Tuesday January 10, 2011 at 5:00 pm Eastern Standard Time 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 outstanding veteran options traders and experts in the world of … Read More
Goldman Sachs Showing Influence Again?
Identifying short term trading patterns is the lifeblood of professional traders. By patterns I don’t simply mean a simple pattern one might draw on a chart. I am referring more broadly to catalysts that will in turn lead to price action that I can use my trading skills to take advantage. Yesterday Goldman Sachs (GS) downgraded SNDK. This downgrade occurred … Read More
SMB’s Options Tribe: Free Webinar Today at 5pm: Butterflies With Weekly Options
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 outstanding veteran options traders and experts in the world of options trading. This week, Mike Adam, who works with Charlie … Read More
A Way to Find More A+ Trades
I received an end-of-the-year review from a trainee and his list of goals for 2012. It’s a great exercise for every trader and one that is supervised by our floor manager for our trainees. While reading one this norning I stumbled upon an important trading point that we have discussed some, many misunderstand, and might be able to improve your … Read More
SMB’s Options Tribe: Free Webinar Tuesday January 3, 2012 at 5pm: Butterflies With Weekly Options
Tuesday, January 3, 2012 at 5:00 pm Eastern Standard Time 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 outstanding veteran options traders and experts in the world of … Read More
SMB Fundamental #7: Replaying Your Important Trades
Back in early 2006 we established what have become known as the SMB Fundamentals. They are a list of 7 trading principles that SMB believes should be followed for every single trade. Fundamental #7–Replaying your important trades–trades that offered a ton of opportunity—help you mentally prepare and execute at a higher level when faced with a similar trading scenario in … Read More
Not Much In Play—Be Very Selective
This is a time to be cautious as a short term trader. Volume is light and there is not much In Play. The SMB Radar is our insurance policy during slow market times to make sure we focus our energy on the stocks with the best risk/reward setups. When I look at the Radar during the day and most of … Read More
SMB’s Options Tribe: Today at 5pm EST: Managing Options Positions by the Greeks Part 2
Tuesday December 20, 2011 at 5:00 pm Eastern Standard Time 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 outstanding veteran options traders and experts in the world of … Read More