Today, Ron Wheeler of Dynamictrend.com discusses his way of identifying opportunities in overpriced credit spreads. This is Ron’s first appearance with the Options Tribe and we’re excited about his presentation. SMBU’s Options Tribe is an online community of options traders dedicated to sharing successful options trading ideas with all of our members worldwide. Each Tuesday, SMBU hosts an options webinar … Read More
Market Review with Andrew
In this video, Andrew shows a way to filter out the noise and navigate the swings in the market. This example uses multiple time frames on the S&P 500 to give context for proactively managing equities and options positions. Enjoy the video! Andrew is a portfolio manager with Sabal Tree and a contributor to SMB Training. Risk Disclaimer no relevant … Read More
Ideas from the Prop Desk to Improve Your Trading – The Non-Scalable Trader
Last week I presented at #Stocktoberfest the @Stocktwits event masterminded by @howardlindzon. My presentation was titled: 8 Ideas from the Prop Desk to Improve Your Trading. Below is part 2 of the video series reconstructing my presentation. You can sign up for our free daily trading video here! Mike Bellafiore is the Co-Founder of SMB Capital and SMBU, which provides trading … Read More
The PlayBook Checkup: One Bad Trade
Below is our newest installment of The PlayBook Checkup with Bella, author of One Good Trade and The PlayBook. During these sessions a trade archived by a Junior Trader from our desk will be reviewed by Bella. Real-time attendance is free for SMBU Tools subscribers, who can also ask questions during the event. In this video, an SMB trader talks … Read More
SMB Trading Lessons of the Week of November 2, 2014
Bella discusses the concept of equanimity. This video is part of our free daily trading video. Bruce Bower discusses the importance of forming habits in your trading. Latest Blog Posts 8 Ideas from the Prop Desk to Improve Your Trading (#Stocktoberfest) There is a lot of good to be found in even the results of an underperforming trader. Hunt for … Read More
Loving the M3
I remember back in the day when I was learning “income trading”. I used to trade the “not so” mighty iron condor strategies. Yes, the very same strategies that have regained popularity in the low volatility markets over the last 2 years. I can still recall how everyone loved these strategies back then and how I jumped on board just … Read More
Prop Desk Insights: Enhancing Trading Equanimity (Video)
Last week I presented at #Stocktoberfest the @Stocktwits event masterminded by @howardlindzon. My presentation was titled: 8 Ideas from the Prop Desk to Improve Your Trading. Below is Part I of an 8-part video series reconstructing that presentation for the trading/investing community. The highlights of this video are: 1) An anecdote about Shark, a professional trader with a quality to … Read More
8 Ideas from the Prop Desk to Improve Your Trading (#Stocktoberfest)
This week I presented at #Stocktoberfest the @Stocktwits event masterminded by @howardlindzon. My presentation was titled: 8 Ideas from the Prop Desk to Improve Your Trading. Below are the slides and main ideas from my discussion. Equanimity Just intake the data the market is offering and then make the right decision- like Shark. Don’t root. If you do, then your … Read More