I have written in One Good Trade and The StockTwits Edge that I was trained by one of the 50 greatest intraday traders of all-time and then quipped “if such a list exits”. Well one doesn’t. But maybe we can make one this summer as at SMB we are teamed with a staff of interns and traders. Heck the NBA … Read More
Katz’s Korner: Do Traders Need More Testosterone?
I received this email from a new trader: You’re probably already aware of this correlation between testosterone and performance as it relates to trading. It’s interesting to consider though as direct empirical evidence for the notion that Division I athletes have a proclivity to be good traders, e.g., Adam Guren. It’s something I tried to keep in mind when I … Read More
Discovering Trading Joy: How It Impacts Your Results (and Where to Find It)
Golf offers us so many psychological lessons from which traders can learn. Are their two professions that universally accept the importance of the mental side of the game more than trading and golf? Are there any two professions where psychological coaching is in such demand? Are their Dr Steenbargers, Shulls, Kievs coaching litigators or surgeons? Before this week’s US Open … Read More
Option Tribe Discusses Expiration Week Trades–June 21st 5:00PM
Options Tribe – June 21, 2011 Jun 17th, 2011 | By admin | Category: General Comments Tuesday, June 21, 2011 5:00 pm Eastern Daylight time SMB’s Options Tribe is an online community of options traders dedicated to sharing successful options trading ideas with all of our members worldwide. Each week the community will meet online for the primary purpose of watching live … Read More
Trading Thought of the Day – June 15, 2011
You shouldn’t create rules at a trading firm unless you first get buy in from your traders.
You are trading patterns not opinions
I was hanging inside my office working on a new business idea for retail traders when the email below hit my inbox. I spent some time showing our new traders how you trade P in Real-Time, which was the catalyst for this ping. After P failed to hold 23 and then for the first time all AM held the offer … Read More
Should this trader quit?
I received this email recently: Hello. This is a retail level trader with almost 3 years of trading experience in s&p mini futures. During those grueling 3 years, I’ve suffered nearly 25k in losses, most during the 2008 crash where emotions got the best of me. Since then, I have learned the importance of risk management and now I am at a point where my … Read More