*****David Blair, The Crosshairs Trader, is a blogger/trader/educator who does a wonderful job of sharing research on elite performance and how it relates to trading. Below is his latest post for the SMB trading community.***** — Editor’s Note If you use some form of technical analysis (as I am assuming you do if you are reading this post via SMB) … Read More
Trading Education: Mastering Gap Trading Methodology
On June 4th we posted a pre-market video in which I discussed a potential “gap fill” trade in TIBX. When a stock gaps outside of the prior day’s range you have three options. Play it for a continuation in the direction of the gap, play it to fill some or all of the gap, or simply take a pass on trading it. I have … Read More
PnL as the Outdated Trading Stat
Will PnL be an outdated trading stat one day? Five years ago MLB pitchers were mostly defined by Wins and how many they had. Today this is seen as an outdated stat that does not tell you the real value of the pitcher. Sabermetrics has taught us there are more important measurements of a pitcher’s contribution like: percentage of ground … Read More
How To Remove Your Emotions From Trading
Investors and traders around the world are always wondering “How do I remove the emotions from trading?” We’ve all experienced the downside of emotions –panicking and closing out a trade at the worst possible moment; being too greedy and taking on an excessive amount of risk; or just watching our overall emotional state fluctuate with the markets. The natural reaction … Read More
Your 30 Day Trading Challenge
The TED2011 video below with Matt Cutts of Google ($GOOG) challenges you to try something new for 30 days. We can apply this to our trading. What something new can you do each day for the next 30 days to improve your trading? Some ideas: 1) Spend 30 minutes each day building and refining custom filters of your best setups 2) Spend … Read More
SMB Trading Tip of the Week: Discover the Information in the Counter Move $LULU
Mike Bellafiore, author of the “trading classic” One Good Trade and The PlayBook, offers the SMBU Trading Tip of the Week using a recent trade in $LULU. There is information to be discovered in the moves counter to the direction of your trade that can foreshadow where the stock is headed. This quick tip might help you gain confidence to get bigger in … Read More
SMB Systems Webinar
Next Monday, Andrew Falde will be presenting a webinar for traders that are interested in developing and testing trade ideas on years of market data in minutes – without learning how to program. In this one hour webinar you will see live examples and learn enough to immediately begin finding market edges on your own. The webinar is free but … Read More
Options Trading for Income with John Locke for June 8, 2014
Weekly Update! M21 Webinar Replay! No relevant positions Risk disclaimer John Locke – www.lockeinyoursuccess.com