I have been listening to a great deal of the Toddler music channel on Pandora so pardon my lyrics. First comes skill Trading Skill! Next comes edge Trading Edge! Then comes trading profits in your head …..And in your bank! Our firm has edge during Russell imbalances. I was discussing this strategy in theory with our college training class, exposing … Read More
The PlayBook Checkup: Unusual Options Activity in $SUNE
Below is our newest installment of the 2014 edition of The PlayBook Checkup with Bella, author of One Good Trade and The PlayBook. During these sessions a trade archived by a Junior Trader from our desk will be reviewed by Bella. Real-time attendance is free for SMBU Tools subscribers, who can also ask questions during the event. In this video … Read More
Creating a Road Map Helped this Trader
I noticed one of our new traders had a day of out-performance. I assumed this was his best trading day because of his PnL but it turned out it was his second best. Still he was near the top of the leaderboard with a very substantial intraday PnL for a new trader- heck for all traders. I asked him what he … Read More
$KORS Short Trade
Watch Mike Bellafiore, author of One Good Trade and The PlayBook, describe a Short Trade he made in $KORS to college trader training students. Mike walks traders through why he wanted to short $KORS, where, how to add to his short position, and the two short setups offered intraday. We hope you enjoy this video! [useful_banner_manager banners=9 count=1] “You can … Read More
Recording: How Do You Obtain and Maximize Your Edge
Yesterday, Mike Bellafiore, author of One Good Trade and The PlayBook, hosted a free webinar on how to find your trading edge. If you missed the webinar, you can catch it here! Enjoy the video! “You can be better tomorrow than you are today!” Mike Bellafiore is the Co-Founder of SMB Capital and SMBU, which provides trading education in stocks, options, … Read More
Finding and Increasing your Trading Edge
One trader on our desk offers a best practice to emulate. This trader had been gross negative 3/4 past months prior to June. He is a hard worker, focused on the markets, disciplined and well-trained. He is one of the guys who can make it. Yet, while I wouldn’t say it was a large deal that he was not yet … Read More
Take Your Back Test Into the Future
So you’ve developed or learned about a great strategy. You back tested it, tweaked the rules, and re-tested. Maybe the results are looking great – now what? All the information that you have is history. Is it reliable and repeatable in the real world? Here are few things that I do before running a strategy live. 1) Make sure the strategy works in … Read More
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