Trend Following With Michael Covel

My guest today is Mike Bellafiore, the co-founder of SMB Capital, a proprietary trading firm in New York City, and SMBU, its trader education company. Bellafiore also writes regularly for the globally popular SMBU blog, where he shares ideas on how to improve trading performance. The topic is his book The Playbook: An Inside Look at How to Think Like a Professional Trader. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: Real rewards to being a successful trader Passion in trading Why professional traders fail Parallels between trading and writing Bellafiore's history and definitions of "prop trading" Trading short timeframes and intraday trading The "prop desk" Ups and downs in Bellafiore's career The early history of SMB Capital Bellafiore's early struggles with his father's health concerns, his mother's death, an SEC investigation, and how "The PlayBook" came out of it The ten attributes of a great trader Trading psychology and mindset Personality types and short-term trading Microscalping and swing t