{"id":46232,"date":"2017-10-23T07:45:37","date_gmt":"2017-10-23T11:45:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/?p=46232"},"modified":"2017-10-23T07:48:42","modified_gmt":"2017-10-23T11:48:42","slug":"should-you-trade-the-first-30-minutes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/should-you-trade-the-first-30-minutes","title":{"rendered":"Should You Trade the First 30 Minutes?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"bard-text-block style-scope\">Some traders say that trading the open provides some of the best opportunities each day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bard-text-block style-scope\">Others are of the opinion that &#8220;the first 30 minutes is for fools &#8212; fools that want to be separated from their money.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"bard-text-block style-scope\">So which is it? More importantly, which is it FOR YOU?<\/p>\n<p class=\"bard-text-block style-scope\"><b class=\"bard-text-block style-scope\">All this noise about \u201cthe open\u201d can breed confusion and fear.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"bard-text-block style-scope\">Trading the open is an opportunity, but not for everyone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bard-text-block style-scope\">We suggest that you learn everything you can about trading the open &#8212; from people that have made big profits trading the open for nearly two decades.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bard-text-block style-scope\">As a firm, we\u2019ve spent thousands of hours improving our success in opening drive trades that we have affectionately named the strategy: The Opening Drive Play. It is one of ten specific trades that we teach in\u00a0<em>The Winning Trader.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"bard-text-block style-scope\">The Opening Drive Play is<\/p>\n<ul class=\"bard-text-block style-scope\">\n<li>a trade where\u00a0<em>yes!<\/em>\u00a0you can make thousands in the first five minutes of trading.<\/li>\n<li>a trade that\u00a0<em>yes!<\/em>\u00a0trades quickly, too quickly for some.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"bard-text-block style-scope\">The best way for you to decide if this trade should be a part of your trading business is to learn the right way to trade it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bard-text-block style-scope\">It&#8217;s a trade with very specific variables that if you see. And when the criteria are met, RISK ON.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bard-text-block style-scope\">The traders at our firm decide for themselves if The Opening Drive Play is a trade that works for them after experimentation in real-time, reviewing the results, and consulting with their mentor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bard-text-block style-scope\">To just say that you should never trade the first 30 minutes of the day is a bit short-sighted. Without giving it your best effort, you may never know if this could be one of your best strategies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bard-text-block style-scope\">During <a href=\"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/winning\"><em>The Winning Trader<\/em><\/a> program, you follow a simple formula<\/p>\n<ul class=\"bard-text-block style-scope\">\n<li>You learn proven trades.<\/li>\n<li class=\"bard-text-block style-scope\">You experiment with them with small size.<\/li>\n<li class=\"bard-text-block style-scope\">You take notes of how you could have traded them better.<\/li>\n<li class=\"bard-text-block style-scope\">You review.<\/li>\n<li class=\"bard-text-block style-scope\">You determine if the trade makes sense for you, your talents, the way you think, and your personality.<\/li>\n<li class=\"bard-text-block style-scope\">If so, then you continue to study, review, trade live, and work towards mastery.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"bard-text-block style-scope\">We&#8217;re excited that The Opening Drive Play is the first of the 10 strategies that is taught in\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/winning\">The Winning Trader<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/winning\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-43539\" src=\"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/winningtrader.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/winningtrader.jpg 600w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/winningtrader-300x149.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some traders say that trading the open provides some of the best opportunities each day. Others are of the opinion that &#8220;the first 30 minutes is for fools &#8212; fools that want to be separated from their money.&#8221; So which is it? More importantly, which is it FOR YOU? All this noise about \u201cthe open\u201d can breed confusion and fear. &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/should-you-trade-the-first-30-minutes\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1039,"featured_media":45294,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[432,38],"class_list":["post-46232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-comments-2","tag-open","tag-trading"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Should You Trade the First 30 Minutes? | 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\/should-you-trade-the-first-30-minutes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Should You Trade the First 30 Minutes? | SMB Training\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Some traders say that trading the open provides some of the best opportunities each day. 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