Our #1 trading idea for Friday was SRPT. It sold $300 million of shares in a secondary offering via Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan. Normally, biotech secondaries are excellent long set ups. The prior week I had been long AERI following its secondary offering and it traded 30%+ higher in a few days. But this time was different. I discussed why SRPT was likely a good short … Read More
Trade Review–Shorting A Stock After Earnings $RHT
In this video I walk you through my thought process in developing a plan to short Red Hat following its earnings report. Each morning we develop trading plans for Stocks In Play. For more info sign up for a free trial which includes all of our trading tools and live position updates. Steven Spencer is the co-founder of SMB Capital … Read More
Why I didn’t trade today
I didn’t trade this morning. I had ever intention to do so when I left the office last night. I like the opportunity in FB TWTR SRPT SPY IWM for today’s trading session. So this was not a decision of a lack of trading opportunity. I, personally, was not in an optimal state to trade. And therefor, I benched myself. … Read More
Stay Within the Theme of the Trade
Every options strategy has a “theme”–the conditions under which it does poorly and the conditions under which it is successful. In this video, Seth Freudberg discusses the problem of abandoning the theme of a trade in the midst of the trade. A recent bearish butterfly trade is offered as a case in point.
What this new trader learned on Day 1 (166 lessons)
Our new class started part I of their training this week, with the SMB Foundation. Some say, “The only way to learn how to trade is trade.” Here is some evidence contrary to that position. One trainee with past trading experience sent me his notes, without solicitation, as to what he learned on Day 1 of our training program. He … Read More
Close The Gap!
I work with a lot of traders trying to “make the turn” – that is the turn to consistently profitable. Among the plethora of issues preventing the average trader from being consistent, one has come up rather often recently. The gap. The gap between what you see as great opportunity at the end of … Read More
Next Step to Improve Your Playbook
Yesterday we talked about how market neutral options traders usually generate their best returns when directional equities traders are struggling to find opportunities. Here’s one practical way you can begin to add market neutral options to your playbook. Action: Use midday as options time The best opportunities for short term equities trading is at the open and close of each … Read More
Trades We Make When Volatility Spikes
In this video Steven Spencer discusses trading during volatile periods.