In running back tests, it’s important to understand the impact of volatility and position size. A consistent position size in number of shares or dollar amount can greatly skew historic results. If optimizing, this may lead to curve-fitting the system to periods of high volatility. Here are some examples of the impact of fixed-position sizing vs volatility-based sizing: The first … Read More
Forex Analysis: GBP/USD
Marc Principato, CMT, shares his recent analysis of the GBP/USD. This includes his long and short term perspective, potential levels of interest, and setups he is actively watching for. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/utraderyt Help me write my book: http://www.unconventionaltrader.com Training Info: http://www.bit.ly/smbhome My analysis on TradingView.com: http://bit.ly/tviewprfle Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/marcpmarkets Webinar and Trade Review Archive: http://bit.ly/archpge — Marc Principato, CMT, Risk Disclaimer *No … Read More
SMB U Trading Lesson of the Week: Position Sizing in $CCL
Mike Bellafiore, author of the “trading classic” One Good Trade and The PlayBook, talks about a SMB Trading Lesson of the Week in $CCL. Mike discusses the various trading scenarios and how your position sizing would have changed under different market circumstances. Enjoy the video! You can be better tomorrow than you are today! Mike Bellafiore One Good Trade The … Read More
SMB AM Meeting Recap: INSM
In this short video, Steve discusses a stock from this morning’s AM Meeting. Every morning he reviews the market and analyzes the stocks that are in play and likely to have second-day moves. Steve discusses the potential trading setups in INSM. Steven Spencer is the co-founder of SMB Capital and SMB University which provides trading education in stocks, options, forex and … Read More
Public Options Webinar: Marc Principato: Currency Options for Profit
SMBU’s Options Tribe is an online community of options traders dedicated to sharing successful options trading ideas with all of our members worldwide. Each Tuesday, SMBU hosts an options webinar—the Options Tribe—during which veteran options traders and experts in the world of options trading share live presentations. Next week, SMBU’s Marc Principato makes his first appearance on the Options Tribe … Read More
PLUG Commentary
This morning during the SMB AM Meeting, Steve made a long call on PLUG. He said a strong move above $6.30 would be a great long entry with upside to $8.00. You can get great trading calls from Steve by joining our daily AM Meeting. Steven Spencer is the co-founder of SMB Capital and SMB University which provides trading education … Read More
SMB AM Meeting Recap: NUS
In this short video, Steve discusses a stock from this morning’s AM Meeting. Every morning he reviews the market and analyzes the stocks that are in play and likely to have second-day moves. Steve discusses the potential trading setups in NUS. Steven Spencer is the co-founder of SMB Capital and SMB University which provides trading education in stocks, and options. … Read More
SMB Trade of the Week: PLUG
Mike Bellafiore, author of the “trading classic” One Good Trade and The PlayBook, talks about his SMB Trade of the Week in $PLUG. This stock was highly in-play this past week, presenting some great trading action which the desk was able to take advantage of. Highlights from this trade: 1) There were many variables involved in this trade – the big picture, technicals, … Read More