One Good
Trade
Inside the Highly Competitive
World of Proprietary Trading
MIKE BELLAFIORE
WILEY
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Contents
Preface
vli
Acknowledgments
xi
PART I
Inside a Prop Trading Firm
CHAPTER 1 These Guys Are Good
I
3
CHAPTER 2 One Good Trade
31
CHAPTER 3 A Good Fit
S3
PART II
83
Tools of Success
CHAPTER 4 Pyramid of Success
85
CHAPTERS
Why Traders Fail
117
CHAPTER 6
Live to Play Another Day
141
PART III Getting Technical
163
CHAPTER 7
Stocks In Play
16S
CHAPTER 8
Reading the Tape
193
CHAPTER 9
Maximizing Your Profits
with Scoring
223
Vi
CONTENTS
PART IV The Trader's Brain
249
CHAPTER 10 Trader Education
2S1
CHAPTER 11 The Best Teacher
28S
CHAPTER 12 Adapt to the Markets
305
CHAPTER 13 The Successful Trader
335
Bibliography
339
About the Author
347
Index
349