If you missed Steve in his 4th and last free webinar of 2011 discussing pre-market trading, a very important skill set for professional short term traders, please click here to watch the recording.
Morning thoughts 2/7/11
Good Morning Traders, I will be in and out of the office this week, so keeping today’s comments a little shorter than usual. In general, there are 4 macro themes I am watching this week. Interest rate futures (10 and 30 year) have a pretty good longer-term sell setup. This is an outright directional play, but also has implications for … Read More
Sammy’s Journal: Rolling With The Punches
At the beginning of the year I had goals for myself, which I did not achieve. So, I asked myself “what can I change in order to achieve these goals going forward?” I made a few changes and made it through a wild week, which turned out being my best week so far. The month started like this: Tuesday: Good … Read More
Avoiding Pitfalls: Safeguard Your Options Trading Journey
In a speech delivered to the American Enterprise Institute in late 1996—in the middle of the formation of the dotcom bubble of the 1990s—then Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan coined the term “irrational exuberance” to describe an illogical optimism about the economy that was pumping up stock prices well beyond any reasonable level. History shows that he was correct, … Read More
The wind of change is blowing…
Yesterday’s AXA settlement could represent a new direction in SEC regulation and oversight.
Morning Thoughts 2/4/11
Morning Thoughts 2/4/11
“Going to School” on Experienced Options Traders
This blog entry is the introduction to a series of posts about common mistakes made by options traders and how to avoid them.
SMB Welcomes a New Blogger- Seth Freudberg on Options
SMB is proud to announce the addition of a new trading educator to our blog. Seth Freudberg, a graduate of the Wharton School of Business, is the Director of the SMB Options Training Program (available in the Spring). He has mentored over 100 options traders and presented strategies to numerous traders throughout the world. Seth will be blogging about what … Read More