The way your fantasy football league handles its trade deadline is probably different than how your friend's league handles the deadline, which is different than how your friend's friend's league handles it.
Instead of hitting my social media mentions to tell me that your trade deadline is long gone and that you can't actually trade for the players you read about here, think of every "buy" and "sell" recommendation from more of a confidence perspective. If a player is a buy, then you can feel good about what he'll be able to do from here on out. On the other hand, someone as a sell may be in trouble.