It’s important to diversify your options trading portfolio in order to control your exposure to any one event. In this video, Seth Freudberg discusses the different types of strategy diversification within a trader’s portfolio of options trades. This video specifically focuses on the current trend of using weekly options chains to spread a trader’s capital out from week to week as opposed to focusing all of a trader’s capital on one particular options expiration.
Five things profitable traders do that losing traders don’t
Ever wonder what is going on the minds of professional consistently profitable traders? An extremely important part of our firm’s success is modeling what top traders have in common. These common characteristics and practices are things that you can learn from and apply to your trading. This Thursday at 4:15 pm (NYC), Mike Bellafiore will be teaching a free online … Read More
SMBU’s Options Tribe Webinar: Len Yates, Optionvue Systems International: The VXX Trading System
This week, Len Yates of Optionvue Systems International will cover Optionvue’s exclusive VXX trading system which has undergone a recent enhancement
Start Your Trading Goals for 2017 Now
Wait a minute… we’ve still got another two and a half months until the end of this year, why are we talking about getting ready for next year? The pro traders on our desk are already preparing their goals for 2017. Proper preparation is a never-ending process that requires you to be thinking ahead. Even the top performing traders know how … Read More
Fall 2016 SMB DNA Applications Now Being Accepted
We are very excited to announce that applications are now being taken for the Fall 2016 DNA of Successful Trading! The Spring DNA students gave outstanding feedback and we’ve implemented some huge improvements that we will be letting you know about over the next few days. The program starts in just a few weeks, so take a minute to apply … Read More
SMBU’s Options Tribe Webinar: Options Tribe Trading Contest Leaders Present Their Winning Options Strategies
Following up on our meeting of last week, this week, Andrew Falde, Alan Wood and Robert Esposito will explain how they have climbed atop the leaderboard in the Options Tribe’s 2016 Options Trading Contest through presenting their personal trading styles and strategies.
Don’t Trap Yourself into Trading Failure
Most traders fail at trading because they are unrealistic about the amount of time it will take to get good and the returns they will earn once they do. That creates a condition where the trader makes a series of mistakes that we cover in this video. We discuss how to avoid those mistakes and start your trading career with realistic expectations.