This week, Joe Murray of SMB Capital will discuss the findings of his live trading and exhaustive backtesting of his medium probability iron condor strategy.
Options Traders that Don’t Fail Have This in Common
The data is in and the record is clear: Income traders who control the size of their losing trades are the long term winners. Having run our options trading desk at SMB since 2013 and having traded options income strategies for much longer… I can tell you that this simple truth proves itself over and over — on a regular basis. … Read More
Enhancing Trader Performance: Process Vs. Outcome
What is more important? The OUTCOME of a decision regardless of the PROCESS that generated it? Or the PROCESS applied to generate the OUTCOME regardless of the results? The answer can reveal the strengths and possible weaknesses of how we manage the information used to define our trading edge and the significance we place on the results of that trading edge. For … Read More
SMB’s Traders Go Live
In our SMBU Daily Video, our new traders go live! In this video from Mike Bellafiore, you will learn: What dictates how well you do as a trader How journaling can help you grow Things you should avoid and how you can get better We hope this video helps you improve your trading skills. * no relevant positions
Why Rule Based Trading Systems May Be the Best Place for You to Start
In this post you will learn: The difference between a rule and a guideline That rules are not just for technical traders; discretionary traders and fundamental investors also use rules How to find the rules that are worth using A rule is different than a guideline. Think of it like a road. A rule is like the guardrail that is … Read More
Options for a New Trader (SMBU Daily Video)
In our SMBU Daily Video, learn some basic concepts in options trading. In this video from Seth Freudberg, you will learn: Buying a call option gives you the right to buy shares at a certain price (the “strike price”) by a certain date. Buying a put option gives you the right to sell shares you own at a certain price (again … Read More
Inside The Trading Vault – A look at CL_F
Trading Vault Concept – “When charts are in a trend, we are often tempted to pick bottoms or tops because we FEEL a chart has reversed enough. The slightest drift over or under a level, we trigger our trades to initiate a trade in the direction of the move, but in these markets breakout and breakdown levels … Read More
Inside The Trading Vault – The ES_F
Trading Vault Concept – “Trading charts profitably and with consistency depends on how well the trader understands the current market structure and relationships between buyers and sellers. Once we understand these formations and structures, we become much more capable of creating our own consistent strategies that perform with a high degree of reliability and consistently.” Trading the ES_F overnight and … Read More