It is tempting to blow off a Friday of trading before a holiday weekend. I was young once- the friends, the drinking, the parties, the beach, the golf, the young ladies. The past three trading sessions we have been trading NEWL for a Reversal Trade. Day One was a rip, but a great learning lesson. Day Two more profitable than … Read More
SMBU Trading Tip: Lessons From the Multiple Thousand Dollar Trading Loss
In this SMBU Trading Tip of the Week, Bella, author of the “trading classic” One Good Trade and The PlayBook, talks about how one trader ripped up over three thousand dollars in a Reversal Trade. He still thought it was a good trade! Highlights from this trade: The trader was aggressive where he should have been. The trader had an edge with this setup. … Read More
How to Custom Design Monthly Options Trading Plans
Why You Need to Learn How to Adjust Your Plan “Jeet Kune Do is simple, but you need to know when to use a certain movement.” -Bruce Lee Most trading frustrations come from allocating capital at the wrong moment. Learning when to avoid a strategy and, why you should, will eliminate costly inexperience. Strategies live in a vacuum but the … Read More
Becoming a Confident Trader: It’s Not What You Think
As a trading psychology coach, one of the more common questions that come up is “How can I be a more confident trader?” This is an extremely important subject because having the correct confidence level is essential to being a good trader. Lack of confidence creates stress and poor trading decisions which lead to unneeded losses. Let’s take a look … Read More
Why Options Traders May Have the Better Mindset
After fifteen years trading equities the insight hit me like a sledgehammer… A casual conversation with John Locke turned into one of those movie scenes where the actor wakes up from a deep sleep with a new mission. In my case it was a new thought process of how traders actually earn money. Now keep in mind here I am … Read More
Yes You Can Become a Better Trader!
How You Can Be Better Tomorrow Than You Are Today I am often asked: What is the most important attribute to become a successful trader. My answer may surprise you. It has nothing to do with “conviction” market predictions. In fact, for those that have read my latest book The PlayBook, I scorch the myth propagated by the Financial Media … Read More
SPX Ratio Spread: 3 Year Back Test
I recently completed a third year of back testing the SPX Ratio Spread on the SPY Detector signals. Without any changes to the rules or the signals, 2012 had remarkably similar results to the previous two years which were much more volatile. Here is some documentation for this back test: PDF Overview: SPX Ratio Spread Back Testing Results – Part 2 … Read More
Risk Management of Iron Condors
This week, Seth Freudberg, SMBU’s Director of Options Training, discusses a monthly iron condor trade using $NDX index options. 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 how to trade options spreads … Read More