The SMB Foundation is unique, in that it is a SKILL BASED training program. Daily lesson plans have been crafted using hundreds of written lectures, classroom lectures, trading videos, audio lectures, quizzes, simulated trading drills, one-on-one mentoring sessions, and daily execution drills to build a powerful trading foundation. The SMB Foundation teaches a craft - the craft of trading.

What the SMB Foundation is not, is a simple knowledge based program that asks traders to memorize technical patterns, indicators, and trading plays found in countless books and programs online. The hard truth is that much of these technical patterns, indicators, and trading plays are worthless without the trading skills necessary to trade them effectively. Statistically, trading skills take years of experience and lost money to develop, but SMB Capital reduces this learning curve by creating a demanding curriculum focused on trading skills, followed by the development and execution of trading plays that work best for the trainee.

There are no secret trading plays that always work. Being a consistently profitable trader is about the adjustments made using trading skills. During the SMB Foundation trainees are taught how to build trading plays that work best for them. Instead of trainees memorizing trading plays without understanding how and why they work, trainees are taught a proprietary method to build trading plays using the trading skills learned in the program. Trainees are mentored through this process, building simple trading plays that work best for new traders and eventually building more robust trading plays specific to the trainees trading personality. Armed with these skills, traders finishing the SMB Foundation are far more mentally and physically prepared to trade professionally, than any other program available to the public in the United States. For traders, the SMB Foundation truly epitomizes the old proverb: Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a life time.

THE FIRST FOUR WEEKS WILL FOCUS ON SKILL DEVELOPMENT:
 STOCK SELECTION
 ONE GOOD TRADE
 THE 7 FUNDAMENTALS
 THE PLAYBOOK  TECHNICAL ANALYSIS
 PSYCHOLOGY
 RISK MANAGEMENT
 TAPE READING

THE LAST TWO WEEKS WILL FOCUS ON THE BUILDING AND EXECUTING OF TRADING PLAYS WITH ONE-ON-ONE
MENTORING:
 TRADING PROCESS
 TRADER PERFORMANCE
 TRADE EXECUTION
 TRADING EDGE
 TRADING STRATEGIES
 TRADE SETUPS