Join Mike Bellafiore, author of One Good Trade, 4:30 to 5:30pm EST on Thursday 26th May for a charity webinar to assist earthquake victims in New Zealand and Japan. Mike’s webinar is titled: The PlayBook: Set ups for Your PlayBook. Set ups that you can make your own Plays our desk are using in this market Set ups to trade … Read More
A time to get bigger in your position
Let’s talk about a way to get bigger in a set up from today. PSS offered an example of a time to get bigger. 16 was our level on our long term charts. PSS started to work and traded down into the 70 cents area. And then it popped back up near 16. You must get bigger into this pop. … Read More
Is Passion Enough?
First of all, I would like to thank all of you at SMB for the work you do and the content you provide. I have not found a better source out there for actionable, instructive lessons on trading, and God knows I have searched through a lot of content on the internet the past couple of years. I first learned about … Read More
Should we increase the tier size for this trader?
I received an email from a new trader asking for input on whether to increase his max tier size (how many shares he can trade per position). To get bumped up a trader might reach out to a Senior Trader to receive the increase. This is a trader who does everything asked of him. This is his 6th live … Read More
Introducing the SMB Options Training Program and the SMB Options Tribe (Video)
Introducing the SMB Options Training Program and the SMB Options Tribe Our webinar will introduce SMB’s brand new Options Training Program-a 12 month program designed for novice and intermediate level options traders who are seeking an intensive training process to learn how to trade options spreads for monthly income. Then we will launch SMB’s Options Tribe– an online community of … 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
The Future of Trader Education
Today we have launched SMB Options Training! SMB is actively teaming with awesome educators/traders in the options space, technical analysis, and swing trading. No one will be added to our team who is not actively trading. No trading program ever will be developed that does not incorporate our core teaching beliefs of training traders like elite performers. SMB Training will … Read More
Use the GPS
When I trade a stock “off the beaten path” (see my previous blog post), I always have an understanding of where the stock is in its trade along with the broad market. I’m always watching SPY levels and how the SPY trades. This allows me to make a better assessment of the relative strength or lack of in my stock. … Read More