September 6, 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 options … Read More
How Bad Do You Want It?
Traders must be ready to become great. Being an elite trader must be important enough to you so that you do the work required to be special. Your mentor, your firm, your institutional bank or hedge fund cannot make you into a great trader unless it is important enough to you. I had a private conversation about a very good … Read More
Traders Ask: What to Do Before You Start Your Trading Career?
Mr. Michael, I am Alexei, from Paraguay, South America, I’ve been following SMB Capital for a year and now reading your blog posts is a must every day. Recently I have finish reading One Good Trade. I have read so many books about technical analysis and trading and I now you heard this a lot but it was by far the best … Read More
Notice, Explore, Execute
This morning we noticed that shortly after the open CF hit my new low of the day ticker. Hmmm…a market leader getting sold right away into a gap up in the SPY and continued strength in the SPY. I took “Notice”. A little later we see it again, this time joined by MOS, AGU and some others from the sector. … Read More
Trader’s Ask: How should I decide when to increase my tier size?
Hi Bella, If you don’t mind, I have a question for you. How long should a trader trade at a given tier size before they move it up? I don’t want to jump in larger too fast, but I don’t really know what an optimal time frame is for advancing, and I’m sure it varies from trader to trader. Is profiting … Read More
SMB Radar – Snapshot
Here is a look at a few of the columns I use on the SMB Radar, as of today’s close. Notice a lot of blue today which means institutional activity was minimal. Also note that the In Play list has a lot of IPR’s with readings below 3.00. Regardless, I still like to sift through these after the close as … Read More
Back to the future
The future’s on it’s way, the past is gone Old and rusted, with your busted bones Break the crystal ball, you’re on your own Wipe away the fear of the unknown Now, here we go, on with the show Makin’ our way, just living for today It’s in my sight, and the time is right For takin’ a bow, into … Read More
Free Options Webinar: SMB’s Options Tribe Today at 5pm EDT: A unique approach to butterfly spreads
Tuesday August 30, 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