At SMBU we believe those with a passion for trading ought to start trading in college. We created the SMB College Training Program run by Iceman from The PlayBook for this very reason. Jake is a passionate college trader trying to create a track record while in school to land a spot on a prop trading desk. He will write a weekly blog about … Read More
Mindset Hacks: Adopt the Mindset of a Champion
This is the final blog post in a 3 part series from Bruce Bower on Peak Performance. Part 1 was on consistency and Part 2 was on making better decisions. When we did a survey of the top three topics that people wanted covered, I was surprised by the third place winner: “Mindset Hacks: Adopt the Mindset of a Champion”’. On the other … Read More
Jake’s Trade Review: $RAX
*****Editor’s note: Jake Huska is a college student working on his trading game. At SMB we believe traders should start working on their trading game early, just like pro athletes. Jake’s posts reflect a better journey toward becoming a pro trader for the college student with a passion for trading.***** I mentioned on StockTwits last week that I thought “Buying … Read More
SMB College Tour
As I write I’m heading back on Amtrak to NYC, completing our fall recruiting trips. I’ve been pretty sick the past week and I’m sure that those around me are hoping I get off at the next stop. Sorry, I am not. It’s another two hours with me. Just took another swig of NyQuil, so that should help. On my … Read More
A Trading Setup: $SWY
*****Editor’s note: Jake Huska is a college student working on his trading game. At SMB we believe traders should start working on their trading game early, just like pro athletes. Jake’s posts reflect a better journey toward becoming a pro trader for the college student with a passion for trading.***** It’s been a while since I last shared a trade … Read More
How to Filter Out Noise and Make Better Decisions
By Bruce Bower We asked the SMB community which topics they wanted to learn more about it in the upcoming “Peak Performance Trading and Investing” video course. Out of a list of ten topics, second place was ”Checklists – How to Filter Out The Noise and Make Better Decisions”. This is an interesting topic because in order to discuss it, … Read More
The Rise of College Traders
SMB has five traders for our June class who already have proven active-trading records in college. We get emails from guys making serious money consistently and yet are in college. I have never seen this before. Do you see how many awesome blogs are out there written by college traders? I wrote an article recently about the thirst for trading education … Read More
Unleashing the Long-Term Key to Thriving as an Options Income Trader
Having run our options trading desk at SMB for over two years now and having traded options income strategies as a retail options trader for close to ten years I can tell you this… The data is in and the record is clear: Income traders who control the size of their losing trades are the long term winners. That’s … Read More