{"id":7037,"date":"2010-09-11T23:17:22","date_gmt":"2010-09-12T03:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/?p=7037"},"modified":"2021-02-11T16:49:27","modified_gmt":"2021-02-11T21:49:27","slug":"traders-ask-how-do-i-get-better-on-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/traders-ask-how-do-i-get-better-on-saturday","title":{"rendered":"Traders Ask: How Do I Get Better on Saturday?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hi Mike,<\/p>\n<p>One of my goals for this 2010-2011 trading &#8220;school&#8221; year is to work six days a week instead of five. The other is to strive for perfect attendance. With regards to working on Saturday&#8217;s, I&#8217;m putting together my routine. These are the things that I plan to do.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Review weekly P&amp;L &amp; Ticket averages (i.e. My Numbers &amp; Stats)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Review Trading Strengths &amp; Weakness of the week.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Review Best &amp; Worst Trades (Trading Videos)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Set goals for the upcoming week<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Game Plan for Monday<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Is there anything else that you guys do during your Saturday SMB meetings, that traders at home can also attempt? Is there anything you would add or take away from this list?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bella Responds<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">This is such outstanding work I almost want to leave just the question and end the blog. The fact you are asking this question is in itself a wonderful lesson for the community. Very well done!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">As way of background the questioner is Reader Angel. Some of you may know him from Chapter 3 of <em>One Good Trade<\/em>, A Good Fit. Reader Angel had knocked on all the doors at every prop firm in NYC and could not land a spot. \u00a0Many, like us, were not smart enough to offer him an invitation. Fast forward a few years and he finally has. Truly an inspiring story for all those whose passion is to trade professionally. And now his question above. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">SMB was in the office today on Saturday. Leo&#8217;s Bagels. Some college football in between review\u00a0sessions. GMan, Steve and me leading different review sessions. We watched film as a group of trades our guys have made. We offer mentorship and critical feedback to our younger traders (and bagels and juice). For remote traders a review with like-minded traders, reviewing some charts, talking about trades you were all in, is an excellent idea to consider. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">On Friday I implored our desk to spend some time this weekend reviewing the RIG move above 56. This was a huge level. The move was clean. There were textbook pullbacks of opportunity. Go look at that chart and visualize the trades you would have made. Repeat this process ten times. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>@downtowntrader and his posse stopped by our offices Friday and we grabbed some lunch. He shared over mini burgers and cokes (blackened salmon for me) that he reviews 300 charts a night. There is no way to get better at technical analysis unless you rip through charts like him. I like you coopting this professional practice into your weekend review.<\/p>\n<p>Those are some of my ideas to supplement your outstanding start. To our readers: what do you do to prepare over the weekend?<\/p>\n<p>Mike Bellafiore<\/p>\n<p>Author, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/One-Good-Trade-Competitive-Proprietary\/dp\/0470529407\/ref=sr_1_cc_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1284259365&amp;sr=1-1-catcorr\">One Good Trade<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Hi Mike, One of my goals for this 2010-2011 trading &#8220;school&#8221; year is to work six days a week instead of five. The other is to strive for perfect attendance. With regards to working on Saturday&#8217;s, I&#8217;m putting together my routine. These are the things that I plan to do. 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