{"id":43481,"date":"2016-04-16T08:02:13","date_gmt":"2016-04-16T12:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/?p=43481"},"modified":"2016-04-16T08:02:13","modified_gmt":"2016-04-16T12:02:13","slug":"my-trading-thesis-was-wrong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/my-trading-thesis-was-wrong","title":{"rendered":"My Trading Thesis Was Wrong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this video I walk you through the process of developing a trading thesis and how to identify when you are wrong.<\/p>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/fast.wistia.com\/assets\/external\/E-v1.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"ISO-8859-1\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"wistia_embed wistia_async_sige36hf3t\" style=\"height: 338px; width: 601px;\"><\/div>\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 which provides trading education in stocks, options, forex and futures. 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