Back in early 2006 we established what have become known as the SMB Fundamentals. They are a list of 7 trading principles that SMB believes should be followed for every single trade. Fundamental #7–Replaying your important trades–trades that offered a ton of opportunity—help you mentally prepare and execute at a higher level when faced with a similar trading scenario in … Read More
Not Much In Play—Be Very Selective
This is a time to be cautious as a short term trader. Volume is light and there is not much In Play. The SMB Radar is our insurance policy during slow market times to make sure we focus our energy on the stocks with the best risk/reward setups. When I look at the Radar during the day and most of … Read More
SMB’s Options Tribe: Today at 5pm EST: Managing Options Positions by the Greeks Part 2
Tuesday December 20, 2011 at 5:00 pm Eastern Standard 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
Even One Trade A Day Can Be Over Trading
We had an interesting question the other day: What would be a reasonable range for total number of trades per instrument for an active intraday trader? And is there a different range for something like a stock-in-play vs. SPY or EUR/USD? I’m working on discretionary trading along with algorithmic strategies and I just want to gauge your opinion on when … Read More
SMB’s Options Tribe: Free Webinar Today at 5pm: Managing Options Positions by the Greeks
Tuesday December 20, 2011 at 5:00 pm Eastern Standard 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
Free Webinar – System Trading Tools
Rick Martin, lead developer of SMB Systems Trading LLC, will be discussing system trading tools to use in your trading – what they are, how to know if they will work and if you have what it takes to add a computer to your trading and tune them to fit your trading style. Questions from attendees will be answered at … Read More
How To Lose All Your Money
We have one more major thing to look at as we build out our casino—volatility. We know the house edge for every game, but we also need to know some basic statistics before we open the doors of our casino. Let’s just focus on standard deviations for this discussion and how they affect our returns, and the bettor’s returns. Game … Read More
SMB’s Options Tribe: Tuesday, December 27, 2011 at 5pm EST: Managing Options Positions by the Greeks Part 2
Tuesday December 20, 2011 at 5:00 pm Eastern Standard 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