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Free Webinar – Systems Trading Tools
Rick Martin, lead developer of SMB Systems Trading LLC, will be discussing system trading tools to use in your trading – what they are, how to know if they will work and if you have what it takes to...
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What is your giveback rule?
Yesterday in a daily trading review a trainee wrote with disgust about giving back too much of his early profits. I really hate what I did today… basically gave back 90% of my net on the day by trading...
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Even One Trade A Day Can Be Over Trading
We had an interesting question the other day: What would be a reasonable range for total number of trades per instrument for an active intraday trader? And is there a different range for something like...
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SMB’s Options Tribe: Tuesday, December 27, 2011 at 5pm EST: Managing Options...
Tuesday December 20, 2011 at 5:00 pm Eastern Standard Time SMB’s Options Tribe is an online community of options traders dedicated to sharing successful options trading ideas with all of our members...
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Not Much In Play—Be Very Selective
This is a time to be cautious as a short term trader. Volume is light and there is not much In Play. The SMB Radar is our insurance policy during slow market times to make sure we focus our energy on...
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Yesterday’s Options Tribe Meeting: Managing Options Spreads by the Greeks...
SMB’s Options Tribe is an online community of options traders dedicated to sharing successful options trading ideas with all of our members worldwide. Each week the community will meet online for the...
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SMB Fundamental #7—Replaying Your Important Trades
Back in early 2006 we established what have become known as the SMB Fundamentals. They are a list of 7 trading principles that SMB believes should be followed for every single trade. Fundamental...
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SMB’s Options Tribe: Free Webinar Tuesday January 3, 2012 at 5pm: Butterflies...
Tuesday, January 3, 2012 at 5:00 pm Eastern Standard Time SMB’s Options Tribe is an online community of options traders dedicated to sharing successful options trading ideas with all of our members...
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A way to find more A+ trades
I received an end of the year review from a trainee and his list of goals for 2012. Great exercise for every trader! One that is supervised by our floor manager for our trainees. While reading one this...
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SMB’s Options Tribe: Free Webinar Today at 5pm: Butterflies With Weekly Options
SMB’s Options Tribe is an online community of options traders dedicated to sharing successful options trading ideas with all of our members worldwide. Each week the community will meet online for the...
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Yesterday’s Options Tribe Meeting: Butterflies With Weekly Options
SMB’s Options Tribe is an online community of options traders dedicated to sharing successful options trading ideas with all of our members worldwide. Each week the community will meet online for the...
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Goldman Sachs Showing Influence Again?
Identifying short term trading patterns is the lifeblood of professional traders. By patterns I don’t simply mean a simple pattern one might draw on a chart. I am referring more broadly to catalysts...
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Free Options Webinar: SMB’s Options Tribe: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at 5pm...
Tuesday January 10, 2011 at 5:00 pm Eastern Standard Time SMB’s Options Tribe is an online community of options traders dedicated to sharing successful options trading ideas with all of our members...
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What is your “move on” trading rule?
I received this review from a mentee after the close: Positives: traded well with the market. basically didn’t get short other than in-play stocks at the Open, didn’t have a short trade after 10:15...
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Free Webinar – Systems Trading Tools
Rick Martin, lead developer of SMB Systems Trading LLC, will be discussing system trading tools to use in your trading – what they are, how to know if they will work and if you have what it takes to...
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Is it time to quit trading?
Hey Bella, I’m a longtime reader of the SMB blogs. Trading from a home office, I miss out on all of the trading floor banter that I had when I was starting out. It is good to “connect” with other...
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How do you make money as a part-time trader?
Hello Bella I just finished reading ONE GOOD TRADE, and I loved it. I am different from the traders you talk about. I am retired and living off my pension, social security and making up the shortfall...
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Trading is not that important
I received this email from an old friend and SMB reader. It puts every losing trade, underperforming month, and “bad day” in perspective. Suddenly all my trading worries have vanished. It doesnt...
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Is it time to quit trading? Part II
Over the weekend we started a discussion on Twitter and the SMB Blog about whether it was time to quit trading for an experienced trader who had emailed me. He had had some past success. Then...
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Free Options Webinar: SMB’s Options Tribe: Today at 5pm EST: An improved...
Today at 5:00 pm Eastern Standard Time SMB’s Options Tribe is an online community of options traders dedicated to sharing successful options trading ideas with all of our members worldwide. Each week...
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