I had an informative phone chat with a counterpart of mine at a large international prop firm. They house thousands of traders globally. They, like us, back all of their traders. They, like us, have their own proprietary trading technology that only firm traders can use. They, like us, trade many different products. He, like me, trains all of the … Read More
Questions to ask yourself after a trading loss
Yesterday I was trading a stock with a negative news catalyst that was below an important longer term technical support level and intraday VWAP, got short, and took a loss. I would make the trade again. After taking a loss consider whether you would take the trade again. Here are the questions I asked myself: 1) Did I have an … Read More
SMBU’s Options Tribe Webinar: Terry Liberman of Exceptionaltrader.com: Your Trading Business – The Structure that Guides Your Trading Performance
This week Terry Liberman of Exceptionaltrader.com appears for the first time on the Options Tribe to discuss the concept of a trading as a business, the elements of that business and the trader’s role in that business. We are looking forward to Terry’s debut on the Options Tribe.
The unique trader
We as a firm were studying our top five traders this week. Each of them trade a very different style. Said another way, each of them is unique. One is a scalper. Another trades momentum. Another is an inefficiency trader. Another is an arbitrage trader. Still another trades low floats. What is more interesting is that each of them trades … Read More
This is your trading business
We teach a class, SMB DNA, and a student asked this question about the chart above from this class: As you can see from the chart, after price broke above 238.40 and traded above it, price tested and rebounded from the level 4 times. It seems to me that this suggests the level is significant intraday as well. The 3rd … Read More
Buying A Market Pull Back–Part II
In Part I I discussed how I put on the breaks on a planned buy in the SPY on 12/11 when price action lowered the probability of a market bounce. This put me in a much better position to play for a bounce on Monday December 14th. Here is a screenshot of my pre-market game plan where I share my … Read More
SMBU’s Options Tribe Webinar: Tony Sizemore of Optionelements.com: The 5% Solution: Protecting Against Large Moves in the Market
This week, Tony Sizemore of Optionelements.com will be returning to the Options Tribe to discuss an approach to protecting options income trades from large market moves as may be coming in the New Year if the market should become more volatile in 2016
Not Losing is Winning Too
In our SMBU Daily Video, Mike Bellafiore shares an anecdote where he won by not losing. Developing traders often want to win and win everyday. Mike explains how you can win some trading sessions by not losing. Trade Well – SMBU Team *no relevant positions