This is our human interest video of the month. In this video I explain how I got started as a trader and what it was like when I first began. Things have certainly changed… I also discuss starting SMB and how we have adapted, changed and evolved as a firm. I hope you find it interesting. Enjoy our SMBU Daily … Read More
A Dramatic Shift In Price Action
A large part of traders’ decision making is based on processing information visually. A few days ago I posted “Open Your Eyes” which shared a daily chart for the ticker $EYES. I asked for feedback from our community on which part of the chart was most significant. Check the comments section of the post for some good sharing. When I … Read More
Enhancing Trader Performance: Does Headline News Matter?
Every day we see the financial media outlets attempt to explain the day’s market action, usually with a headline pointing to a particular event or supposed market moving event that details THE reason the market moved in one direction or the other. The headlines often change from open to close depending upon the day’s action, as the market can be up for one reason in … Read More
Eight Weeks To More Mindful Trading
The topic of mindfulness has exploded in popularity in the broader public. Meditation and meditative activities like yoga are seemingly everywhere, building on the runaway success of books like Eckhart Tolle’s The Power of Now. This whole interest in mindfulness has only just started to filter through into the world of investing and trading, where I think that it can … Read More
When to be Hard on Yourself as a Trader (SMBU Daily Video)
In this video, I outline one of our best trades of the month in $GENE, and more importantly, what we needed to learn after that huge trade. And I question why many traders are so hard on themselves when they are stopped out on a losing trade. It can sound like this after one of these losses: “How could I … Read More
Open Your EYES!
Take a look at this daily chart for EYES. In the past three months one day in particular stands out. Something that is “not like the others” from a price and volume perspective. What does that day signal? What sort of price action would you look for following a day like that? What trading setups and time frames would you … Read More
SMBU’s Options Tribe Webinar: Seth Freudberg To Host a Panel of Options Tribe Trading Contest Leaders
Today, Options Tribe contest leaders will be reviewing their winning trades for January and taking questions from webinar participants. These are excellent traders and this is sure to be an important learning experience for all concerned.
This Price Action Often Leads To A Sharp Down Move
In today’s AM Meeting I highlighted a short setup in Apple. It was based on the prior day’s price action. This pattern not only applies to AAPL but to the market more broadly and is important to learn. When the price action on the Open confirmed my short thesis I entered an automated script to get short between 131.30-131.50. Downside … Read More