Good evening Bella! Enjoyed your recent Webinar, and finished up The Playbook recently, a good read! You’ve really given me some great feedback when I’ve emailed you before, and it’s been very helpful in my progression. Working on moving from CPT to YBT! I just wanted to pass along this little image I put together. It’s nothing fancy, but I’m … Read More
Recording: Noted Author Jeff Augen Introduces the Weekly Short Butterfly Trade
SMB’s Options Tribe is an online community of options traders dedicated to sharing successful options trading ideas with all of our members worldwide. Each week the community will meet online for the primary purpose of watching live presentations made by veteran options traders and experts in the world of options trading. On August 20 renowned options educator Jeffrey Augen introduced … Read More
Another Great Look at an “Income” Trade
After holding a couple of free live webcasts over the past month discussing earnings trades and adjustments, here’s yet another look at an “income” type of trade. This one popped up as a trade yesterday as the VIX starting pushing 15. But the reason for the move up in volatility becomes a two-edged sword.
Warm Up Your Trading Brain
During a weekly review one of our developing traders wrote: Summary: It was an ok week P&L wise but it should have been a much better week given the opportunities we had in the macro plays. With the SPY breaking key support level, there were many ETFs that were In Play e.g. GLD, GDX, FAS, IYR and the TLT. I wasn’t properly … Read More
S&P Trend Change In Effect
Marc Principato, CMT conducts price action analysis on S&P 500 CFD, EUR/USD, GBP/USD and AUD/USD for weekly setups. [purehtml id=32] Subscribe:http://www.bit.ly/utraderyt Subscribe to my Youtube channel: http://www.bit.ly/utraderyt Help me write my book: http://www.unconventionaltrader.com Training Info: http://www.bit.ly/smbhome My analysis on TradingView.com: http://bit.ly/tviewprfle Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/marcpmarkets Webinar and Trade Review Archive: http://bit.ly/archpge
Your Trading Brain Makes No Distinction Between Trading Live and Mental Rehearsal
Hi Mike. Is it ok if we archive a play even if we didn’t execute it well, we didn’t make money, or even if we didn’t saw the pattern live? Or do you recommend only add the plays we were actually in and we did at least a little well? @mikebellafiore Gr8 question! In The PlayBook I recommend for all … Read More
What Are You Going To Do With That Anger?
During our midday meeting with our College Training Students and new traders I noticed one new trader quite upset. He was so upset it was uncomfortable for me to look at him. Was he upset at the firm? Something I had just said? Himself? Having to sit in this meeting during market hours? When traders get upset is an upset … Read More
Before Placing a Trade: Embracing Risk Management for Success
Today’s lesson is going to be a little about trading psychology and a little about money management. At the end of this post we have provided additional training videos to further enhance your skills. We are going discuss what risk is and how most traders view it from the wrong perspective. First, let’s cover a couple of definitions: Money management is how … Read More