{"id":34592,"date":"2014-01-05T20:15:14","date_gmt":"2014-01-06T01:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/?p=34592"},"modified":"2023-04-27T08:31:51","modified_gmt":"2023-04-27T12:31:51","slug":"smbus-top-ten-trading-blog-posts-of-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/smbus-top-ten-trading-blog-posts-of-2013","title":{"rendered":"SMBU\u2019s Top Ten Trading Blog Posts of 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

SMBU\u2019s Top Ten trading blog posts for 2013:<\/p>\n

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  1. The Failure Rate of a Proprietary Trader<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. The Opportunity for a Prop Trader<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. Lessons Learned From a Million Dollar Loser<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. What I Learned From the Best Trader at Citibank<\/a><\/li>\n
  5. Ten Takeaways From a Top Trading Coach<\/a><\/li>\n
  6. Do You Have a System to Identify and Trade Breakouts?<\/a><\/li>\n
  7. Ten Ideas for Creating a Good Trading Journal<\/a><\/li>\n
  8. Traders Ask: VWAP?<\/a><\/li>\n
  9. NFLX is the New AMZN?<\/a><\/li>\n
  10. My Thought Process: $FB<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Happy Holidays!\u00a0Keep working on your trading game!<\/p>\n

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

    Mike Bellafiore<\/p>\n

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

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