By Bruce Bower We asked the SMB community which topics they wanted to learn more about it in the upcoming “Peak Performance Trading and Investing” video course. Out of a list of ten topics, second place was ”Checklists – How to Filter Out The Noise and Make Better Decisions”. This is an interesting topic because in order to discuss it, … Read More
The Three-Step Process For a Trader or Investor
**This is the third in a series of posts from Bruce Bower related to “Peak Performance” the topic of his new book that SMB U will be releasing April 20th** By Bruce Bower When investing or trading, we obviously all want to be a success. We get in to the markets because we want to make money, to have a good retirement, and … Read More
What Does A Winning Methodology Look Like?
**This is the first in a series of posts from Bruce Bower related to “Peak Performance” the topic of his new book that SMB U will be releasing April 20th** **SMB will be hosting a free webinar on April 13th in which Bruce will discuss in depth the concept of “Peak Performance” and how it can be applied by all successful traders … Read More
Trading Lesson: Shorting A Momentum Stock–TSLA
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
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
Who’s Running The Ship?
When you think of a large cruise ship and the way that it’s run. Who runs the ship, the captain or the crew? If you’re like most people you would say the captain….. and you’d be wrong. As you think about all the things that need to be done on the ship, keeping the engines running, taking care of all … Read More