This is a post from our traders TO about a scalp trade he made on JBL from yesterday: My trading desk neighbor SW and I were both trading JBL today, with 19 as the key level of interest. Without knowing it, I took the opposite direction of his trade at the Open for a quick momentum scalp. SW got long … Read More
SMB Radar Update – Weak Today Snapshot
The Weak Today column ranks stocks based on the price change relative to the stock’s opening print. These stocks tend to have opening drives and continuation moves. The idea here is to find opportunity in the weakest stocks in the market with the highest probability of continuing the trend. When looking through the column, we always take note at how In … Read More
Free Options Webinar: SMB’s Options Tribe: Tuesday, October 4, 2011 at 5pm EDT: Short Term Calender Spreads
Tuesday October 4, 2011 at 5:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time SMB’s Options Tribe is an online community of options traders dedicated to sharing successful options trading ideas with all of our members worldwide. Each week the community will meet online for the primary purpose of watching live presentations made by outstanding veteran options traders and experts in the world of … Read More
Why I covered JBL at the bottom :)
JBL was on the minds of most intraday traders around me this AM. It was mentioned in our SMB Training AM Meeting. Before the open I ask traders around me what they will be trading. Adam? Sammy? Andrew? Jeff? Peter? Tarhini? All but one did not mention JBL as one of the top three stocks on their screens. We opened … Read More
A Perfect Example – $JBL
$JBL had earnings, so it was not a huge surprise to see it on our In Play list on the Radar. Still, a reading of 7.7 is good even for a stock with earnings. This means the stock will have heavy, unusual order flow – and it did. But that alone isn’t going to help with bigger plays. Sure, you … Read More
Know Your Tools!
We have access to some great tools to help us with our trading. Plenty of different scanners, studies, and algos out there thanks to technology. But just because you have the tools, doesn’t mean it ends there, you must master and take everything you can out of them. At SMB Training our favorite tool is the Radar. It was designed … Read More
Free Options Webinar: SMB’s Options Tribe: Today at 5pm EDT: Butterflies and Long Stock Positions
Today at 5:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time SMB’s Options Tribe is an online community of options traders dedicated to sharing successful options trading ideas with all of our members worldwide. Each week the community will meet online for the primary purpose of watching live presentations made by outstanding veteran options traders and experts in the world of options trading. This … Read More
What the market taught me last week
Are you reviewing your trading solely based on your P&L? Is your focus on what you learn from the market or how much cash you are taking out? Do you do a weekly review? Below is a weekly review by a new mentee that the developing trader might implement with their trading. Hi Bella, The following is my weekly review … Read More