{"id":41833,"date":"2015-07-29T14:30:28","date_gmt":"2015-07-29T18:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/?p=41833"},"modified":"2023-06-13T09:16:36","modified_gmt":"2023-06-13T13:16:36","slug":"the-must-follow-podcast-from-stocktwits-with-mike-bellafiore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/the-must-follow-podcast-from-stocktwits-with-mike-bellafiore","title":{"rendered":"The Must-Follow Podcast from StockTwits: Insights with Mike Bellafiore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-41856\" src=\"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/podcastbella.png\" alt=\"podcastbella\" width=\"602\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/podcastbella.png 602w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/podcastbella-300x84.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mike Bellafiore was interviewed on #TheMustFollowPodcast from Stocktwits by Sean McLaughlin.<del><\/del><\/p>\n<p>To subscribe to #TheMustFollowPodcast go here or get them on iTunes.<\/p>\n<p>Below is an excerpt written by @ChicagoSean about this #MUSTLISTEN trading podcast with our own Mike Bellafiore.<\/p>\n<h3>Mike Bellafiore:\u00a0Trading as a Performance Sport<\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<p>To be the best, you\u2019ve got to train like the best.<\/p>\n<p>We know this to be\u00a0true in sports, and today\u2019s guest on The Must Follow podcast believes this to be equally true in the trading arena, as he considers trading to be one of the most competitive performance sports there is.<\/p>\n<p>Meet <a href=\"http:\/\/stocktwits.com\/mikebellafiore\">@MikeBellafiore<\/a>, a founding partner of SMB Capital \u2014 a New York City based Proprietary Trading firm that\u00a0educates and backs Traders with firm capital on a merit-based scale that truly enables traders to be the best Traders they can possibly be.<\/p>\n<p>Mike cut his teeth, as many did, on one of the many trading desks popping up around Wall Street (and eventually around the country) in the mid-1990\u2019s that were catering to the new breed of electronic traders. Over the course of nearly a decade, Mike eventually experienced fantastic success as an intraday trader. But the process of transitioning from a complete newbie to a \u201cConsistently Profitable Trader\u201d left a lot of room for improvement, in his mind.<\/p>\n<p>Together with his friend and trading partner <a href=\"http:\/\/stocktwits.com\/sspencer_smb\">Steven Spencer<\/a>, they decided to fill this void in the trading universe by forming SMB Capital with the goal of building a firm that would risk its own capital to develop and nurture new Wall Street entrants into intraday and swing trading market pros.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cI think that \u2018trader psychology\u2019 or lack of confidence is just another way to say that person doesn\u2019t have a business. That Trader doesn\u2019t understand what his best setups are, that Trader doesn\u2019t have a risk management system for his\u00a0best setups, that Trader hasn\u2019t visualized really crushing these setups as he\u00a0should. If you do all of these\u00a0things and your favorite setup occurs\u2026 boy, it\u2019s a lot easier in real-time to make it.\u201d \u2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/stocktwits.com\/mikebellafiore\">@mikebellafiore<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>For anyone who has ever wondered what it\u2019s like to learn at a top-notch proprietary trading firm, or for those who wish to have a deeper understanding\u00a0of the level of competition you\u2019re up against, I think you\u2019ll thoroughly enjoy and learn from my chat with Bella.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>* no relevant positions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mike Bellafiore was interviewed on #TheMustFollowPodcast from Stocktwits by Sean McLaughlin. To subscribe to #TheMustFollowPodcast go here or get them on iTunes. Below is an excerpt written by @ChicagoSean about this #MUSTLISTEN trading podcast with our own Mike Bellafiore. Mike Bellafiore:\u00a0Trading as a Performance Sport To be the best, you\u2019ve got to train like the best. 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