In this video I discuss a short setup and trade I made on Friday March 27th. The trade lined up on multiple time frames and presented a good opportunity for intra-day, swing and options traders. 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 … Read More
Trading After A Market Correction
In the Spring of 2014 both the biotech sector and momentum stocks were hammered during an eight week period. I have developed a set of criteria to identify when this sort of market correction has likely run its course. If you are able to develop a system to identify when a major market turn is close then you are more likely to capitalize on … Read More
What Is “Price Action” Confirmation?
I wanted to share a few trades that I executed this morning based on setups discussed in our AM Meeting. Two of the three trades were executed using programmable “scripts” to make it easier for me to manage many positions simultaneously. Once these positions are opened I can trade out of them manually or allow the scripts to continue to … Read More
Stock Selection and Game Planning
My morning game plan has helped me navigate some tricky situations over the years. Some days my energy isn’t great due to a poor night’s sleep or maybe I’m just a bit under the weather. Having a clear repeatable methodology each morning allows me to be a bit off but still pull some money out of the market (or avoid larger losses). … Read More
A Dramatic Shift In Price Action
A large part of traders’ decision making is based on processing information visually. A few days ago I posted “Open Your Eyes” which shared a daily chart for the ticker $EYES. I asked for feedback from our community on which part of the chart was most significant. Check the comments section of the post for some good sharing. When I … Read More
Open Your EYES!
Take a look at this daily chart for EYES. In the past three months one day in particular stands out. Something that is “not like the others” from a price and volume perspective. What does that day signal? What sort of price action would you look for following a day like that? What trading setups and time frames would you … Read More
Game Plan Review–$FSLR $SPWR $AAPL $MU $TOL $HD
Each Tuesday after the market close I spend some time reviewing trades from our pre-market game plan. The game plan is shared every morning with traders on our desk and SMB Trader 90 members. One of our 7 trading fundamentals is “proper preparation”, which means having a process for selecting stocks to trade each day. Our AM Meeting is one way we help young … Read More
The Essence of Short Term Trading
I have been spending time since this morning reviewing trades going back to the beginning of the year. In this video I outline several factors that short term traders use on a daily basis to accurately predict short term price movement. In recent months I have begun to use “scripts” to take advantage of these predictions. In the near future I … Read More