Trading’s Anomaly

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Mike Bellafiore, co-founder of SMB Capital, spoke to students at Pace University about trading and the need to start early while they’re in college if they want to get an edge in trading. Mike explains the anomaly in trading: just because you can walk on the field of trading doesn’t mean you should do it. Enjoy the video! You can … Read More

The Broken Wing Butterfly Trade

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In this video presentation, Seth Freudberg, SMBU’s Director of Options Training, explains the weekly broken wing butterfly trade, a powerful market-neutral strategy that is a favorite of options trading professionals. Seth Freudberg Director, SMB Options Training Program The SMB Options Training Program is a program designed for novice and intermediate level options traders who are seeking an intensive training process … Read More

PlayBook Checkup: $CHTR

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Below is our newest installment of the 2014 edition of The PlayBook Checkup with Bella, author of One Good Trade and The PlayBook. During these sessions a trade archived by a Junior Trader from our desk will be reviewed by Bella. Attendance is free for SMBU Tools subscribers, who can also ask questions during the event. In this video a Junior Trader talks about … Read More

Trading Education: Will Adobe Correct Through Price or Time?

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Steve Spencer, partner at SMB Capital, discusses an ADBE trade he’s been in for a couple of months. Highlights from this trade: 1) Stocks correct through price or time. 2) Signals to enter a counter trend trade. 3) Knowing when to get out of an extended stock. Steven Spencer is the co-founder of SMB Capital and SMB University which provides … Read More

A Consolidation Trade ($TDC)

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During SMB’s most recent The PlayBook Checkup with Bella we discuss: A Consolidation Trade ($TDC). This is a basic intraday technical analysis pattern that every developing trader should learn. We discuss: Who cares what $MS thinks about $TDC and how this should affect your trading? A 52-week high is more important than an intraday high in $SPY A news pattern … Read More

Trading Lesson: Explosion After Rest—$TWTR

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Today’s video trade review highlights a few key points for short-term equity trading. One, how to identify important “inflection points” which can be used as the basis for low risk high reward trades; two, when to consider getting back into a position that doesn’t work initially; and three, how to actively manage a position versus taking your hands off the keyboard and letting … Read More

The Reversal Trade: $TWTR

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The short setup that continues to yield the best results in this Raging Bull market is finding stocks that have run for several days and then looking for a “catalyst” for a change in direction. In our last Two Minute Trade Review, $AAPL had a news catalyst that created a short term top (currently about $20 lower). In this example I was … Read More