Friday was an interesting day for me. We had a large down move Thursday followed by a large drop in overnight futures. When we see this sort of price action we immediately shift our AM Gameplan to a discussion of market related ETFs as with more volatility they offer the least risk with good upside. We also want to look … Read More
Making Your Visualizations Better
Making Your Visualzations Better
Options Diversification
In our SMBU Daily Video, learn about vehicle diversification in options trading. In this video from Seth Freudberg, you will learn: How to diversify your options trading Why options traders pick indexes Is diversification really possible within one market Why applying similar strategies to correlated indexes might not work We hope this video helps you improve your trading skills. * … Read More
The Anatomy of A Selloff—Netflix
Netflix has been the #1 momo stock for the past few years. Recently, its ascent began to accelerate at an unsustainable pace. When a stock begins to behave like this it is time to look for low risk high reward entries on the short side. Here are a few things you can look for as clues when to open the … Read More
Cash Flow Trading
In our SMBU Daily Video, learn about cash flow trading. In this video from Steven Spencer, you will learn: How to take advantage of ranges Why cash flow trades can lead to larger gains How Steve traded the recent range in $TWTR We hope this video helps you improve your trading skills. – SMBU Team * no relevant positions
The Analyst Downgrade Bottom–Micron
When a stock has been in a longer term down trend there are many ways that it can put in a tradeable bottom (assuming it isn’t a commodity stock in which case it may just file for bankruptcy at some point). The fundamental cause of its down trend goes away. This is what happened in Apple in 2013 after its 40% … Read More
What are your 5 best trades?
In our SMBU Daily Video, learn why you should focus only on your best trades. In this video from Mike Bellafiore, he discusses: Where you should place your risk Why professional traders often need to reevaluate their trading How one of SMB’s traders made his quarter in a play he trades well We hope this video helps you improve your … Read More
Are You Trading Too Many Stocks?
In our SMBU Daily Video, learn lessons from our latest class going live. In this video from Mike Bellafiore, you will learn: What stocks should you avoid? What is the correct number of positions to be trading? How do you create guardrails to boost confidence? How do you place yourself in a position to succeed? What are your goals when you … Read More