Today’s market action presented some interesting twists and turns. Around 6AM the SPY got hammered about $3. By the time I turned on my platform we had already bounced around $1. I sold about 25% of my positions and got ready to head for the office. My gut told me that it was OK to sell some stock “in the … Read More
SMBU’s Options Tribe Webinar: Andrew Falde: Trend Following Using Options
December 16, 2014 Today, Andrew Falde returns to the Options Tribe to discuss the topic of Trend Following Using Options. SMBU’s Options Tribe is an online community of options traders dedicated to sharing successful options trading ideas with all of our members worldwide. Each Tuesday, SMBU hosts an options webinar — the Options Tribe — during which veteran options traders … Read More
Super Trader!
Being successful at trading is really quite simple. Follow a certain set of principles over an extended period of time and eventually you’ll produce great results. Unfortunately learning, and more importantly applying, those concepts can be quite challenging. This is especially true when the process is approached with the wrong psychology. And if you think about it isn’t it … Read More
Lesson 5: Review and Tweak
Continuing the series “7 Lessons I’ve Learned”, we come to Lesson 5: Your Path To True Mastery Will Require Extensive Reviewing and Tweaking. In order to be the best, you need to constantly review your performance and look for improvements that you can make. Typically, these will be a series of small, incremental steps and changes—“tweaks”—rather than sweeping, wholesale changes. … Read More
Market Trades
Steve walks you through his thought process on why and how he makes market trades via ETFs. Identifying good entry points can put you in a position of strength for a an intra-day or swing trade. Enjoy the video! Steve Spencer is currently long SPY, IWM, AAPL, P and short VXX
The Line You Cannot Cross as a Trader
In this SMBU Trading Lesson of the Week video Mike discusses: The Line you Cannot Cross as a Trader. You can sign up for our free daily trading video here! Mike Bellafiore is the Co-Founder of SMB Capital and SMBU, which provides trading education in stocks, options, forex and futures. Bella is the author of One Good Trade and The … Read More
Options Trading for Income with John Locke for December 8, 2014
No relevant positions Risk disclaimer A great way to improve your trading results is by keeping up to date with the latest trading techniques and current market conditions! Click HERE and join me every Monday at 9 AM EST for our free “Options Trading for Income” Webinars! Where you get expert analysis of the markets and the opportunity to follow … Read More
Preparing for the Trading Open: Benzinga Interview with Mike Bellafiore
I recently did a spot on Benzinga’s Premarket Prep. Benzinga and I discuss: 1) My trade strategy to trade stocks that can close Low of Day or High of Day 2) How I prepare for the Open 3) What chart time-frames I use 4) Legendary traders and investors 5) HFTs and how we avoid them 6) What stocks I have … Read More