{"id":36458,"date":"2014-02-25T16:00:29","date_gmt":"2014-02-25T21:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/?p=36458"},"modified":"2023-08-01T19:29:36","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T23:29:36","slug":"smbu-trading-tip-of-the-day-vsi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/smbu-trading-tip-of-the-day-vsi","title":{"rendered":"SMBU Trading Tip of the Day ($VSI)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this SMBU Trading Tip of the Day, Bella, author of the \u201ctrading classic\u201d\u00a0<em>One Good Trade<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>The PlayBook<\/em>, talks about the importance of execution with an example in Vitamin Shoppe (stock symbol $VSI).<\/p>\n<p>Highlights from this trade:<\/p>\n<p>1) You can turn a very good trade into a losing trade with poor execution.<\/p>\n<p>2) Trading is a skill.<\/p>\n<p>3) Market &#8220;calls&#8221; are not as important as trading skill.<\/p>\n<p>4) Watch Mike &#8220;call the bottom&#8221; in $VSI in real time and time-stamped on SMB Real Time, and then honestly discuss a trading execution error that kept him from optimal gains.<\/p>\n<p>5) Pro traders mess up all the time.<\/p>\n<p>We hope you enjoy this trading education video.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BEM6LMZZmc8?list=UUg3B_joekBGJ1s_4fRjsMKA\" width=\"600\" height=\"348\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLo5LM9g7UwiY9yotqbt2ssKQOANbdILmn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i.smbtraining.com\/banners\/smb-youtube.png\" alt=\"smb-youtube-daytrading-trading-prop-trading-education-videos-markets\" width=\"600\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>You can be better tomorrow than you are today!<\/p>\n<p>Mike Bellafiore<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/One-Good-Trade-Competitive-Proprietary\/dp\/0470529407\">One Good Trade<br \/>\n<\/a><\/em><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-PlayBook-Inside-Professional-Trader\/dp\/0132937646\/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_y\">The PlayBook<\/a><\/em><\/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><br \/>\nNo relevant positions<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this SMBU Trading Tip of the Day, Bella, author of the \u201ctrading classic\u201d\u00a0One Good Trade\u00a0and\u00a0The PlayBook, talks about the importance of execution with an example in Vitamin Shoppe (stock symbol $VSI). 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