{"id":43124,"date":"2016-02-11T09:45:29","date_gmt":"2016-02-11T14:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/?p=43124"},"modified":"2023-06-08T12:20:44","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T16:20:44","slug":"three-ideas-to-help-you-catch-your-best-trade-ideas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/three-ideas-to-help-you-catch-your-best-trade-ideas","title":{"rendered":"Three Ideas to Help You Catch Your Best Trade Ideas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iHfPUqMlz5g\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<figure class=\"tmblr-full\" data-orig-height=\"438\" data-orig-width=\"603\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/41.media.tumblr.com\/1983839e82356d99ce9f01a1dd76b55b\/tumblr_inline_o2e1rtFN7z1slheli_540.jpg\" alt=\"image\" data-orig-height=\"438\" data-orig-width=\"603\" \/><\/figure>\n<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/tmblr.co\/mlpl7QZiO2QRmFxnpYWvaEg\">@mikebellafiore<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>One thing I do before the open is develop a game plan.\u00a0 What stocks do I want to trade first?\u00a0 What prices do I want to enter positions?\u00a0 This helps a trader to not get overwhelmed when the market opens.\u00a0 There is all this data flashing buy on multiple screens in nanoseconds.\u00a0 Sorting out your best stocks and best trades before the open helps you not miss good trades.<\/p>\n<p>So for today I narrowed my trading universe to:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"tmblr-full\" data-orig-height=\"117\" data-orig-width=\"590\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/40.media.tumblr.com\/357b68c30d0da3111a18f57bf7316cab\/tumblr_inline_o2e1vkVrvL1slheli_540.jpg\" alt=\"image\" data-orig-height=\"117\" data-orig-width=\"590\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>And drilling deeper I wanted to most focus on being long $TWTR if it could hold above 14.<\/p>\n<p>Also a good habit to develop is to continually place alerts throughout the trading day.\u00a0 What is a great long and where?\u00a0 What is a great short and where?\u00a0 When a stock hits this price an alert goes off on my trading platform so I do not miss the opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, leverage technology to spot your best setups. Consider building filters that find your best setups.\u00a0 One goal I had for writing<i> The PlayBook <\/i>was to help traders understand their best trades.\u00a0 And then after they built their Playbook, said another way- build their business, they are in a position to leverage technology.\u00a0 Take the next step.\u00a0 From your PlayBook, build filters that scan for your best setups.<\/p>\n<p>I hope these three ideas help you catch more of your best trades.<\/p>\n<p><b>Related posts<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/your-daily-game-plan\">Your Daily Game Plan<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/a-missed-opportunity\">A missed opportunity<\/a><\/p>\n<p>*no relevant positions<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tradingworkshop.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-42831\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/smbwebinarsignup.jpg\" alt=\"tradingworkshop\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>@mikebellafiore One thing I do before the open is develop a game plan.\u00a0 What stocks do I want to trade first?\u00a0 What prices do I want to enter positions?\u00a0 This helps a trader to not get overwhelmed when the market opens.\u00a0 There is all this data flashing buy on multiple screens in nanoseconds.\u00a0 Sorting out your best stocks and best &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/three-ideas-to-help-you-catch-your-best-trade-ideas\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[4860,615,55],"class_list":["post-43124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-comments-2","tag-catch","tag-ideas","tag-trade","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>Catch Your Best Trade Ideas | SMB Training<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Discover three ideas to effectively catch your best trade ideas. 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