when-you-first-go-live","title":{"rendered":"10 Tips For When You First Go Live"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hey Bella,<\/p>\n

This is [name deleted]. I was in the summer training program at SMB. I’m going live\u00a0tomorrow\u00a0and was wondering if you could give me some basic tips for me to think about.<\/p>\n

\n

I’ve been following SMB on Real Time, watching the morning meetings, and training every day since the summer on the ThinkorSwim simulation platform. I know how different it is trading live and the thing is, I don’t have much room for error, so my main goal is to keep my losses controlled. If there’s any advice you could give me it would be great.<\/p>\n

Thanks.<\/p>\n

@mikebellafiore<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here are my ten tips for when you first start trading live:<\/p>\n

1) Embrace the mindset to improve every day. Your job is to get better every day and not make money. Shark, highlighted in The PlayBook<\/em>, has the best mindset of any trader I ever coached. Be like him.<\/p>\n

2) Trade with 100\/200 shares. After every ten days of profitable trading bump up your trade size.<\/p>\n

3) Set a very tight intraday stop limit. If this is the worst you are going to be as a trader, then keep your risk low.<\/p>\n

4) Work with a mentor\/coach. There is very little evidence of anyone becoming great at anything without critical feedback, wrote Matthew Syed in Bounce<\/em><\/a>. If trading is your passion and the performance data demonstrably validates this assertion, then shouldn’t you have a coach?<\/p>\n

5) Build your PlayBook. Each day archive a setup that made the most sense to YOU. Doing this will speed up your learning curve.<\/p>\n

6) Ferret out your A+ trades from your PlayBook and trade them with more size.<\/p>\n

7) Be bionic. Build trading scanners for your favorite plays and get connected to a trading room. This is not the 90s. Utilize technology to become a bionic trader.<\/p>\n

8) Keep a trading journal. On our desk our developing and new traders complete a detailed trade review before they leave. Frankly, it is hard to take you seriously as a new trader if you are not doing this.<\/p>\n

9) Keep a psychology trading journal. Yes, you cannot become a consistently profitable trader without profitable trading strategies. But you also cannot trade those setups profitably if your psychology is weak.<\/p>\n

10) Be grateful for each day you get to trade pro. Trading is a privilege, not a right.<\/p>\n

Related blog posts:
\nLearning From Other Traders<\/a>
\nWhat is the Best Setup for Newer Traders?<\/a><\/p>\n

You can be better tomorrow than you are today!<\/p>\n

Mike Bellafiore<\/p>\n

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

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