Free Webinar on College Students Training Program

May 16th, 2013 Do you really want that boring desk job, pushing papers all day long, doing cold calling and taking orders from other people? Didn’t think so. So why not consider the life of a trader? If you’ve thought about it but don’t know what to do or where to begin, we’ve got an exciting opportunity coming up that you won’t want to miss: on May 23 at 4:15PM EST, SMB Capital is hosting a Webinar to discuss our student programs. Register for this Webinar now! Here’s the deal. Students will have the opportunity to take our training program while they’re still in school as a five-week program during the summer break. The SMB Student Equity Training Program can also be done remotely from Read more [...]

SMB Forex and Futures Weekly Trade Review 5/24

May 24th, 2013 In this segment, Marc Principato, CMT reviews a short taken in the S&P500 CFD at a major market top. See how our pattern recognition and volume analysis allow our traders to hold a position longer. For more information visit: http://smbtraining.com/overview/forex-training -- Marc Principato, CMT, Risk Disclaimer *No Relevant Positions SMB FOREX Trade on your own schedule Learn SMB′s Unique Strategy Trade Confidently in 6 Weeks Click here for a free trial of our chatroom Read more [...]

Jared Levy on Fox Business

May 23rd, 2013 Jared Levy, who created the options video series "The Vertical Spread Advantage" for SMB Options, appeared recently on Fox Business to discuss "Is Hewlett-Packard Tech's Comeback Kid?". Join us on the next Options Tribe Webinar on May 28, 2013 at 5pm ET with Jared Levy of Zacks.com for a great presentation on his unique approach to establishing a directional opinion on a stock or index and then turning that opinion into an optimal vertical-spread trade. Click here to register for this FREE Webinar Read more [...]

Forex Workshop Recording: How We Use Volume Analysis in Forex Trading

May 23rd, 2013 If you missed the most recent workshop with Marc Principato, CMT on "How We Use Volume Analysis in Forex Trading", this is your opportunity to watch it. In this workshop Marc explains how our traders apply volume analysis with a unique tool in order to validate trade setups. This technique allows our traders to capture emerging trading opportunities that carry 3:1 reward to risk ratios. Please sign up below to get the link to the recording. -- Marc Principato, CMT Risk Disclaimer *No Relevant Positions Read more [...]

My Thought Process—$SPY Selloff

May 22nd, 2013 One type of price action that puts me on alert for a hard down move in the market is unusually large gyrations in quick succession. That is what is what we saw during the first few hours of trading today. Points 1&2 on the chart show up and down moves larger than the ATR of the SPY. This type of signalling usually occurs on the daily time frame. For a good higher time frame example check the SPY chart from January 2010. Point 3. The SPY was at 167.80 and sellers started to take control as the pattern of higher lows was broken. At this time SPY 167 Puts were being purchased. Point 4. More traders on the desk jumped into the SPY short. Point 5. The short trade is working Point Read more [...]

Forex Trading: Position Sizing Is More Important Than You Thought

May 22nd, 2013 Too often I listen to inexperienced traders over reacting, exaggerating and showing how over dependent they are on things like technical analysis. Too many engineers and people who think they can outsmart the market by trying to define everything it does with some over restrictive measure, indicator or data series. Much of the time, the objective of this pursuit is to arrive at some kind of indicator that will almost guarantee profits, or get you into a trade that will be correct 90% of the time. On top of that, this magical invention will allow traders to use stops just barely greater than the spread. So you spend days, months and years struggling to find this advantage. It must exist right? Read more [...]

Free Options Webinar: Jared Levy of Zacks.com: The Vertical Spread Advantage

May 21st, 2013 Tuesday May 28th 2013 at 5pm EST SMB’s Options Tribe is an online community of options traders dedicated to sharing successful options trading ideas with all of our members worldwide. Each week the community will meet online for the primary purpose of watching live presentations made by outstanding veteran options traders and experts in the world of options trading. Next week, Jared Levy of Zacks.com introduces Options Tribe members to his unique approach to establishing a directional opinion on a stock or index and then turning that opinion into the optimal vertical spread trade. Register for this FREE Webinar: Here Seth Freudberg, Director, SMB Options Training Program The Read more [...]

Trade Review: $RAX

May 20th, 2013 To receive Steve's Trade Review videos via email as they become available, please sign up below. You will receive his latest trade review on $DDD where he discusses a "momentum reversal" short. Steven Spencer is the co-founder of SMB Capital and SMB University and has traded professionally for 16 years. His email is sspencer@smbcap.com. No Relevant Positions Read more [...]

SMB Forex and Futures Weekly Analysis

May 20th, 2013 In this segment, Marc Principato, CMT conducts a broader technical analysis on the S&P 500 futures, EUR/USD, GBP/USD and AUD/USD. Use this to gather important for your strategies throughout the following week. For more information visit: http://www.smbtraining.com/overview/forex-training -- Marc Principato, CMT Risk Disclaimer *No Relevant Positions SMB FOREX Trade on your own schedule Learn SMB′s Unique Strategy Trade Confidently in 6 Weeks Click here for a free trial of our chatroom Read more [...]

Trading Off of Levels: How a Real Trader Works

May 18th, 2013 There is this developing trader, who sends me a summary of his trading at the end of every week. I asked him to do this so I have data on whether we should hire him for the desk. He's not quite ready but I love to see his progress. Mostly I want to see how he handles success and failure and how he rehearses, practices, and thinks about his craft. In short, mostly I want to learn if he fits our culture. Guys who do and who have a passion for trading are worth my time and capital. The Financial Media Entertainment Complex paints a trading/investing game of picks and predictions. In the real trading world real traders struggle, lament, tweak, re-tweak, and search for improvement. The email below Read more [...]

SMB Forex and Futures Weekly Trade Review 5/17

May 17th, 2013 In this segment, Marc Principato, CMT, reviews a EUR/USD trade that combines our favorite setup with volume analysis confirmation. To learn more visit: http://www.smbtraining.com/overview/forex-training -- Marc Principato, CMT, Risk Disclaimer *No Relevant Positions SMB FOREX Trade on your own schedule Learn SMB′s Unique Strategy Trade Confidently in 6 Weeks Click here for a free trial of our chatroom Read more [...]