SMBU offered solutions in this webinar below (PowerPoint edition) for the Top Five Trading Frustrations of the SMBU Trading Community. The Top Five trading frustrations are: #5 Selling Too Early #4 Being Stopped Out and Then Being Right #3 Lack of Consistency #2 Lack of Confidence #1 How to Adapt to Changing Market Conditions You can be better tomorrow than … Read More
Capturing 20 Points in $TSLA (Power Point Edition)
Below is our fifth installment of the 2014 edition of The PlayBook Checkup with Bella, author of One Good Trade and The PlayBook. During these educational sessions a trade archived by a new trader from our desk will be reviewed by Bella… usually. For this learning event we did something different! A trader from the SMBU Trading Community, but not our desk, presented … Read More
The PlayBook Checkup: $P 2nd Day Opening Drive and Pullback (Video On Demand)
Below is our fourth installment of the 2014 edition of The PlayBook Checkup with Bella, author of One Good Trade and The PlayBook. During these educational sessions a trade archived by a new trader from our desk will be reviewed by Bella… usually. For this learning event we did something different! A trader from the SMBU Trading Community, but not our desk, presented … Read More
The PlayBook Checkup: $P 2nd Day Opening Drive and Pullback (Power Point Edition)
Below is our fourth installment of the 2014 edition of The PlayBook Checkup with Bella, author of One Good Trade and The PlayBook. During these educational sessions a trade archived by a new trader from our desk will be reviewed by Bella… usually. For this learning event we did something different! A trader from the SMBU Trading Community, but not our desk, presented … Read More
The Knife Trader’s Confession: Unconventional Trading Habits Revealed
I promise there is a trading lesson here… Mayor de Blasio has been catching all sorts of heck for being photographed eating pizza with a fork and knife. I must admit I eat my pizza with a fork and knife. In fact, I eat spelt crust pizza with vegan cheese topped with red peppers and onions. To me… delicious. I … Read More
Zolio Trading Competition
Do you have what it takes to be a great trader? For college students who are either interested or passionate about the markets, SMBU is proud to be a sponsor for the 2014 Zolio Spring Trading Competition. Registration is still open for this multi campus-wide event that is set to kick off in February. This is a great opportunity for … Read More
Some Thoughts on 2014: Upside Volatility
The price action in 2012 presented a very compelling case for a strong market and low volatility in 2013 (see post on #NewNormal). It wasn’t the price action in isolation though. 2012 was in such stark contrast to the latter part of 2011 it really set off alarm bells in my head. We went from a period of massive volatility … Read More
Why set goals? Not just in trading but in any part of life?
“Top scientists estimate that we’re bombarded with over 400 billion bits of information every second. There is no way we could possibly pay attention to this much information. It would literally drive us insane. In fact, we are only capable of consciously processing approximately 2,000 bits of information. That’s only 0.0000005% (5 ten-millionths of 1 percent) of the world around us. This means that we … Read More