The PlayBook
An Inside Look at How to Think Like a Professional Trader
Published on 15. August 2013
Book
Hardback
448 pages
978-0-13-293764-1 (ISBN)
Description
If you would like to become a truly great trader ?either for yourself or for a proprietary trading firm, this book will help you get there.
It is the only book of its kind, based on one of most successful trader training programmes?and the closest thing to signing up for a ?trader boot camp?. You can watch new traders execute trades and then learn by following their expert instructors? tough critiques.
You will learn how to master the multiple trades and strategies you need to survive and succeed as a professional trader. Packed with colour, personality, and realism, there?s never been a more exciting guide to real-world trading?or a more valuable one!
It is the only book of its kind, based on one of most successful trader training programmes?and the closest thing to signing up for a ?trader boot camp?. You can watch new traders execute trades and then learn by following their expert instructors? tough critiques.
You will learn how to master the multiple trades and strategies you need to survive and succeed as a professional trader. Packed with colour, personality, and realism, there?s never been a more exciting guide to real-world trading?or a more valuable one!
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Person
Mike Bellafiore is the co-founder of SMB Capital, a proprietary trading firm in New York City; SMBU, their education arm; and SMB Systems Trading, their algorithmic trading division. He is the author of "the trading classic" One Good Trade. His firm has regularly appeared on CNBC, Bloomberg TV, CNN Money, Fox Business, the BBC, and in the Wall Street Journal and the street.com. SMB's trader training program was highlighted on the TV documentary Wall Street Warriors. An international lecturer, Mr. Bellafiore has built trader training programs globally for hedge funds, prop trading desks, and retail traders, working with some of the world's largest traders. He lives on the Upper West Side, with his wife and newborn son.
Content
Introduction 1
Chapter 1: The PlayBook 17
Chapter 2: Trade Like a Shark 53
Chapter 3: The Day Knight Capital Almost Fell (A Support Play) 81
Chapter 4: TO: How Good Can You Be? 115
Chapter 5: Follow the Trading Path of Pippen 159
Chapter 6: Special Projects: Get Ready to Trade Pro 197
Chapter 7: Prep 229
Chapter 8: We Are All Rudy 269
Chapter 9: Iceman: No Guts,No Glory 307
Chapter 10: GMan: Trading Is Not Easy 345
Chapter 11: South Africa 379
Conclusion 405
References 411
Index 423
Chapter 1: The PlayBook 17
Chapter 2: Trade Like a Shark 53
Chapter 3: The Day Knight Capital Almost Fell (A Support Play) 81
Chapter 4: TO: How Good Can You Be? 115
Chapter 5: Follow the Trading Path of Pippen 159
Chapter 6: Special Projects: Get Ready to Trade Pro 197
Chapter 7: Prep 229
Chapter 8: We Are All Rudy 269
Chapter 9: Iceman: No Guts,No Glory 307
Chapter 10: GMan: Trading Is Not Easy 345
Chapter 11: South Africa 379
Conclusion 405
References 411
Index 423