Entering a Bearish Butterfly Late in the Trading Cycle

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In this video, Seth Freudberg talks about entering a bearish butterfly late in a trading cycle. Sometimes options traders, for capital reasons, are forced into entering options trades later than normal. This video discusses a way to enter the bearish butterfly strategy later than its prescribed start date. This approach takes advantage of the basic premise of the bearish butterfly–that … Read More

The Line You Cannot Cross as a Trader

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In this SMBU Trading Lesson of the Week video Mike discusses: The Line you Cannot Cross as a Trader. You can sign up for our free daily trading video here! Mike Bellafiore is the Co-Founder of SMB Capital and SMBU, which provides trading education in stocks, options, forex and futures. Bella is the author of One Good Trade and The … Read More

The Idiot Trade in American Airlines

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In this SMBU Trading Lesson of the Week video Mike discusses: 1) An idiot trade he made in American Airlines 2) How to make an idiot trade into a constructive learning experience 3) The importance of taking notes of your trading during the day 4) Don’t be so hard on yourself as pro traders make mistakes as well You can … Read More

Embrace Progress: You Can Be Better Tomorrow Than You Are Today! (video)

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The other week I presented at #Stocktoberfest the @Stocktwits event masterminded by @howardlindzon. My presentation was titled: 8 Ideas from the Prop Desk to Improve Your Trading. Below is the final partĀ of the video series. In this video Mike shares a philosophy that drives his firm: 1) You can be better tomorrow than you are today! (his personal mantra and … Read More

The Great Automated Failed Discretionary Trader (video)

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The other week I presented at #Stocktoberfest the @Stocktwits event masterminded by @howardlindzon. My presentation was titled: 8 Ideas from the Prop Desk to Improve Your Trading. Below is part 7 of the video series reconstructing my presentation. In this video Mike discusses: 1) An anecdote about a great automated trader formerly a failed discretionary trader 2) Adding automated trading … Read More

A Successful Trader Who Made a Late Career Change to Trading Successfully

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The other week I presented at #Stocktoberfest the @Stocktwits event masterminded by @howardlindzon. My presentation was titled: 8 Ideas from the Prop Desk to Improve Your Trading. Below is part 6 of the video series reconstructing my presentation. In this video Mike discusses: 1) An anecdote of a successful trader who made a late career change to trading successfully 2) … Read More