Finding Stocks In Play is an effective trading strategy for many. Riding the momentum in stocks that have huge orders from sophisticated traders can be very profitable. But as you build your trading business, you can also find edge doing the complete opposite. You can trade where the competition is limited. I am listening to legendary real estate investor Sam … Read More
How you bring a better you to each trading session (to increase profits)
In this post, you will be challenged to bring a better you to each trading session to increase profits. I will share one innovative idea a junior trader at our proprietary trading firm in NYC is using to drive his performance. And the nexus between his happiness and good trading. Let’s dive in. SMB Virtual Happy Hour on Happiness Recently, … Read More
Improve Win Rate without Predicting or Timing
Getting both direction and timing right is very difficult. Most traders have a win rate between 35% and 45%. Even consistently profitable traders are typically wrong more than half of the time. What does that mean for you? If you are like a lot of traders, you may think that your win rate is the biggest problem you need to … Read More
Rhino Backtesting Report
Since releasing the Rhino options strategy last week, the number one topic of conversation is related to our 10-year study. Options traders are excited to see that rules which generated a strong profit in the 2008 bear market are also effective for runaway bull markets in later years. This type of out-of-sample data is very encouraging and one of the reasons the … Read More
Experience the Culture that Produces 7-figure Traders
The best learning experience that you can have as a trader is to sit face-to-face and shoulder-to-shoulder with successful pro traders. Imagine listening to the words that traders use to describe the setups and live trades they are in. This is how you learn to speak the language of a profitable trader. Think about seeing the way traders follow … Read More
Quant Webinar Replay
In our first SMB Quant webinar, Jeff Holden introduced us to the processes used by traders at our firm to build models in CloudQuant (CQ). Watch the webinar replay and stay tuned for the next SMB Quant webinar hosted by desk trader, @andrewfalde Register here for updates about SMB Quant
How To Build Systems That Are Less Likely To Break
In the Options and Systems Workshop, we are discussing ways to improve the reliability of our trading. Three main themes of our weekly meetings include … Contrasting edges (e.g. expansion and reversion trades on at the same time) True diversification of exposure (low correlation of fundamental drivers) Stress testing instead of optimizing (try to break strategies until you can’t — … Read More
TOTD- Simple S&P Scalp
It’s time for the Futures Desk Trade of The Day! Have you guys noticed one of the key themes of most of the TOTD’s from our desk? For me it’s that the trades are not rocket science, and in fact they are quite simple. The key things I see in the posts so far as I study our own traders … Read More