{"id":36811,"date":"2014-03-20T16:02:15","date_gmt":"2014-03-20T20:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/?p=36811"},"modified":"2023-05-23T16:32:27","modified_gmt":"2023-05-23T20:32:27","slug":"trading-in-a-state-of-flow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/trading-in-a-state-of-flow","title":{"rendered":"Trading in a State of Flow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mike Bellafiore, co-founder of SMB Capital, spoke to students at Pace University about trading and the need to start early while they\u2019re in college if they want to get an edge in trading. In this short clip Bella discusses the concept of being in a state of flow.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2L5n1ib\"><em>Flow<\/em><\/a> by\u00a0Mih\u00e1ly Cs\u00edkszentmih\u00e1lyi is a must-read book.<\/li>\n<li>A state of flow occurs when you become so involved in something that time seems to stand still. You are present.<\/li>\n<li>Do something that makes sense to you.<\/li>\n<li>Think about this idea when you are trading.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Enjoy the video!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Qc46spFQ_Sg\" width=\"600\" height=\"348\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mike Bellafiore, co-founder of SMB Capital, spoke to students at Pace University about trading and the need to start early while they\u2019re in college if they want to get an edge in trading. In this short clip Bella discusses the concept of being in a state of flow. Flow by\u00a0Mih\u00e1ly Cs\u00edkszentmih\u00e1lyi is a must-read book. A state of flow occurs &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/trading-in-a-state-of-flow\" 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":[449,451,456,1373],"tags":[2424,464,3878,3781],"class_list":["post-36811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-smb_on_tv","category-smb_video_blogs","category-trader_development","category-trading-lesson","tag-day-trading-program","tag-flow","tag-state-of-flow","tag-trading-edge","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>Trading in a State of Flow | 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\/trading-in-a-state-of-flow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Trading in a State of Flow | SMB Training\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mike Bellafiore, co-founder of SMB Capital, spoke to students at Pace University about trading and the need to start early while they\u2019re in college if they want to get an edge in trading. 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