There is soooo much opportunity during volatile market conditions and you are not capturing it. You hear stories of how much money traders are making. And you are not one of them. This can be *very* frustrating. I hear this from traders of all levels when they are not cashing in when volatility jumps. Often the reason is their approach … Read More
Mastering Position Sizing: Key to Growing Your Trading Account
You make a great trade, but then lament that your trading position was too small. You take a loss on a trade, and then grieve that your trading position was too big. If you could just get your position sizing right, then you could start making significant profits. Then you could have a realistic chance to become a CPT- Consistently … Read More
This trader wants it all and wants it now- Should he?
Hi Mike, I hope you are doing well. I am reaching out to you because I am struggling a bit, having kind of a rough month so far….. I violated pretty much every rule in my rule book which is why I decided to take today off and rather spend some time analyzing the situation and maybe come up with … Read More
Weekend learning lessons for traders from SMB: How to buy a hot stock
We just finished one of our best months as a firm. What can you learn from the success of our traders? Our traders gravitated to the stocks most In Play, the pot stocks. Our traders expressed their edges with more sophistication- options, hedges. The most successful traders were both aggressive when they saw their edge AND patient. Traders worked together, … Read More
Weekend learnings lessons for traders from SMB (after one our best trading weeks)
This was one of the best trading weeks we have had as a firm. The pot names offered outsized opportunity. We have been fighting the overextension in TLRY for several trading sessions, with hedges and with responsible max losses, and traders on the desk were finally paid. I loved seeing the growth in trade structure by traders on the desk. … Read More
The issue that many traders needed help with this week
There is an issue that many traders needed help with this week. I saw this need across the board and at many firms, even firms trading different products. It is a tricky subject with a different answer for different traders. But it just kept coming up this week. Getting this aspect of your trading right is the difference between struggling … Read More
Weekend learning lessons for traders from SMB: work on your trading game to improve
This week was one of the most opportunistic that I can remember in some time. The pot names and IPOs were immensely volatile. Next week sets up to present many large opportunities again. The weekend is a terrific time to work on your trading game to improve. We offer some ideas below to improve your trading from this trading week. … Read More
Weekend learning lessons for traders from SMB – September 8, 2018
I am in York, ME for a wedding with my wife, but thought I would drop our weekend learning series for you. It’s 5AM and the early staff is a bit confused WTH I am doing in the seating area. Not drinking their coffee. Typing away. Wearing a Yankees hat. I am doing my best to sample as much blueberry … Read More