In The Stocktwits Edge I write about the fact that I have spent most of my career trading stocks that are followed by a very distinct and specific group of traders. The momentum hedge fund traders who I like to refer to as “momos”. I have observed how they move internet IPOs, secular growth stories, and other various tech startups … Read More
Smart Thinking About Capital Levels and Simulation
One of the great things about our growing Options Tribe community is the number of experienced spread traders that are actively participating and communicating their thinking to us. This free exchange of ideas is what the Tribe is all about: the more that people share their perspectives and approaches, the stronger we all become as traders. Recently, I received an email … Read More
Finding Yourself as a Trader
One of our options trainees recently asked me if I thought it was wise for him to model his trading style after my own personal trading approach. It was a legitimate and intelligent question and it deserved a thoughtful reply. I recently tweeted a great article by Charles Kirk, which is exactly on point to this question. In the article … Read More
Three Days In One
Those who follow the markets closely have heard the expression countless times “the market takes the escalator on the way up and the elevator on the way down”. This simply means that markets tend to go down in price a lot more quickly than they go up. Today the SPY eliminated three days of gains in one massive down day. … Read More
Conversation With A Trainee At 10:45AM
trainee: “So this SLV isn’t really doing much this morning” spencer:”Yeah, pretty tight range” trainee:”it is just stuck in a 35 cent range” spencer leaves the desk to attend firm business at 11:00AM. second conversation at 12:20 when spencer returns spencer: “you long this SLV? finally broke out of the range” trainee: “no. i’m watching it.” ———— A large part … Read More
Katz’s Corner: How Do I Pull the Trigger?
I sent this question from an SMB reader to Dr. Jonathan F. Katz, performance coach, at High Performance Associates. —– I’m sending this message as I am in need of help with regard to a specific issue that I’m currently experiencing. I have studied the market vigorously every day for the past two years. I’ve read and studied many books … Read More
Traders Ask: How Do You Handle the Daily Stress of Trading?
Hi mike In your book and in many of your posts and lectures you compering a day trader to a professional athlete. because of the need of showing perfect performance in each game/match/contest and you are right of course. But i think there is also a big difference. Most professional athletes have to compete for a few days a month at … Read More
Why BIDU Kicked My Ass Today
I lost money in BIDU today. I was trading it strictly on the short side. It opened at 137 and close at 131. Wow, you must thinking that this guy really has no idea what the heck he is doing. You might be right 🙂 Let’s review some of the things that caused me to lose money in it today … Read More