{"id":46689,"date":"2018-03-07T15:04:28","date_gmt":"2018-03-07T20:04:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/?p=46689"},"modified":"2018-03-08T10:02:22","modified_gmt":"2018-03-08T15:02:22","slug":"leave-room-in-your-game-plan-for-trades-to-just-appear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/leave-room-in-your-game-plan-for-trades-to-just-appear","title":{"rendered":"Leave room in your Game Plan for trades to just appear"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We are only as good as the stocks that we trade.\u00a0 Traders prepare before the open for what and how they will trade- Game plan.\u00a0 The best traders leave room to observe what is working best, that may just be outside their game plan.<\/p>\n

One firm trader in his Daily Report Card, wrote on this topic:<\/p>\n

One thing I went back and looked at\/thought about\u2026.. the stocks that were really working ie CLSD, I should\u2019ve found a way to be more aggressive.\u00a0 Over time, if I can learn to shift that focus in real time and make that realization, there are opportunities to make my day in one stock.\u00a0 I think today especially, it was hard to do with so many names of interest on the open, but a deeper morning preparation can help.\u00a0 Ie, going mentally thru more scenarios.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Dr. Steenbarger, who works with this prop trader, flagged the comments above as significant for the trader.\u00a0 He responded to this trader:<\/p>\n

….this is a great observation and a great thing to work on.\u00a0 The key is shifting the focus in real time:\u00a0 quality of preparation helps with that, as you point out, and short breaks from trading where you can scan the universe of candidate stocks\/trades can help the process.\u00a0 What I think you’ll find is that, with experience and great prep, those breaks will become shorter and shorter and eventually you’ll be able to shift your focus in real time like that Shark guy you might have heard of…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

During the same evening a developing trader wrote on the same need to observe opportunity in real-time, in his review:<\/p>\n

I have to be more flexible in terms of understanding there’s nothing that fits my eye\u00a0prior to the open but at the same time that\u00a0if\u00a0a pattern shows up\u00a0that’s in my Playbook I must put risk to work.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A good best practice is to schedule time during the open and build into habit looking for opportunities that just visit.\u00a0 It is terrific to game plan.\u00a0 But you also want to be open-minded for an opportunity that just arrives.<\/p>\n

Leave room in your Game Plan for trades to just appear.<\/p>\n

*no relevant positions<\/p>\n

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