{"id":42900,"date":"2015-12-29T12:02:59","date_gmt":"2015-12-29T17:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/?p=42900"},"modified":"2015-12-29T12:02:59","modified_gmt":"2015-12-29T17:02:59","slug":"the-unique-trader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/the-unique-trader","title":{"rendered":"The unique trader"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"tmblr-full\" data-orig-height=\"900\" data-orig-width=\"1440\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-orig-height=\"900\" data-orig-width=\"1440\" alt=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/41.media.tumblr.com\/e768f27345ba4fababbf26ead4a4cb63\/tumblr_inline_o04r1dq82k1slheli_540.png\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>We as a firm were studying our top five traders this week.&nbsp; Each of them trade a very different style.&nbsp; Said another way, each of them is unique.<\/p>\n<p>One is a scalper.<\/p>\n<p>Another trades momentum.<\/p>\n<p>Another is an inefficiency trader.<\/p>\n<p>Another is an arbitrage trader.<\/p>\n<p>Still another trades low floats.<\/p>\n<p>What is more interesting is that each of them trades a unique style for these different strategies.<\/p>\n<p>There are many different ways to scalp successfully.<\/p>\n<p>There are many different ways to attack the markets as an inefficiency trader.<\/p>\n<p>I was on the phone with an arbitrage trader yesterday who described how he built his trading career that is completely distinct from our arbitrage trader.<\/p>\n<p>Some momentum traders like to get big into the breakout, others while a stock is consolidating, still others a mix of both.<\/p>\n<p>Some trade low floats only short, some only long, some both sides.<\/p>\n<p>Make 2016 the year of your trading niche.&nbsp; What you do well.&nbsp; What works for you.&nbsp; What allows your talents to shine.&nbsp; Be a unique trader.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>*no relevant positions<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/smbu.com\/premium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-42776 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/joinpremium.gif\" alt=\"joinpremium\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" onclick=\"ga('send', 'event', 'Banners', 'clicked', 'SMBU Premium GIF');\"\/><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We as a firm were studying our top five traders this week.&nbsp; Each of them trade a very different style.&nbsp; Said another way, each of them is unique. One is a scalper. Another trades momentum. Another is an inefficiency trader. Another is an arbitrage trader. Still another trades low floats. What is more interesting is that each of them trades &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/the-unique-trader\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[144,2733],"class_list":["post-42900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-comments-2","tag-trader","tag-unique","no-post-thumbnail"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The unique trader | SMB Training<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/the-unique-trader\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The unique trader | SMB Training\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"We as a firm were studying our top five traders this week.&nbsp; Each of them trade a very different style.&nbsp; Said another way, each of them is unique. 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