Invest in your trading business! One constant theme on our trading desk is encouraging traders to invest in themselves. One 500k-a-year trader on our desk didn’t want to spend $190 a month on an options platform that could make him an extra 50-100k a year. When we laid out these numbers he quickly realized this folly. Recently I encouraged 8 … Read More
Options Filters
In our SMBU Daily Video, learn how you can use filters to adjust your position sizing. In this video from Andrew Falde, you will learn: Using volatility based sizing How to get better consistency in your trading An example in a momentum based strategy We hope this video helps you improve your trading skills. – SMBU Team * no relevant positions
A lesson on trading bigger
Our firm made a large trade this month in a stock overbought. I was waiting and waiting and waiting for one of our senior traders to close his trade and offer congratulations. The trade kept working and working and working so it took him days to finally close out. The discussion afterwards proves constructive to those seeking to trade … Read More
Developing Trading Habits
In our SMBU Daily Video, Mike Bellafiore sits down with Maxim from Hamaha.net to discuss trading habits. In this video you will learn: What to judge your trading off of The importance of developing a process Breaking down your trading into smaller parts We hope this video helps you improve your trading skills. – SMBU Team * no relevant positions
SMBU’s Options Tribe Webinar: John Locke: What is holding you back from becoming a successful options trader?
Today, John Locke returns to the Options Tribe to discuss his view as to what are the necessary steps options enthusiasts must take to become successful options traders.
How to Trade Weight Watchers
In our SMBU Daily Video, Mike Bellafiore presents How to Trade Weight Watchers (stock symbol WTW). Learn: What the trade is from here The two best trades to aggressively buy WTW Why WTW is so strong A technical and fundamental review of this story We hope this video helps you improve your trading skills. – SMBU Team * no relevant … Read More
Trading A Beaten Down Name
In this video I walk you through a trade in Horizon Pharmaceuticals (HZNP) which has been crushed recently in the Valient Tsunami. We look at big picture price and what various holders may be thinking We break down intra-day criteria and how to use them for trade confirmation or rejection We identify key price levels prior to entering the trade … Read More
Help Us Develop SMBU Premium 2016 For You
2015 was the first year for SMBU Premium and it was great. Traders around the world learned lessons that were presented systematically while using examples from the current market throughout the year. The scheduled progression of topics was a great way for traders to learn layer by layer. This gave our students a chance to incrementally implement each lesson into … Read More