In this short video, Steve discusses a stock from this morning’s AM Meeting. Every morning he reviews the market and analyzes the stocks that are in play and likely to have second-day moves. Steve discusses the potential trading setups in $NFLX. Steven Spencer is the co-founder of SMB Capital and SMB University which provides trading education in stocks, options, forex and … Read More
SMB AM Meeting Recap: $PRAN
In this short video, Steve discusses a stock from this morning’s AM Meeting. Every morning he reviews the market and analyzes the stocks that are in play and likely to have second-day moves. Steve discusses the potential trading setups in $PRAN. Steven Spencer is the co-founder of SMB Capital and SMB University which provides trading education in stocks, options, forex and … Read More
SMB AM Meeting Recap: INSM
In this short video, Steve discusses a stock from this morning’s AM Meeting. Every morning he reviews the market and analyzes the stocks that are in play and likely to have second-day moves. Steve discusses the potential trading setups in INSM. Steven Spencer is the co-founder of SMB Capital and SMB University which provides trading education in stocks, options, forex and … Read More
PLUG Commentary
This morning during the SMB AM Meeting, Steve made a long call on PLUG. He said a strong move above $6.30 would be a great long entry with upside to $8.00. You can get great trading calls from Steve by joining our daily AM Meeting. Steven Spencer is the co-founder of SMB Capital and SMB University which provides trading education … Read More
The Luckiest Trade Ever
It was Spring 1997 and I walked into the lobby at 60 Broad Street to head to my firm’s trading floor. As I entered the elevator the firm’s head trader commented to me “hope you aren’t long Intel”. I responded that in fact I was short Intel and a few other technology stocks that had behaved weakly the prior trading … Read More
The Blowup: Game, Set, Match!
Recently, I have been thinking a lot about the “blowup”. In trading it is the term used to describe a catastrophic loss suffered by a trader or a firm. The blowup generally lurks in a remote corner of my consciousness, ready to be pulled to the forefront at a moment’s notice in service of proper risk management. Perhaps this past … Read More
Trading Lesson: Establishing A Trading Range—$PLUG
Often I receive questions regarding how I determine important price points for establishing trades. It is a combination of several factors each time but by far the heaviest weight is given to recent support and resistance levels. You would be surprised at how often after I make a trade I’ll receive a comment like “you shorted at the 66.3% fib … Read More
Trading Education: Will Adobe Correct Through Price or Time?
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