Reading the Tape is all you need! For some trades and some traders that is. One savvy trader in an email exchange with veteran traders, said it so well: When we teach our new traders to make trade decisions, we ask them to consider 5 variables: The Big Picture Technical Analysis Reading the Tape Intraday Fundamentals Intuition On most trades … Read More
Why do you guys run an education company?
At SMB, our primary business is our proprietary trading desk. 85 percent of my energy and attention goes into the trading desk, our traders, and growing that business. But everyday, I do spend time on our education arm- SMBU. Recently, I had drinks with two partners of a proprietary trading desk in NYC and one asked, “Why do you guys … Read More
Traders ask: How do I get the most out of my options back testing exercises?
An active member of SMBU’s Options Tribe Community submitted the following question to me recently: Dear Seth, Hope this email finds you well I’m planning another set of back tests for my M3 style of options trading (yeah another one…… together with the Bearish Butterfly I think it’s now my fourth pass at this, but who’s counting when I’m having … Read More
Wait For Your Pitch
In this video Seth Freudberg emphasizes the importance of patience in waiting for the best price to initiate a trade and the many if benefits of holding out for an optimal price to enter a trade.
SMBU’s Options Tribe Webinar: Options Tribe Member Robert Esposito: The Freedom Options Trade
This week, Options Tribe member Robert Esposito makes his debut appearance on the Options Tribe presenting his signature “Freedom Options Trade” which he is employing successfully as one of the leaders in our Options Tribe trading contest
Working hard may be getting in the way of your trading success
You say: I want to be a professional trader. I need to work as hard as I can to accomplish that goal. I will outwork everyone at my firm or in my trading community. There is a problem here. Catch it? To accomplish your goal working as hard as you can will not help you accomplish your goals. That will … Read More
Think Outside the Box
In this video, Seth Freudberg covers a simple technique for cutting an options position’s exposure to increased options volatility–a risk that exists right now in this low volatility, low volume market environment.
Trade Like You Backtest
Options traders frequently deviate from their own backtested trade guidelines when trading live with real money because they get emotional or affected by news. In this video Seth Freudberg explains the fallacy in that approach.