Recently I visited Pace University investment club to talk about the life of a proprietary trader. We make an effort to reach out to college trading clubs and college investment clubs and meet their members. Some of our best traders have come from these clubs. Also, college students rarely get to interact with a professional trader so sharing our experience … Read More
ONE Thing to Improve Your Trading
We have built a new Reading the Tape course to help our trading community trade better. Imagine if this course helped you achieve just one of these: Reading the Tape can help you enter trades at better prices. Reading the Tape is a leading indicator that gets you into trades before the stock moves. Reading the Tape can help you find … Read More
8 lessons from the prop desk (The 2017 TradersExpo NYC)
At the 2017 TradersExpo in NYC, I shared 8 lessons from our prop desk. As a partner at a prop trading firm in NYC, I have the privilege of watching many traders grow from new to consistently profitable trader to high performing trader to even better. I see how they succeed and why. I share their obstacles and together we … Read More
5 inspirations from Dr. Steenbarger’s Master Class
Yesterday I posted 21 key takeaways from Dr. Steenbarger’s recent Master Class at the TradersExpo. During the introduction of the Master Class Dr. Steenbarger challenged us to write down our goal for our time with him. I wrote, “To be inspired with ideas to teach and train our guys better!” He promised not to stop teaching until each of … Read More
Unveiling Trading Wisdom: 21 Key Takeaways from Dr. Steenbarger’s Master Class
This Sunday I had the privilege of taking Dr. Steenbarger’s Master Class, trading coach and author, at The TradersExpo NYC. It was four hours jam-packed with learning. The Master Class was truly exceptional! Many have reached out to my inbox and asked for me to share my notes with you. I will do so here. To become a distinct trader you must … Read More
Master Class taught by Dr. Steenbarger
I am really excited to be taking the Master Class taught by Dr. Brett Steenbarger, trading coach, this Sunday at The TradersExpo NYC. Our culture at SMB is simple: improve every day. That starts with me and continues through all, including the newest of newbs. I was privileged to see an outline of the Master Class and provide feedback, which … Read More
SMBU’s Options Tribe Webinar: Paul Forchione of Optionvue Systems, International: “Butterflies and Calendarized Butterflies”
This week, options educator and strategist Paul Forchione returns to the Options Tribe to show how he uses OptionVue software to structure and analyze these positive theta spread positions in various futures markets. He will show how these positions behave in relation to market movement and changes in implied volatility by generating performance curves and discussing the Greeks.
Sometimes it’s your job to lose money
In this video, Seth Freudberg discusses why it is disadvantageous for a trader to get into a mindset that he must win every trade at all costs. He must instead accept that the best trades have anticipated losing months in each year, no matter how well designed that strategy is.