Here is a great guest blog post from young Sammy who just finished his fourth live month of trading with SMB. Transitioning: The State of Change How a few changes are leading me to the path of success as a trader: Early on in my trading career, I was struggling and making many mistakes. I had all the right ideas … Read More
Evaluating your trading results (part 2/3)
Warning: very detailed and technical blog ahead, but if you are an active trader and not keeping really good records, maybe this post will help you.
Oh—-The Pain!
During today’s morning meeting we discussed some of the recent reversals we had seen in stocks that were trying to push through longer term support. We took a look at reversals that had recently occurred in MON and WYNN. Both stocks attempted to drop longer term support last week but failed. So I suggested that UAL might be a good … Read More
Higher Time Frame
The concept of a “higher time frame” can have a positive impact on your trading results. In other words whichever time frame you are observing price action to make a trading decision you should consider a longer time frame to assist you. In my experience you can increase your win rate if you make trades in the direction of the … Read More
Evaluating your trading results (post 1 of 3)
A near perfect set of records is the first step in understanding your performance as a trader
You Gotta Have A “Plan B”
Each morning we hold an AM Meeting at SMB to discuss the Stocks In Play as well as the bigger picture including global markets, unusual activity in commodities, and the US markets via the SPY. If a particular type of “day structure” is likely to occur that will be discussed as well. This morning with global markets humming and the … Read More
Traders Ask: What Was Your Thought Process In LVS?
Hi Steve, I am interested in learning your thought process behind trading LVS on 12/02. Do you mind writing a post on it? Thanks, AZ Here you go: Before I break down the various trades that I thought offered good risk/reward on December 2nd for LVS I would like to discuss December 1st. LVS gapped higher on 12/1 with the … Read More
More Harm Than Good
At 10 o’clock today I started scanning the SMB Radar for stocks with promising setups from the Open. WCRX immediately caught my attention. It had had a strong opening drive to the downside and had retraced about 20% from its low. This was a good short candidate. But then I noticed on the tape that buyers had started to support … Read More