Why this special trader failed to hit his stride with us

BellaGeneral Comments

One of our special developing traders failed to hit his stride with us. He worked as hard as anyone at the firm.  Everyday he sent me his in-depth daily trading review to my inbox. His reviews set the standard for Junior traders. He worked on his trading game in college, before he arrived at SMB.  I have strongly advocated for … Read More

Lessons from an annual trade review

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Elite traders are always engaged in a process of self analysis in a continuous improvement process. A trader on SMB’s options trading desk recently discussed an annual review that he conducted of his own trading. In this video Seth Freudberg discusses the insights shared by that trader which should be helpful for all options traders.

Trading bigger is much easier than trading with edge

BellaGeneral Comments

Trading bigger is much easier than trading with edge. I am working with a developing trader, nearing 15 months of live trading.  He is starting to trade with edge. I am seeing 3/5 days of trading profitably. I am noticing in his reviews a specificity of setups that he is trading.  He is not trading for stocks to finish higher … Read More

Time Diversification Through Weeklies

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It’s important to diversify your options trading portfolio in order to control your exposure to any one event. In this video, Seth Freudberg discusses the different types of strategy diversification within a trader’s portfolio of options trades. This video specifically focuses on the current trend of using weekly options chains to spread a trader’s capital out from week to week as opposed to focusing all of a trader’s capital on one particular options expiration.