We are preparing to develop a series of free videos on the topic of Systems Trading. Systems are applicable for equities, options, futures, and forex traders. They can be as simple as a set of guidelines for entry and exit — or as complex as a fully automated black box. Our focus with SMB Systems is to accelerate your process … Read More
Paper Trading: Does it Help or Hurt?
When it comes to paper trading, there seems to be two strongly opinionated sides to its purpose in helping traders learn how to trade. There are the opponents and this group usually includes brokers (I wonder why). Their argument goes something like this: Paper trading is something you want to do for maybe a week or so in order to … Read More
Forex: Too Much Information
Ever been in one of those conversations with a friend who doesn’t know how to filter his story and includes the kind of detail about a hot date that you really didn’t need to know? We all have. Your friend just painted a visual picture of details that not only provides absolutely no value to you whatsoever, but can even … Read More
A Few Spins Of The Wheel
Last week we talked about the casino’s edge which in the trading world is called expectancy, but all that expectancy tells us is whether or not our trading strategy is likely to be profitable or not—but not how much money we might make. How profitable depends on how often we have a chance to trade our system—will it be a … Read More
Sometimes It Pays To Be Boring
What if I told you it was possible to be up over 30% year to date trading just QQQ about once every other day. Sound boring? And the only thing you had to do was to turn on your computer—well, not the only thing—and that you would have to have a thoroughly tested trading system first. And if you did, … Read More