On Friday we followed Options Tribe member Craig Wasserman’s thought processes and analysis as expiration Friday proceeded. Craig had been watching AAPL and had become convinced that it was going to pin to 320. He reached this conclusion around 12:30 PM EDT. Craig entered an AAPL 320 iron butterfly trade shortly after making his call on the pinning strike of … Read More
Win a Signed Copy of One Good Trade
Monday, June 20th, 2011 Today through the market close on Friday, visit SMB Capital’s Facebook page and “Like Us” to be entered into a drawing to win a signed copy of Mike Bellafiore’sOne Good Trade.
SMB Morning Rundown – June 20, 2011
The SMB Morning Rundown highlights the key levels in the Market and the best trading setup that we have identified for the Open.
Trading Thought of the Day – June 20, 2011
You are trading well when you wish it were Monday on a Friday
Discovering Trading Joy: How It Impacts Your Results (and Where to Find It)
Golf offers us so many psychological lessons from which traders can learn. Are their two professions that universally accept the importance of the mental side of the game more than trading and golf? Are there any two professions where psychological coaching is in such demand? Are their Dr Steenbargers, Shulls, Kievs coaching litigators or surgeons? Before this week’s US Open … Read More
6/18/11 Market Overview and Swing Setups
@AdamG_SMB discusses setups in $SPY $ES_F $FFIV $FNSR $PTEN $UPS $XOM $AEP $AMTD $ANN $AWK $BKS $BLL $COP $DPZ $HANS $HAR $HOC $OI $PNC $RVBD $SLG $SO $SWI $TDC $TIF $WYNN $YGE $ZAGG
Trading Thought of the Day – June 17, 2011
Trading would be a great business if our stops were never hit 🙂 – Corey Rosenbloom of afraidtotrade.com
Expiration Friday Pinning Trades in GOOG and AAPL
The great thing about options is that they can be played in so many different interesting and creative ways. A case in point: There is a cult of options traders who focus on the last two days of the monthly options expiration cycle. These traders focus, separately, on expiration Thursday trades and expiration Friday “pinning” trades. The premise for each … Read More