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
How to Trade Weight Watchers
In our SMBU Daily Video, Mike Bellafiore presents How to Trade Weight Watchers (stock symbol WTW). Learn: What the trade is from here The two best trades to aggressively buy WTW Why WTW is so strong A technical and fundamental review of this story We hope this video helps you improve your trading skills. – SMBU Team * no relevant … Read More
A+ Options Trades
In our SMBU Daily Video, learn about A+ options trades. In this video from Seth Freudberg, you will learn: Not all conditions are optimal for all options income trades It makes sense to increase capital on trades when optimal conditions exist for that strategy We hope this video helps you improve your trading skills. – SMBU Team Hi I’m Seth Freudberg, I’m … Read More
Amplify Your Investing and Trading Success: New Visualization Therapy Exercises
Visualization and mental practice are tools that can take you to the next level of performance in your trading and investing. These tools can have a transformational impact on your mental game, helping you to execute better in every facet of your investing and trading. In fact, they are so important that I have compiled a resource page on … Read More