A recent article from Trader Psyches discusses the challenges traders often face when confronted with the market’s constant uncertainty and ambiguity. Dr. Jonathan F. Katz, performance coach at High Performance Associates, provides his response to the article: “The ambiguity of uncertainty”…..one of the great challenges of life…especially for traders and individuals working in high performance outcome professions like sports … Read More
Should this trader quit?
I received this email recently: Hello. This is a retail level trader with almost 3 years of trading experience in s&p mini futures. During those grueling 3 years, I’ve suffered nearly 25k in losses, most during the 2008 crash where emotions got the best of me. Since then, I have learned the importance of risk management and now I am at a point where my … Read More
Traders Ask- the loss limit, resilience, and confusion
Hi Bella — I’ve been reading your book carefully and enjoying it very much.I live in Las Vegas; and would much rather trade stocks than play in the casinos. I’ve been an occasional end-of-day trader for over 10 years. Now, since last October, I’ve been endeavoring to teach myself how to day-trade. So far, I think your book is the … Read More
SMB Morning Rundown – June 13, 2011
The SMB Morning Rundown highlights the key levels in the Market and the best trading setup that we have identified for the Open.
Man v Machine: CTXS Opening Trading
The other day I mentioned on my Twitter account (@sspencer_smb) that I would begin to blog about my daily interaction with HFTs in the US equities markets. I have been actively trading stocks with heavy HFT activity since at least 2003. In 2003 I traded AAPL on a regular basis and it was already flooded with dozens of HFT programs, … Read More
6/12/11 Market Overview and Swing Setups
@AdamG_SMB discusses setups in $SPY $ES_F $SLV $CL_F $DX_F $USD $C_F $AGU $DOW $PLL $FOSL $HOG $SFLY $DMND $LO $UDRL $XOM $ABT $MCO $ULTA $DELL $EMR $FFIV $UPS $HCP $SPG $VNO $BXP $MERC $FNSR $PTEN $ARUN $ZAGG $VHC
Smart Thinking About Capital Levels and Simulation
One of the great things about our growing Options Tribe community is the number of experienced spread traders that are actively participating and communicating their thinking to us. This free exchange of ideas is what the Tribe is all about: the more that people share their perspectives and approaches, the stronger we all become as traders. Recently, I received an email … Read More
SMB Morning Rundown – June 10, 2011
The SMB Morning Rundown highlights the key levels in the Market and the best trading setup that we have identified for the Open.