{"id":48820,"date":"2019-08-03T05:15:11","date_gmt":"2019-08-03T09:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/?p=48820"},"modified":"2023-06-08T12:04:16","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T16:04:16","slug":"weekend-learning-lessons-for-traders-from-the-prop-desk-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/weekend-learning-lessons-for-traders-from-the-prop-desk-13","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Learning: Valuable Lessons for Traders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-48816\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/disney-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/disney-1024x576.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/disney-300x169.jpg 300w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/disney-768x432.jpg 768w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/disney-610x343.jpg 610w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/disney-100x56.jpg 100w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/disney-846x476.jpg 846w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/disney-1184x666.jpg 1184w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/disney.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/0aTRB5vUAno\">How to determine if a Breakout Trade is likely to be profitable\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/FCs2q8p6Nbc\">How to enter a trade like a professional trader<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/IedTDDpXFCw\">What are realistic returns for options trading?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/IedTDDpXFCw\">2 essential indicators to improve your Breakout Trades<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/H0l06C8Z6tA\">It is not enough to just look for a good trading setup<\/a><\/p>\n<p>*no relevant positions<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/broadcast.smbtraining.com\/smbwebinar1\/?utm_source=Weekend-Lessons\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-48075\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/smbwebinarsignup.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/smbwebinarsignup.jpg 800w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/smbwebinarsignup-300x143.jpg 300w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/smbwebinarsignup-768x365.jpg 768w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/smbwebinarsignup-610x290.jpg 610w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/smbwebinarsignup-100x48.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to determine if a Breakout Trade is likely to be profitable\u00a0 How to enter a trade like a professional trader What are realistic returns for options trading? 2 essential indicators to improve your Breakout Trades It is not enough to just look for a good trading setup *no relevant positions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":48816,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5463],"tags":[30,653,1354,1989],"class_list":["post-48820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bella-daily-update","tag-prop-trading","tag-trader-training","tag-trading-coach","tag-trading-course"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Weekend Learning for Traders | SMB Training<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Gain valuable lessons from the prop desk to improve your trading skills during the weekend. 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