In this video, Steve discusses how short term traders trade index ETFs on a “FED Day.” Steven Spencer is the co-founder of SMB Capital and SMB University which provides trading education in stocks, options, forex and futures. He has traded professionally for 19 years. His email address is: [email protected].
Great Options Traders Learn From Each Other
In this video, Seth Freudberg talks about how options traders learn from each other. Communication is one of SMB’s Fundamental Principles–the critical nature of traders sharing information with each other for mutual growth. One of our traders came up with a unique concept to salvage a trade this week and shared that. Another trader on our desk adopted that concept … Read More
Midday Trading: How to Prevent Overtrading and Maximize This Trading Period
Mike Bellafiore takes a question from the trading community and discusses Midday Trading. Mike shares the best practices SMB traders use to prevent overtrading and make the best of these hours.
Why Bail Out On A Solid Strategy?
In this video, Seth Freudberg talks about staying in a solid strategy. The most solid options strategies will experience losses at various times during the year. Solid options traders recognize this and are unphased by expected losses. Traders without discipline bail out of well designed options strategies after experience a few losses, that were entirely expected. Traders who abandon solid … Read More
Trading GOGO
In this video, Mike Bellafiore, shares a trade in GOGO from today that highlights how to think though a trade. Mike combines the news, technicals, indicators, trend, and more to walk you through a trade.
Trading Oracle
In this video, Mike Bellafiore, shares a trade in ORCL from today that highlights how to think though a trade. Mike combines the news, technicals, indicators, trend, and more to walk you through a trade from today.
Entering a Bearish Butterfly Late in the Trading Cycle
In this video, Seth Freudberg talks about entering a bearish butterfly late in a trading cycle. Sometimes options traders, for capital reasons, are forced into entering options trades later than normal. This video discusses a way to enter the bearish butterfly strategy later than its prescribed start date. This approach takes advantage of the basic premise of the bearish butterfly–that … Read More
The Technology Assist
Steve discusses how he uses technology in his process to help him keep track of and execute trades.