Hi Mike, 1. Trade only the MOST in play stocks in the beginning as they have the best chance to move regardless of market action. 2. Wait for the market to break previous day’s range or some similar range from previous couple days trading. 3. Establish the the market itself is in play. Is there significant economic news, political unrest, … Read More
And The Answer is… Trade Less
I have a question, but here is the background. I have a VERY small trading account as a trader for a Prop firm. It is an account with $16,000 in buying power and a 40-share max with a $25 loss limit (I’m in my firm’s 18 month trading program and started with a $2,000 account and account grows as your … Read More
Consider This Before Making a Trade
Good day Mike, How is work and family. Please, I need you to clarify a few things for me. I want to know the role the following indicators play in selecting stocks for day trading. 1. Beta: what value will you use in determining stocks to play(buy/sell or stay away from) 2. ATR 3. ADV 4. Relative Volume:How to determine it … Read More
SMB Capital and Kershner Trading Group: A Powerful Partnership
April 24, 2013, NEW YORK, NY—SMB Capital, a leading proprietary trading desk based in Manhattan, and Kershner Trading Group (Austin, Texas and now New York City), have teamed up to create a joint venture for a new trading office in Midtown Manhattan. The JV offers traders a true trading partner, where the firm provides technology with an edge, large trading … Read More
[Forex Workshop Recording] Multiple Time Frame Analysis
In this workshop, Marc showed traders how to utilize multiple time frames in order to decide which side of the market offers the greatest potential and the least amount of risk. This kind of market perspective can make the difference between taking profits quickly or giving the market more of a chance to realize a greater potential. If you missed this … Read More
Forex Trading: When do you let a winner run?
You know the following situation well: You had a long in EUR/USD at 1.3005 and sold it at 1.3018 only to watch it go to 1.3086 over the next hour. Of course when you try and hold for these type of moves, you give back your 10+ pips plus some additional when your stop gets hit. How do we know … Read More
Free Mentoring Classes with John Locke
Twice a month since September 2012, SMB has been holding John Locke’s group mentoring classes, and now we’ve got a special offer: we’re offering two free sessions for his M3/Bearish Butterfly/Rock Trade group mentoring classes today, May 2 and Thursday, May 16. For those of you who are new to SMB Options, John Locke is an experienced options trader and … Read More
Trade Review: $VRTX
VRTX gapped up over 50% on positive drug news. In this trade review Steven Spencer discusses his basic philosophy on trading very large gaps as well as his executions in VRTX.