In this video Seth Freudberg discusses the difference between long term and short term trades and why traders who are entering and exiting trades early are performing better.
How Equity Traders Can Use Options to Improve Their Results
In this video, Andrew Falde discusses how equity traders can use options to help maximize returns when there are limited trading opportunities.
Lessons from an annual trade review
Elite traders are always engaged in a process of self analysis in a continuous improvement process. A trader on SMB’s options trading desk recently discussed an annual review that he conducted of his own trading. In this video Seth Freudberg discusses the insights shared by that trader which should be helpful for all options traders.
Time Diversification Through Weeklies
It’s important to diversify your options trading portfolio in order to control your exposure to any one event. In this video, Seth Freudberg discusses the different types of strategy diversification within a trader’s portfolio of options trades. This video specifically focuses on the current trend of using weekly options chains to spread a trader’s capital out from week to week as opposed to focusing all of a trader’s capital on one particular options expiration.
Find great levels in the S&P 500
This short lesson teaches the concept of using custom-period volume profiles to find great tradable levels. Apply this to your trading on your higher timeframe charts to help frame a contextual framework. Reach out to Merritt at [email protected] if you’re interested in learning more about using powerful tools like this.
Don’t Trap Yourself into Trading Failure
Most traders fail at trading because they are unrealistic about the amount of time it will take to get good and the returns they will earn once they do. That creates a condition where the trader makes a series of mistakes that we cover in this video. We discuss how to avoid those mistakes and start your trading career with realistic expectations.
Stay Within the Theme of the Trade
Every options strategy has a “theme”–the conditions under which it does poorly and the conditions under which it is successful. In this video, Seth Freudberg discusses the problem of abandoning the theme of a trade in the midst of the trade. A recent bearish butterfly trade is offered as a case in point.
Trades We Make When Volatility Spikes
In this video Steven Spencer discusses trading during volatile periods.