{"id":5177,"date":"2010-06-03T09:26:13","date_gmt":"2010-06-03T13:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/?p=5177"},"modified":"2021-02-11T16:16:24","modified_gmt":"2021-02-11T21:16:24","slug":"a-4-the-trading-community-should-i-short","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/a-4-the-trading-community-should-i-short","title":{"rendered":"A ?4 the Trading Community- Should I Short?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/ddIpoI\">Dr. Steenbarger<\/a> helped me recognize one of the improvements we could make at SMB awhile ago. The partners and Senior Traders must be responsible for a great deal of teaching and mentoring. But if traders are not leveraging the talent of all firm members then that firm is not offering the best learning environment. Traders learn from other traders and not just partners and senior traders.<\/p>\n<p>The SMB Blog should not just be everything that Steve or GMan or Adam or I have learned. It should advocate a learning community so much more than just us. We are just four guys with four sets of learning experiences, granted some of us have been trading for a long time. But our daily community is so much larger. In the past I have asked for input from our readers. Today officially we are starting a new series to our blog where we ask for help from our trading community. We ask for your input and ideas.<\/p>\n<p>I received this question from Reader Eric. SMB Blog and Reader Eric are very interested in your thoughts. Please comment. And you might also pass this question around to your trading friends and ask for their input or just start a conversation.<\/p>\n<p>Hi Mike,<\/p>\n<p>Hope all is well. I&#8217;ve been reviewing my stats and noticed I&#8217;ve been net positive long but a pretty big loser short. Does that mean I only go long or find ways to improve my short ability? Any and all advice is appreciated. Thanks a million.<\/p>\n<p>Eric<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Steenbarger helped me recognize one of the improvements we could make at SMB awhile ago. The partners and Senior Traders must be responsible for a great deal of teaching and mentoring. But if traders are not leveraging the talent of all firm members then that firm is not offering the best learning environment. 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