Jared Levy, who created the options video series “The Vertical Spread Advantage” for SMB Options, appeared recently on Fox Business to discuss “Is Hewlett-Packard Tech’s Comeback Kid?“. Join us on the next Options Tribe Webinar on May 28, 2013 at 5pm ET with Jared Levy of Zacks.com for a great presentation on his unique approach to establishing a directional opinion … Read More
December 55-Day RUT Bearish Butterfly Options Trade Update: Unleashing Profit Opportunities
The market has settled quite nicely into the range of our position. Currently the trade is up $775 and looking good. The position is shown below: If $RUT actually settles down for a change we just might get the opportunity to close this next week at our $3000 profit target and round off an excellent year for this trade. If … Read More
SMB Welcomes a New Blogger–John Locke
SMB is proud to announce the addition of a new options trader and success coach to our blog, John Locke, of Locke In Your Success, LLC. John is an outstanding options trader and success coach and has worked extensively with traders all over the world to help them improve their game. John has also been a frequent guest on … Read More
Sittin’ on the front porch sippin’ iced tea
It’s funny how non-directional options trading differs from many other kinds of trading. For example, most forms of trading require price change to be taken advantage of by the trader. Day traders salivate when they look at charts that are vertical, in either direction. Directional options traders are the same way. But, non-directional options traders normally do best when … Read More
Can I Trade Options While Holding Down a Busy Full-Time Job? How About While I’m Asleep?
While there are common themes to every kind of trading discipline, there are of courses differences as well. Options spread trading, for example is a very different world in many respects from day trading. At SMB, our intraday equity traders tend to focus on the opening hour and the closing hour of trading, with sometimes very high speed activity and decision-making … Read More