{"id":45755,"date":"2017-05-24T14:43:41","date_gmt":"2017-05-24T18:43:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/?p=45755"},"modified":"2017-05-24T14:43:41","modified_gmt":"2017-05-24T18:43:41","slug":"i-just-need-to-eliminate-my-ehh-trades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/i-just-need-to-eliminate-my-ehh-trades","title":{"rendered":"I just need to eliminate my ehh trades"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-45214 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/traders-working-together.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"594\" height=\"597\" srcset=\"\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/traders-working-together.png 594w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/traders-working-together-150x150.png 150w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/traders-working-together-298x300.png 298w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/traders-working-together-300x302.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Last night, I was reading the review of one of our traders, Trader A, who wrote,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I just need to stick to my plays that make me money (ETRM, TWTO, GLYC) and just faze out those <em>ehhh ehh trades<\/em>, I will become very consistent and very profitable.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>To Trader A, I responded,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8221; When u say get rid of ehh trades be more specific.<\/p>\n<div>My PlayBook is abc (specific variables that make up the trade)<\/div>\n<div>My antiPlayBook is 123 789 2334 trades (specific variable that define the trade)<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Specific, specific, specific.&#8221;<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div>Said another way, I do not understand what <em>I want to faze out my ehh trades<\/em> means. \u00a0What are your ehh trades? \u00a0If you do not identify them specifically, then how can you eliminate them effectively?<\/div>\n<p>Also last night, I was a panelist for a webinar (<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/smbcap.wistia.com\/medias\/otpkqudwdf\">replay here<\/a><\/strong>) delivered by options desk trader, Alex Porcaro: How I apply the &#8220;One Good Trade&#8221; principles to my options trading. \u00a0A key turnaround for Alex was journaling trading mistakes to eliminate.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a key slide from his presentation to illuminate the importance of being more specific with your trading improvement:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-45756\" src=\"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/alexporcaro.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/alexporcaro.jpg 780w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/alexporcaro-300x226.jpg 300w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/alexporcaro-768x579.jpg 768w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/alexporcaro-610x460.jpg 610w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/alexporcaro-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The conscientious trader reviews in specifics. He is a winner trader.<\/p>\n<p>Working to understand your strengths as a trader, and trading them more often is a winning strategy. Many who trade are not really doing this. \u00a0They are kinda doing it. They are stop and go with doing this. They are not purposely working to structure their trading day just trading their best setups, and not the lesser trades.<\/p>\n<p>When you tell me you want to rid ehh trades, I think this about you as a trader: ehh.<\/p>\n<p>*no relevant positions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night, I was reading the review of one of our traders, Trader A, who wrote, &#8220;I just need to stick to my plays that make me money (ETRM, TWTO, GLYC) and just faze out those ehhh ehh trades, I will become very consistent and very profitable.&#8221; To Trader A, I responded, &#8221; When u say get rid of ehh &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/i-just-need-to-eliminate-my-ehh-trades\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":45214,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[4674,30,18,653,1996,1354,1989,368,1192],"class_list":["post-45755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-comments-2","tag-one-good-trade","tag-prop-trading","tag-smb-capital","tag-trader-training","tag-trading-class","tag-trading-coach","tag-trading-course","tag-trading-journal","tag-training-program"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>I just need to eliminate my ehh trades | 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\/i-just-need-to-eliminate-my-ehh-trades\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"I just need to eliminate my ehh trades | SMB Training\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Last night, I was reading the review of one of our traders, Trader A, who wrote, &#8220;I just need to stick to my plays that make me money (ETRM, TWTO, GLYC) and just faze out those ehhh ehh trades, I will become very consistent and very profitable.&#8221; To Trader A, I responded, &#8221; When u say get rid of ehh ... 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