{"id":49289,"date":"2019-11-30T05:00:16","date_gmt":"2019-11-30T10:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/?p=49289"},"modified":"2023-03-31T10:59:17","modified_gmt":"2023-03-31T14:59:17","slug":"weekend-learnings-lessons-for-traders-from-the-prop-desk-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/weekend-learnings-lessons-for-traders-from-the-prop-desk-2","title":{"rendered":"Weekend learnings lessons for traders from the prop desk &#8211; November 30, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-49160 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/training-room-teaching.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"599\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/training-room-teaching.jpg 599w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/training-room-teaching-300x225.jpg 300w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/training-room-teaching-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/6AHrT3FESFg\">Using unusual trading volume to find a Gap and Go and Pullback Trade (profitably)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/fxUh_CUIruM\">3 Simple Ideas to Dramatically Improve your Trading Results (from the work of elite traders)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Qj8_3eybnaE\">Is it easy to make weekly income trading options? (the answer may surprise you)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/IdJN_w2dQVI\">Should you chase a stock? (Spencer speaks)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/dBPxlaNgyAM\">Building from your strengths as a trader (from the Futures desk)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/hT0kG6AszPM\">SMB Classic: 20 habits that are essential to become a highly profitable trader (assuming you don\u2019t want to fail)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>*no relevant positions<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/smb-disclosures?inf_contact_key=86e68ad95cfd2835f919c6dd5a8f153af651f238aa2edbb9c8b7cff03e0b16a0\"><strong>Important disclosures<\/strong><\/a><\/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>&nbsp; Using unusual trading volume to find a Gap and Go and Pullback Trade (profitably) 3 Simple Ideas to Dramatically Improve your Trading Results (from the work of elite traders) Is it easy to make weekly income trading options? 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