{"id":36051,"date":"2014-02-11T16:54:58","date_gmt":"2014-02-11T21:54:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/?p=36051"},"modified":"2023-04-14T10:13:09","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T14:13:09","slug":"trading-lesson-why-short-on-a-large-gap-down-rax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/trading-lesson-why-short-on-a-large-gap-down-rax","title":{"rendered":"Trading Lesson: Why Short on a Large Gap Down? $RAX"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this video I explain why 37 was a good risk\/reward short trade in RAX today. The conversation took place during our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/trader-90-trader-365\">AM Meeting<\/a> in which I prepare our traders and subscribers to trade the Open.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eP8jVI6VhYY?rel=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Steven Spencer is the co-founder of SMB Capital and SMB University which provides trading education in stocks, and options. He has traded professionally for 17 years. His email address is: sspencer@smbcap.com.<\/p>\n<p>Steven Spencer is currently long RAX, ADBE, BLOX, CROX, SBUX, SWKS, WFM, YHOO<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this video I explain why 37 was a good risk\/reward short trade in RAX today. The conversation took place during our AM Meeting in which I prepare our traders and subscribers to trade the Open. 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