{"id":45998,"date":"2017-08-15T11:24:06","date_gmt":"2017-08-15T15:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/?p=45998"},"modified":"2023-04-03T12:32:34","modified_gmt":"2023-04-03T16:32:34","slug":"why-smb-is-putting-millions-behind-this-market-neutral-options-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/why-smb-is-putting-millions-behind-this-market-neutral-options-system","title":{"rendered":"Why SMB is putting millions behind this market neutral options system"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"m_-3667062748768183546style-scope m_-3667062748768183546bard-text-block\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-44972 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/seth-shot.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"307\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/seth-shot.jpg 684w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/seth-shot-300x207.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 307px) 100vw, 307px\" \/>Over the past five years, we have built out a successful options trading desk at our firm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-3667062748768183546style-scope m_-3667062748768183546bard-text-block\">The options strategy that SMB originally backed\u00a0<b class=\"m_-3667062748768183546bard-text-block m_-3667062748768183546style-scope\">still<\/b>\u00a0represents the highest capital allocation with the highest percentage of traders implementing it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-3667062748768183546style-scope m_-3667062748768183546bard-text-block\">That strategy is John Locke&#8217;s\u00a0M3 Options Trading System.<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-3667062748768183546style-scope m_-3667062748768183546bard-text-block\">Here are some key reasons why we believe in the M3.<\/p>\n<ol class=\"m_-3667062748768183546bard-text-block m_-3667062748768183546style-scope\">\n<li><b class=\"m_-3667062748768183546bard-text-block m_-3667062748768183546style-scope\">It has been successfully replicated by many traders.\u00a0<\/b>While the rules have some subjectivity, the consistency among individual traders is remarkable.<\/li>\n<li class=\"m_-3667062748768183546bard-text-block m_-3667062748768183546style-scope\"><b class=\"m_-3667062748768183546bard-text-block m_-3667062748768183546style-scope\">Years of historical results have been succeeded by years of live trading results.<\/b>\u00a0<span class=\"m_-3667062748768183546bard-text-block m_-3667062748768183546style-scope\">Our firm places a high priority on understanding the historical statistics of a strategy&#8230; but nothing is more important than proving the concepts with real money, in real time, in multiple market regimes, under the management of multiple traders.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"bard-text-block style-scope\">The M3 has proven to be one of the most\u00a0<b class=\"bard-text-block style-scope\">reliable and resilient<\/b>\u00a0options strategies through many market cycles &#8212; from flash crashes to run away bull markets.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\"m_-3667062748768183546bard-text-block m_-3667062748768183546style-scope\"><span class=\"m_-3667062748768183546bard-text-block m_-3667062748768183546style-scope\">If this sounds like an options system that would benefit you, then we invite you to take advantage of an opportunity that is only available for the next couple of weeks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past five years, we have built out a successful options trading desk at our firm. 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It has been successfully replicated &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/why-smb-is-putting-millions-behind-this-market-neutral-options-system\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":290,"featured_media":44292,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2063],"tags":[2373,4683],"class_list":["post-45998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-smb-options-2","tag-m3","tag-options"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Why SMB is putting millions behind this market neutral options system | 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\/why-smb-is-putting-millions-behind-this-market-neutral-options-system\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why SMB is putting millions behind this market neutral options system | SMB Training\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Over the past five years, we have built out a successful options trading desk at our firm. 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