In this video Seth Freudberg discusses why traders are performing better in low gamma trades vs high gamma trades so far this year. He breaks down why this is happening.
Starting and Ending Trades Early Performed Better
In this video Seth Freudberg discusses the difference between long term and short term trades and why traders who are entering and exiting trades early are performing better.
Trades We Make When Volatility Spikes
In this video Steven Spencer discusses trading during volatile periods.
Must I time my trades properly?
Mike, I just joined SMBU and I’m half-way though all the lectures and I like it a lot. Bluntly, I’m a piker. I’ve failed numerous attempts at trading and blown through a lot of money…. I’m trying to apply your best set up/idea concept to his strategy> the best example can be the BABA trade on 5/25/16. SEC investigation into … Read More
Time Diversification of Options Trades
Seth Freudberg discusses how to diversify your options portfolio. In our Daily Video he focuses on how time is one of the best means of diversifying market neutral income trades. It’s best to diversify your options income strategies so that they are not all subject to the exact same risks. One important form of diversification is to spread the initiation of … Read More
30 trading habits in 30 days- Take A Break
Welcome back to our new series 30 trading habits in 30 days. When a new trader starts to outperform we study him at our firm. How is he doing it? What makes him so good? What in his background could have predicted this success? What best practices did he develop to succeed? Let me point out one best practice from … Read More
30 trading habits in 30 days- AM Idea Scanner
Welcome back to our new series 30 trading habits in 30 days. As I wrote in One Good Trade, “You are only as good as the stocks you trade.” Said better: You are only as good as the stocks you trade that move best for your trading system. I trade Stocks In Play**. Stocks with a fresh news catalyst. … Read More
30 trading habits in 30 days- backtesting
Welcome back to our new series 30 trading habits in 30 days. I was at the Pig ‘N’ Whistle on 3rd for lunch yesterday with 3 trading/investing thought leaders at Baruch College. These young student traders asked: are markets going to be run exclusively by automated traders? I answered, “No. But a discretionary trading firm like ours has been doing much … Read More