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How to prepare for the biggest trading opportunities- Game planning<\/a><\/p>\n

Do catalysts matter?<\/a><\/p>\n

How to construct an options trade with a really wide profit zone<\/a><\/p>\n

How to combat a trading bias<\/a><\/p>\n

When we trade $SPY and why<\/a><\/p>\n

How to determine whether a breakout trade is likely to be profitable ($DIS)<\/a><\/p>\n

How one trader turned around his trading<\/a><\/p>\n

*no relevant positions<\/p>\n

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How to prepare for the biggest trading opportunities- Game planning Do catalysts matter? How to construct an options trade with a really wide profit zone How to combat a trading bias When we trade $SPY and why How to determine whether a breakout trade is likely to be profitable ($DIS) How one trader turned around his trading *no relevant positions … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":48578,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5463],"tags":[30,653,1354,1989],"class_list":["post-48839","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":"\nWeekend learning lessons for traders from the prop desk - August 10, 2019 | 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\/weekend-learning-lessons-for-traders-from-the-prop-desk-14\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Weekend learning lessons for traders from the prop desk - August 10, 2019 | SMB Training\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"How to prepare for the biggest trading opportunities- Game planning Do catalysts matter? 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