{"id":34637,"date":"2013-12-13T14:29:14","date_gmt":"2013-12-13T19:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/?p=34637"},"modified":"2023-08-01T19:35:42","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T23:35:42","slug":"the-playbook-checkup-trla-strong-uptrend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/the-playbook-checkup-trla-strong-uptrend","title":{"rendered":"The PlayBook Checkup ($TRLA Strong Uptrend)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Below is our third edition of The PlayBook Checkup with Bella, author of\u00a0<em>One Good Trade<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>The PlayBook.\u00a0<\/em>During these sessions a new trader from our desk will have a PlayBook trade they archived reviewed by Bella.\u00a0Attendance is free for SMBU Tools subscribers, who can also ask questions during the event. Watch this review of a Strong Uptrend in $TRLA.<\/p>\n<p>Highlights:<\/p>\n<p>a) The importance of becoming bionic as a trader. In this trade, SMB Radar found this opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>b) Notice how well-prepared this trader is. Are you as prepared?<\/p>\n<p>c) Use tight consolidation areas as a technique to add to winning positions.<\/p>\n<p>d) What is a technical reversal candle?<\/p>\n<p>e) What is the definition of a stock with a high short interest?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">You can be better tomorrow than you are today!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Mike Bellafiore<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/One-Good-Trade-Competitive-Proprietary\/dp\/0470529407\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1375715301&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=one+good+trade\">One Good Trade<br \/>\n<\/a><\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/PlayBook-Inside-Think-Professional-Trader\/dp\/0132937646\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1390507658&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=the+playbook+mike+bellafiore\"><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<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Below is our third edition of The PlayBook Checkup with Bella, author of\u00a0One Good Trade\u00a0and\u00a0The PlayBook.\u00a0During these sessions a new trader from our desk will have a PlayBook trade they archived reviewed by Bella.\u00a0Attendance is free for SMBU Tools subscribers, who can also ask questions during the event. 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Highlights: a) The &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/the-playbook-checkup-trla-strong-uptrend\" 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":[1,10,6,7,451],"tags":[3722,3723,3630],"class_list":["post-34637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-comments-2","category-mike-bellafiore-bellas-blogs","category-one-good-trade","category-reading_the_tape","category-smb_video_blogs","tag-playbook-checkup","tag-strong-uptrend","tag-trla","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 Checkup ($TRLA Strong Uptrend) | 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-checkup-trla-strong-uptrend\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The PlayBook Checkup ($TRLA Strong Uptrend) | SMB Training\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Below is our third edition of The PlayBook Checkup with Bella, author of\u00a0One Good Trade\u00a0and\u00a0The PlayBook.\u00a0During these sessions a new trader from our desk will have a PlayBook trade they archived reviewed by Bella.\u00a0Attendance is free for SMBU Tools subscribers, who can also ask questions during the event. 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