A common mistake that new and developing traders make in the options market is to trade strategies that involve high commissions relative to the earning potential. We often see newer options traders applying great options strategies to the wrong instruments. Option trading strategies that involve frequent management to control risk can be commission intensive. This is especially true if you’re … Read More
3 Reasons to Pairs Trade with Options
Pairs trading is a market neutral strategy that focuses on the correlation of two instruments rather than pure direction. For example, you may want to be long $GOOGL and use a short $QQQ position to offset your systemic risk. Or you may see the relative weakness of $IWM and look to trade it long against a short $QQQ position for … Read More
SMBU’s Options Tribe Webinar: Mike Bellafiore, Co-Founder SMB Capital: The five most important habits to become and sustain as a profitable trader
Today, SMB Co-Founder and noted author Mike Bellafiore returns to the Options Tribe to share his observations about the habits that sustainably great traders develop as they progress in their trading careers on a proprietary trading desk.
SMBU’s Options Tribe Webinar: Seth Freudberg to present a weird version of the Weirdor
Today, Seth Freudberg will be presenting a modified version of the iron condor trade known as “the weirdor”. This will be the first time that this particular version of the Weirdor has been presented on the Options Tribe
Unleashing the Long-Term Key to Thriving as an Options Income Trader
Having run our options trading desk at SMB for over two years now and having traded options income strategies as a retail options trader for close to ten years I can tell you this… The data is in and the record is clear: Income traders who control the size of their losing trades are the long term winners. That’s … Read More
SMBU’s Options Tribe Webinar: Seth Freudberg to Host Options Tribe Trading Contest Leaders Panel
Today, Seth Freudberg will host a panel of leaders of the Options Tribe trading contest which ended on May 31, 2015. These traders will run through recent trades that they entered into the contest—you’ll get the opportunity to learn the thinking and strategies of this excellent panel of traders.
SMBU’s Options Tribe Webinar: Options Tribe Member Dave Freitag: “The 5-5-5 Options Trade”
Today, Dave Freitag presents his signature “5-5-5 trade” to the options tribe community for the first time.
SMBU’s Options Tribe Webinar: Frank Fahey, Optionvue Systems, International: Focus on Risk and the Profits will Take Care of Themselves
Today, Frank Fahey returns to the Options Tribe to discuss how he views options trading from the standpoint of risk, in lieu of focusing on reward and losing track of obvious and hidden risks in options positions.