I spent 25 years working for a big company. It was a great job, but like most big company positions, it eventually wore me down and burned me out. I happened to talk to my dad one day after a particularly stressful day, and he asked me about work. I told him, “I can’t do this anymore.” He asked me … Read More
What is your trading process? Does it work? Why not?
Is your trading process simply not working? In a recent survey to traders that follow SMB, we found that a vast majority of traders (over 84%) are getting mediocre results or negative results in their trading. Even the most passionate, intelligent, and committed traders are among this group. But it doesn’t have to be that way for you any longer. … Read More
SMBU’s Top Options Trader Teaches His Top Options Strategy
We just pulled up a second Rock Options Strategy recording from our archive and posted for you to watch. We’re taking these two videos down soon. So watch them now. The first video we posted is a recording from back in May 2013. It looked good then, and the same options trading strategy (with the same rules) is still working … Read More
Are You Focused On Your Best Setups?
Earlier this week Mike Bellafiore asked me to participate in a 30 Days/30 Habits webinar. The idea behind the webinar was to share the best practices that lead to habit formation for the top performers from our trading desk. In true Bella fashion he invited me to co-present with him a few hours before the webinar was scheduled to begin! … Read More
The Best Way To Handle Execution Errors
In our SMBU Daily Video, Seth Freudberg discusses how to handle the inevitable execution errors that every trader makes now and then. In this video you will learn: Why you should reverse an execution error immediately after you make it. Why you must not waste time beating yourself up over an execution error. Why you must be realistic and reduce your … Read More
30 trading habits in 30 days- backtesting
Welcome back to our new series 30 trading habits in 30 days. I was at the Pig ‘N’ Whistle on 3rd for lunch yesterday with 3 trading/investing thought leaders at Baruch College. These young student traders asked: are markets going to be run exclusively by automated traders? I answered, “No. But a discretionary trading firm like ours has been doing much … Read More
Spencer named as a must follow in finance on Twitter
Steve Spencer, AGAIN, was recently named a must follow in finance on Twitter. Congratulations Steve and the SMB Capital trading community. Here is what Business Insider had to say about Steve: See more of our friends who were named here. *no relevant positions
How are you planning to improve your trading in 2016?
Wait a minute… we’ve still got another two and a half months until the end of the year, why are we talking about getting ready for next year? That’s because we believe in goal setting and proper preparation. And proper preparation is a never ending process. Top traders know how they can improve and they are thinking ahead 1 month, … Read More