{"id":49421,"date":"2019-12-21T05:00:14","date_gmt":"2019-12-21T10:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/?p=49421"},"modified":"2023-03-31T12:34:41","modified_gmt":"2023-03-31T16:34:41","slug":"weekend-learning-lessons-for-traders-from-the-prop-desk-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/weekend-learning-lessons-for-traders-from-the-prop-desk-28","title":{"rendered":"Weekend learning lessons for traders from the prop desk &#8211; December 21, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-49418\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/catch-huge-moves-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/catch-huge-moves-1024x576.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/catch-huge-moves-300x169.jpg 300w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/catch-huge-moves-768x432.jpg 768w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/catch-huge-moves-1536x864.jpg 1536w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/catch-huge-moves-610x343.jpg 610w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/catch-huge-moves-100x56.jpg 100w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/catch-huge-moves-846x476.jpg 846w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/catch-huge-moves-1184x666.jpg 1184w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/catch-huge-moves.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KGfc5KwjvUs&amp;t=333s\">Trading signals you can spot right on the open to catch huge stock market trades<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=D4sAWnZIohg&amp;t=3s\">You can only be a successful options trader if you do this!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WbvZ3RVKJ9M\">How a professional stock trader reviews his trading results (be professional!)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B6TNPHLA3U2\/\">When to add more risk to a winning trade<\/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>Trading signals you can spot right on the open to catch huge stock market trades You can only be a successful options trader if you do this! 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