Each morning we discuss the overall market and the top In Play stocks to trade. Today, I offered my thoughts on why the SPY was setting up for higher prices (during first 2 minutes). Enjoy! (i did record meeting at home & yes that is my basset hound moving around in the background) For a Trial of our AM Meeting … Read More
Impossible Market Timing?
Wouldn’t it be great if we had a tool that gave us a heads up when market was making a short term top? What if that same tool could be used to time the bottom in market pull backs as well? If we had something like this surely we would make many millions of dollars if not billions in the … Read More
The End of Volatility
During the first three years of my trading career I participated in a stock market that seemed to move 1%+ almost every day. That market was built for short term traders. But during that same time period regulators pushed through a series of market structure changes that I believe laid the foundation for a long term decline in stock market … Read More
Sometimes Good News is The Best News To Short
Recently, an inexperienced trader asked me about a stock that traded lower after reporting great news. As any experienced trader will tell you, often that is a great opportunity to get short. Yesterday, Facebook reported amazing earnings with a slew of positive metrics. In the after hours it traded to a new all time high above 137. Yet, I got … Read More
Misery–Nothing Worked Today $CREE $STX $EAT
(1/25/17) Things didn’t work out so well today. Technically, EAT trade idea worked perfectly but I forgot to enter my “trading script” pre-market so I missed the short at 46, which worked perfectly trading down $2 to our first support area. It’s actually my second favorite setup for a stock reporting earnings: poor EPS & guidance that pops to well … Read More
Three Opening Trades–Review BABA MMM VZ
Yesterday, I made the below three trades on the Open based on our morning game plan and strategies we teach on the prop desk. It is important to spend time reviewing your trades each day to determine if you followed your trading plan and identify possible improvements on execution. BABA (win)—good #s. With large recent runup no great setup but expect … Read More
Did A Short SetupTrigger in JPM?
Following JPM’s earnings report it gapped higher then faded the rest of the day. Steve Spencer discusses a possible short setup. Steven Spencer is the co-founder of SMB Capital and SMB University which provides trading education in stocks, options, forex and futures. He has traded professionally for 20 years. His email address is: [email protected]. No relevant positions
Trade Review: Long Gold
In this video I share my thought process on why I opened a GLD long trade. If you are interested in watching and learning about these trades in real time check out a Trader90 trial which includes all of our trading tools. Steven Spencer is the co-founder of SMB Capital and SMB University which provides trading education in stocks, options, … Read More