{"id":42542,"date":"2015-10-23T14:27:07","date_gmt":"2015-10-23T18:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/?p=42542"},"modified":"2023-06-08T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T14:00:00","slug":"trading-thoughts-on-weight-watchers-mcdonalds-spy-and-america-express","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/trading-thoughts-on-weight-watchers-mcdonalds-spy-and-america-express","title":{"rendered":"Trading Insights on Weight Watchers, McDonald&#8217;s, SPY, and American Express"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-41277\" src=\"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/whiteboardfriday-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"whiteboardfriday\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/whiteboardfriday-1024x576.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/whiteboardfriday-300x169.jpg 300w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/whiteboardfriday.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mike Bellafiore was interviewed for Benzinga Premarket Prep this week.\u00a0 He gave his trading thoughts on Weight Watchers, McDonald&#8217;s, SPY, American Express, MMM, ACAT, CTXS.\u00a0 Here is what you can learn as a trader from this discussion:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The reversal trade in WTW that Mike and SMB made and he is asked about in detail<\/li>\n<li>The key level to watch in SPY<\/li>\n<li>Why Mike was looking to trade AXP, MMM and ACAT on the short side<\/li>\n<li>The swing trade in MCD long that Mike described as an excellent R\/R<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wistia_embed\" src=\"\/\/fast.wistia.net\/embed\/iframe\/png7enqx8k\" name=\"wistia_embed\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<script src=\"\/\/fast.wistia.net\/assets\/external\/E-v1.js\" async><\/script><br \/>\n*no relevant positions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mike Bellafiore was interviewed for Benzinga Premarket Prep this week.\u00a0 He gave his trading thoughts on Weight Watchers, McDonald&#8217;s, SPY, American Express, MMM, ACAT, CTXS.\u00a0 Here is what you can learn as a trader from this discussion: The reversal trade in WTW that Mike and SMB made and he is asked about in detail The key level to watch in &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/trading-thoughts-on-weight-watchers-mcdonalds-spy-and-america-express\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":41277,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[4749,4750,4748,170,402,38,4747,4746],"class_list":["post-42542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-comments-2","tag-america","tag-express","tag-mcdonalds","tag-spy","tag-thoughts","tag-trading","tag-watchers","tag-weight"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Trading Thoughts on WTW, MCD, SPY, and AMEX | SMB Training<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SMB Training shares trading thoughts on Weight Watchers, McDonald&#039;s, SPY, and American Express. 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