{"id":8587,"date":"2010-12-01T12:08:31","date_gmt":"2010-12-01T17:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/?p=8587"},"modified":"2021-05-06T14:57:11","modified_gmt":"2021-05-06T18:57:11","slug":"traders-ask-any-advice-on-these-trades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/traders-ask-any-advice-on-these-trades","title":{"rendered":"Traders Ask: Any Advice on these Trades?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mike,<\/p>\n

I’ve been lately having a hard time executing my trades properly. I find the setups, my analysis is correct, yet myfingers don’t follow up with my brain!<\/p>\n

I wrote a blog post about it, and reach out to you to tell me what you think could be done.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/bit.ly\/gtTprL<\/a><\/p>\n

Hopefully you’ll have time to look at it and perhaps ask your crew to throw on eye on it as well.<\/p>\n

Many regards,<\/p>\n

Bella Responds<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is excellent work!<\/p>\n

1) You are doing an all-star job of reviewing your work.<\/p>\n

2) You found your weakness.<\/p>\n

3) You are willing to work on your weakness.<\/p>\n

4) You are searching for a solution-based plan to your weakness.<\/p>\n

I almost do not want to write anymore. \u00a0All of this above is the secret sauce to becoming a CPT (consistently profitable trader). \u00a0It’s not some fancy new play, or some never-gonna-work For You new technique where a bunch of indicators cross. \u00a0It’s the awesome mindset.<\/p>\n

During our post-Open recap I challenged one of our new traders to have a better detailed plan for an Unusual Hold on the Offer trade. \u00a0I do the same to you. \u00a0Picture me staring your down, with a classroom of eyes\u00a0affixed\u00a0on you to explain your lack of detail \ud83d\ude42 \u00a0Ok so you found the FCX trade. \u00a0You stated there was no reason to exit. \u00a0What are the reasons for you to exit for that trade? \u00a0This will help you not to exit the next time you are in a similar trade. \u00a0Trying to figure this out all mid-trade is a lack of preparation and leads to decisions unbecoming of your ability.<\/p>\n

So make that list. \u00a0And keep working on your game. \u00a0Great stuff! \u00a0Love the blog.<\/p>\n

Mike Bellafiore<\/p>\n

Author, One Good Trade<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mike, I’ve been lately having a hard time executing my trades properly. I find the setups, my analysis is correct, yet myfingers don’t follow up with my brain! 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