In this post, I will teach a trading technique to help you make more, increase your enjoyment and lower stress during each trading session. Have you ever sat there as a trader working longer, fighting harder and with worsening results? Would you like to learn a trading technique employed by our firm to solve this problem? An experienced 7-figure trader, … Read More
Insights from Visiting Trader Alex Temiz: Navigating Stock Sympathy Plays
Alex Temiz, @AT09_Trader , visited SMB for an informal Q&A. Joseph Gelb, interning with us from Princeton, produced these notes for the trading community of our desk’s discussion with Alex. Can you tell us a little bit about yourself and what you do now? -Alex is 23 and has been trading for a little more than four and a half years. -“The … Read More
TOTD – Context is Critical
We hope you learn something as we share trades from our new Futures Desk as a Trade of The Day! Today we’re focused on using Market Profile to frame an awesome contextual view in the ES Futures. Let’s dive in. Context is critical. It allows us to see the circumstances in which intraday trade is developing within! This, again, is critical. We’re going … Read More
“Clip that!”: Maximizing your best trading
Thank you to Dr. Steenbarger for sharing this article on how and why the Warriors excel in the 3rd quarter. The coaches prepare video clips from the first half, during the first half, of the team playing at their best. Coaches instruct video staff to “Clip that” of best plays and prepare it to be watched at half-time by the … Read More
TOTD – Try Again!
We’ve gotten great feedback as we share trades from our new Futures Desk as a Trade of The Day! Today we’re back in my realm- that is, using Market Profile! Simple lesson today. Sometimes trades try and work, then fail. BUT…. then they set up again! I like to see my guys stick with their game plans, and refrain from recency bias … Read More
TOTD- Simple S&P Scalp
It’s time for the Futures Desk Trade of The Day! Have you guys noticed one of the key themes of most of the TOTD’s from our desk? For me it’s that the trades are not rocket science, and in fact they are quite simple. The key things I see in the posts so far as I study our own traders … Read More