Below is our newest installment of the 2014 edition of The PlayBook Checkup with Bella, author of One Good Trade and The PlayBook. During these sessions a trade archived by a Junior Trader from our desk will be reviewed by Bella. Attendance is free for SMBU Tools subscribers, who can also ask questions during the event. In this video a Junior Trader talks about … Read More
Smart Options Trading: Unlocking Success with Strategy and Skill
“It’s better to be lucky than smart.” I’m not sure how that one got started, but I have to count that as one of the most foolish expressions in the English language. First off, what does it even mean? That if you have no intelligence or experience, that the only thing you have left is “luck” and you had better … Read More
SMB Trading Lesson of the Day: Buying Pullbacks on The Open
In this SMBU Trading Lesson of the Day, Bella, author of the “trading classic” One Good Trade and The PlayBook, talks about a trading pattern that’s been working in this Bull Market. Highlights from this trade: 1) This pattern works extremely well in a Bull Market. 2) Incorporate this strategy into multiple timeframes. 3) LOW gapped up significantly on earnings; see Mike’s thoughts … Read More
The Challenge of Letting Winners Run
You know the following situation well: You had a long in EUR/USD at 1.3005 and sold it at 1.3018 only to watch it go to 1.3086 over the next hour. Of course when you try and hold for these type of moves, you give back your 10+ pips plus some additional when your stop gets hit. How do we know … Read More
Free Options Webinar: Greg Loehr—Taking advantage of AAPL’s low implied options volatility
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, Greg Loehr returns to the tribe to discuss ideas as to … Read More
SMBU Trading Tip of the Day ($VSI)
In this SMBU Trading Tip of the Day, Bella, author of the “trading classic” One Good Trade and The PlayBook, talks about the importance of execution with an example in Vitamin Shoppe (stock symbol $VSI). Highlights from this trade: 1) You can turn a very good trade into a losing trade with poor execution. 2) Trading is a skill. 3) Market “calls” are … Read More
The Second Step to Systems Success
Last time we talked about Risk, which is the first and most important aspect of a trading system. We discussed how limiting risk can create higher absolute returns because of reinvestment, raising capital, and using leverage. Now we can talk about our second focus: Returns. There are three types of returns that we need to understand. First is the back tested returns. … Read More
Randall Liss: Designing an Options Trade Around Your Market Opinion
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. This week, Randall Liss returns to the Options Tribe to accept tribe members’ … Read More