{"id":22717,"date":"2012-12-26T19:59:48","date_gmt":"2012-12-27T00:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/?p=22717"},"modified":"2023-04-06T12:06:36","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T16:06:36","slug":"trading-lesson-hlf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/trading-lesson-hlf","title":{"rendered":"Trading Lesson: $HLF"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>In this video Steve offers two trading tips on how to improve your results.<\/div>\n<div>1) The importance of being present throughout the trading day<\/div>\n<div>2) Using tape reading to add to a position in a very low risk way<\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VY6d6rLcaKw?wmode=transparent\" width=\"500\" height=\"340\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/sspencer_smb\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/twitter-badges.s3.amazonaws.com\/follow_me-c.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Steven Spencer is the co-founder of SMB Capital and SMB University and has traded professionally for 16 years. 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