Table of Contents

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

About the Author

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.