Are Great Traders Born or Made?

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*****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 How you answer this question can help determine your eventual success.  For instance, if you see your failures as stepping stones to … Read More

Webinar: The M21 Trading System

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In this video, John Locke returns to the Options Tribe for a special presentation of his long awaited  M21 Options Trading Strategy Video Series. Enjoy the video!    Seth Freudberg Director, SMB Options Training Program The SMB Options Training Program is an eight-month program designed for novice and intermediate level options traders who are seeking an intensive training process to learn … Read More

SMBU Trading Tip: Relaxing in a $KORS Short

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In this SMBU Trading Tip of the Week, Bella, author of the “trading classic” One Good Trade and The PlayBook, talks about being relaxed in your trading using $KORS as an example. Highlights from this trade: Growth stocks need to perform very well to keep their tile as best in breed. Softening talk occurred in $KORS, but it kept holding higher. This changed the … Read More

Lessons from a Trader Succeeding

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In One Good Trade and The PlayBook pieces of the books discuss why and how some traders we trained became successful.  Recently during an internal review of our traders, we identified one new trader with an exceptional equity curve (his earnings to losses were outsized).  Dr. Steenbarger has suggested to us in the past to study in depth our successful … Read More