How to Overcome Limitations of Common Options Trading Income Strategies

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Why Smart Options Traders Match the Strategy to the Conditions Are you frustrated with the lack luster returns and poor performance of most so called “income trades?” Directional and trend following traders tend to take repeated losses in sideways markets.  Most common strategies such as buying stock, covered calls, naked puts and bull verticals and collars do very poorly in … Read More

How To Be More Consistent in Your Trading

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How to Be More Consistent in Your Trading We all have things that we feel quite strongly about, for completely irrational reasons. Me? I can’t stand rollercoasters. While some people get a kick out of the adrenaline rush, I prefer steady and smooth riding. One thing’s for sure—I don’t want the huge swings and volatile ups and downs. With the … Read More

The Secret Key to Your Trading Success

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For those of you who knew me early on in my trading career, you’ll remember that I’ve had some great failures. I’ve made mistakes, had repeated losses and have felt like I was never going to make it at times. Luckily for me I had already secret knowledge required to become a great trader and once I discovered I already … Read More

How to Successfully Trade Options Without Timing the Market

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How to Replace Your Obsession with Timing the Market You see the enemy every time you look in the mirror. Your greatest attribute is also your greatest weakness. The desire to be right. The 2014 market conditions has led the mass of traders to quiet moments of desperation. A funeral march to the proverbial trader’s grave. All inflicted with the … Read More

Members Only Options Webinar: Exploring the Hindenburg Strategy with Doc Severson

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Your Option for a better trading life……together (SMBU Options Tribe) 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 and experts in the world of options trading share live presentations. Next week, Doc … Read More