In our SMBU Daily Video, learn how short term traders describe trade setups on an intraday basis. In this video from Steve Spencer, you will learn: The thought process of an intraday trader How Steve looks for potential long/short trade setups How to gauge whether a stock is weak or strong We hope this video helps you improve your trading … Read More
SMBU’s Options Tribe Webinar: Steve Papale of Optionvue Systems, International: How Implied Volatility affects the Options Greeks
This week, Steve Papale returns to the Options Tribe to discuss the often misunderstood topic of how the options greeks are affected by options implied volatility.
30 trading habits in 30 days- a book of charts
Welcome back to our new series 30 trading habits in 30 days. This is not my idea. I co-opted it from a trader we trained from scratch to High Performing Trader. This is an excellent habit to build for your daily training as a trader. Build a book of best charts. Every time you make or spot a great setup, … Read More
How Is The Market Reacting To Fear?
As professional market participants part of our job is to make decisions when real world events spill over into the markets that we are trading. In this video I offer some thoughts on the trading environment following the terrorist attacks that took place in Paris. Steven Spencer is the co-founder of SMB Capital and SMB University which provides trading education in stocks, options, … Read More
Invest in your trading business
Invest in your trading business! One constant theme on our trading desk is encouraging traders to invest in themselves. One 500k-a-year trader on our desk didn’t want to spend $190 a month on an options platform that could make him an extra 50-100k a year. When we laid out these numbers he quickly realized this folly. Recently I encouraged 8 … Read More
Options Filters
In our SMBU Daily Video, learn how you can use filters to adjust your position sizing. In this video from Andrew Falde, you will learn: Using volatility based sizing How to get better consistency in your trading An example in a momentum based strategy We hope this video helps you improve your trading skills. – SMBU Team * no relevant positions
A lesson on trading bigger
Our firm made a large trade this month in a stock overbought. I was waiting and waiting and waiting for one of our senior traders to close his trade and offer congratulations. The trade kept working and working and working so it took him days to finally close out. The discussion afterwards proves constructive to those seeking to trade … Read More
Developing Trading Habits
In our SMBU Daily Video, Mike Bellafiore sits down with Maxim from Hamaha.net to discuss trading habits. In this video you will learn: What to judge your trading off of The importance of developing a process Breaking down your trading into smaller parts We hope this video helps you improve your trading skills. – SMBU Team * no relevant positions