When I see mentees working hard and showing promise I ask them to send me a daily recap. Below is an excerpt from one such review: Overall I had an alright day, it could have been a lot better. I traded a few stocks very well and a few stocks a should not have been in at all, I was … Read More
Free Options Webinar: SMB’s Options Tribe: Today at 5pm EDT: Irons Condors using ZB Index options
Today at 5:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time 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. This … Read More
A lesson from the Trader Expo
Back from the Vegas Trader Expo, which was a lot of fun. I presented at 8AM Friday. I started my presentation with, “I am very disappointed to see a packed house. It is 8AM. This is Vegas. I hope you are all just rolling in from last night :)” That is tough start time for Vegas. Heck it was a … Read More
Great Expectations
The next step in building our casino so that we have the house odds in our favor is to look at the edge, or in system trading terms, expectancy. Let’s take a look at the house edge in a few casino games: Game House Edge Baccarat 1.2% Blackjack 0.8% Craps 1.6% Roulette 5.3% So exactly what does this mean? Let’s … Read More
Student Training Program Webinar
Tomorrow, Friday November 18th, 2011 at 5:45PM EST, we will be hosting a webinar aimed at students looking to get a head start on their trading careers. We offer a unique opportunity for students to go through our professional training while in school! Additionally, Steve Spencer will be giving a presentation on stock selection. So tune in to hear some … Read More
Free Options Webinar: SMB’s Options Tribe: Tuesday, November 22, 2011 at 5pm EDT: Irons Condors using ZB Index options
Tuesday November 22, 2011 at 5:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time 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 … Read More
This New Trader is Improving
I should facetiously title this post “The glamorous life of a managing partner”. Yesterday Leo, who runs our active trader college program, and I drove eight hours back and forth to Bentley U, arrived back home at 1am, woke up at 5AM to scoot to the airport for a 6:50AM flight to Vegas. We had a blast at Bentley … Read More
Start Slow? Start Fast?
Last night I had drinks and apps with two experienced traders. After some catching up we got into a discussion/argument about the best way to start your trading career. It has been written here that no one ought to trade 200 shares live until they can make money with 100 shares. You are the worst you will be as a … Read More