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What no one tells you about how to become an elite trader (surprisingly)<\/a><\/p>\n

Weekly options strategies for $APPL around earnings (hint: solid returns)<\/a><\/p>\n

Traders need to understand risk management (timeless lesson)<\/a><\/p>\n

How to properly start trading a live trading account\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

One important difference between elite traders and underperforming traders\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

*no relevant positions<\/p>\n

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What no one tells you about how to become an elite trader (surprisingly) Weekly options strategies for $APPL around earnings (hint: solid returns) Traders need to understand risk management (timeless lesson) How to properly start trading a live trading account\u00a0 One important difference between elite traders and underperforming traders\u00a0 *no relevant positions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":49089,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3744,5463],"tags":[1536,5519,5517],"class_list":["post-49100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ask-bella","category-bella-daily-update","tag-risk-management","tag-trader-psychology","tag-weekly-options-strategies"],"yoast_head":"\nWeekend learning lessons for traders from the prop desk - October 19, 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-21\" \/>\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 - 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