Using VWAP to gain a trading edge

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Newer traders often ask us “which indicators are best?” Maybe you have one or more of these indicators on your chart: MACD Bollinger Bands RSI Stochastics SMA EMA Parobolic SAR and on and on and on It must be very confusing for the new and developing trader to find technical analysis tools to gain a trading edge.  It must be … Read More

Happiness precedes trading success

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  Many traders believe they will be happy after they become profitable.  In fact, first comes happiness, which then can dramatically propel elite performance. Shawn Archer author of The Happiness Advantage, explains in this article Positive Intelligence: In fact, it works the other way around: People who cultivate a positive mind-set perform better in the face of challenge. I call … Read More

The Opening Drive Trade: Is it for you?

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Some trading “gurus” preach that you should learn how to trade the open. Because, as they say, you can trade 15 minutes a day, make 500% a year, buy a Lamborghini like me, and be the envy of all your friends. Other trading “gurus” say things like: avoid the open, I don’t trade until 10am, trading in the first 30 … Read More

When To Get Short Facebook

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Here is a short video clip from our AM Meeting the morning after Facebook reported earnings. I discuss potential trading scenarios including the most common pattern we have seen in the past offering a good risk/reward on the short side. Steven Spencer is the co-founder of SMB Capital and SMB University which provides trading education in stocks, options, forex and futures. … Read More

How to shut up the risk manager

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  We had a meeting with a Year2 trader after the close and he did something you ought to be able to do.  Let’s call this prop trader Frequent Flyer. Frequent Flyer has fallen in love with a strategy, that between us, I don’t love.  As a directional discretionary trader this strategy doesn’t feel like real trading to me.  It’s … Read More