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In our recent survey we asked you for lesson ideas to include in SMBU Premium<\/a> 2016. Many of your responses included topics related trading size, trading bigger, and questions like \u201chow do I trade bigger?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the short answer:<\/span><\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Identify your trading strengths<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Trade your best setups more often and with larger size as I wrote in <\/span>The PlayBook<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n
  3. Trade incrementally bigger<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Our desk made a huge trade this month in a stock that was overbought. \u00a0I messaged a senior trader to congratulate him for his win. \u00a0He responded, \u201cThat will be a one million dollar trade in a few years.\u201d \u00a0Notice how he said \u201ca few years.\u201d \u00a0Pro traders trade from their strengths and incrementally get bigger so they sustain. They can also identify the specific trades with enough edge to do so.<\/span><\/p>\n

    SMBU Premium will spend one month with a focus on helping you train to trade bigger. <\/span><\/p>\n

    Learn more about SMBU Premium<\/a> and join our elite trading community now. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    Mike Bellafiore
    \n<\/span>Managing Partner, SMB Capital<\/span><\/p>\n

     <\/p>\n

    no relevant positions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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