{"id":9566,"date":"2011-02-01T07:59:42","date_gmt":"2011-02-01T12:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/?p=9566"},"modified":"2021-05-06T15:13:41","modified_gmt":"2021-05-06T19:13:41","slug":"traders-ask-position-sizing-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/traders-ask-position-sizing-part-ii","title":{"rendered":"Traders Ask- Position Sizing (Part II)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/traders-ask.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9565\" title=\"traders ask\" src=\"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/traders-ask.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"582\" height=\"529\" srcset=\"\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/traders-ask.png 728w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/traders-ask-300x272.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 582px) 100vw, 582px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bella Responds<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I love the respect given with the Mr. Bella \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>If we start a<a href=\"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/traders-ask-position-size-of-13\"> 1\/3 position<\/a> then we are not as confident in the set up. \u00a0We are searching for information that gives us more confidence. \u00a0What factors would do so:<\/p>\n<p>a) the tape<\/p>\n<p>b) intraday charts<\/p>\n<p>c) long term technicals<\/p>\n<p>d) any important news that just hit on the market. the stock or the sector<\/p>\n<p>e) how easy it is to get in and out of the stock<\/p>\n<p>f) a determination that I can control my risk<\/p>\n<p>g) the strength of the overall market<\/p>\n<p>h) the time of the day<\/p>\n<p>i) strong moves away from prices confirming a big order<\/p>\n<p>j) the corresponding futures<\/p>\n<p>k) my trading intution<\/p>\n<p>I will factor in all of the above and look for excellent risk\/reward opportunities so I can add some size.<\/p>\n<p>I hope that helps. \u00a0Great job by you working on your trading game!<\/p>\n<p>Mike Bellafiore<\/p>\n<p>Author, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/One-Good-Trade-Competitive-Proprietary\/dp\/0470529407\/ref=tmm_hrd_title_0?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1296503061&amp;sr=1-1\">One Good Trade<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bella Responds I love the respect given with the Mr. Bella \ud83d\ude42 If we start a 1\/3 position then we are not as confident in the set up. \u00a0We are searching for information that gives us more confidence. \u00a0What factors would do so: a) the tape b) intraday charts c) long term technicals d) any important news that just hit &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/traders-ask-position-sizing-part-ii\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":9565,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,908],"tags":[4674,188,1580,81,1193,653,1354,1349],"class_list":["post-9566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mike-bellafiore-bellas-blogs","category-traders-ask","tag-one-good-trade","tag-risk","tag-sizing","tag-smb-training","tag-trader-education","tag-trader-training","tag-trading-coach","tag-trading-mentor"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Traders Ask- Position Sizing (Part II) | SMB Training<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/traders-ask-position-sizing-part-ii\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Traders Ask- Position Sizing (Part II) | SMB Training\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Bella Responds I love the respect given with the Mr. Bella \ud83d\ude42 If we start a 1\/3 position then we are not as confident in the set up. \u00a0We are searching for information that gives us more confidence. \u00a0What factors would do so: a) the tape b) intraday charts c) long term technicals d) any important news that just hit ... 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