As a pro trader my bias in a stock is largely a result of the price action. As I observe the price action I start to ask myself questions like what are the other players in the stock doing? What are the big institutions doing? Are swing traders buying or selling now? Are intraday momo traders trying to play the … Read More
My Thought Process: VVUS
I tweeted early this afternoon that it looked like VVUS had put in an intra-day bottom. Here is the tweet. i think bottom is in for $VVUS today. a hold above 20.25 should get it trending nicely Here is a pic annotated that sums up what I was thinking. The long trade didn’t work out as VVUS failed to get … Read More
Trading Is All Psychology
The following news was released after the market closed. 16:31:20 FDA Panel Votes 20-2 In Favor of Approval For Vivus’ QnexaVivus, Inc. (NASDAQ: VVUS) received excellent news on Wednesday as an FDA advisory panel has voted 20-2 in favor of approving the company’s weight-loss drug Qnexa. The panel’s decision is non-binding, but it is highly likely that the FDA will follow … Read More
February 22nd Gameplan Review
SMB Capital Stocks In Play Call Review. Each morning before the market opens we discuss the stocks that we believe will offer the best risk/reward trading opportunities intraday. Today’s review featured GRMN, MOS, NFX, MGM, DELL, INTU. February 22nd gameplan Steven Spencer is the co-founder of SMB Capital and SMB Training and has traded professionally for over 15 years. No … Read More
Bias Flexibility
One of the stocks highlighted during today’s Stocks In Play call was GILD. It had gapped lower on Friday to 43 but then trended higher to Open around 46. It spent the rest of the day trading between 46 and 47.20. There was quite a bit of accumulation around 46.50 and it never traded below the key 46 support. Based … Read More
Am I Trading Well?
One of the ways I evaluate my trading is by checking to see if I got back in a stock after being stopped out. As a pro trader I think risk first and profit second. Many times I will be stopped out of a position that trades through my stop price only to see it later reach my ultimate profit … Read More
Higher Time Frame Webinar Primer
The market has changed a lot in the past few years. When Mike and I started SMB the market was in the early stages of an 18-month uptrend that led to an incredible momentum based trading market late ’07 and ’08. The most important skill by far during that time was being able to read the tape. You had to … Read More
The Money Trade—LNKD
In the fall of 2010 I wrote a post called “The Money Trade“. It outlined the mindset of momo hedge funds and how when they all decide to pile into growth stocks such as CMG, FOSL, CRM, LULU etc. you can quickly identify their fingerprints via after hours and pre-market price action. A few days ago LNKD reported earnings and … Read More