The Right Way to Adopt a New Options Strategy for Your Playbook

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In our last blog post we discussed the reasons that options traders should take it slowly when adopting a new  income strategy. Here are some simple steps you can take  to assure that your adoption of a new options strategy is sound: Communicate with  the developer of the strategy and see if he or she is still actively trading the … Read More

SMB At The NYC Traders Expo

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Mike Bellafiore The Traders Expo is on its way to New York City, February 20 – 23. Mike Bellafiore, SMB co-founder and author of One Good Trade: Inside the Highly Competitive World of Proprietrary Trading, will be attending the expo. Mike will be speaking on the following topics: Why Can’t You Become the Next Great Trader on the Street? – Monday … Read More

Beware of the Fad: Five Reasons to Take it Easy with a New Options Strategy

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In the options universe, there are plenty of traders who are happy to share a new strategy that has either worked well for them in the recent past, or has backtested splendidly over an extended period of time. Regardless of whether these strategies have been developed by competent veteran traders or newer traders who have not experienced every type of … Read More

Morning thoughts 2/17/11

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Good morning traders, Not a lot going on in world markets this morning. Across the board, whether equities, commodities, rates, or currencies we have very little price movement and very little new information this morning. Asia is up slightly. Japan is the standout here, touching new 52 week highs overnight and standing +1.2% at 8:45 EST. Europe is mixed to … Read More