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Top Traders Unplugged

Summary: Top Traders Unplugged is created for you, the investor, trader or research analyst. If you are looking to become a better informed investor, Niels Kaastrup-Larsen delivers the information you just don’t want to miss. Just like the Market Wizard books brought some of the greatest traders to light in the 80’s, Top Traders Unplugged brings to you engaging conversations with today’s top Quant legends like Winton Capital’s David Harding, Turtle Mentor Richard Dennis as well as Global Macro experts like Danielle DiMartino Booth, Preston Pysh, Julian Brigden, Mike Green, Erik Townsend, Larry McDonald and many more. Learn from their experiences, their successes, and their failures.

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 2019 In Review – The Investor’s RetroSpective | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 12:58

End of 2019 wrap up, with thoughts on Bonds, Bitcoin, the decade just gone by, and the connection between Netflix & Dominos Pizza. IT'S TRUE - most CIO's read 50+ books each year! Get your copy of the Ultimate Guide to the Best Investment Books ever written here. Follow me at @TopTradersLive And please share this episode with a like-minded friend and leave an honest rating & review on iTunes so more people can discover the podcast. Subscribe on:

 77 The Systematic Investor Series – March 1st, 2020 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:15:15

After the quickest 10% correction straight from an all-time-high in stock market history last week, we discuss how human emotions & behaviours played their part, the threat of the coronavirus and its effect on world economies, why a week is too short a time to judge if CTAs are providing ‘crisis alpha’, and why short-term systems should have performed really well during the selloff. Questions we cover include: How do you define ‘signal strength’? Do you use stop-losses, and if so, how? Can you apply Trend Following systems to micro futures contracts? If you would like to leave us a voicemail to play on the show, you can do so here. Learn more about the Trend Barometer here. IT's TRUE - most CIO's read 50+ books each year - get your copy of the Ultimate Guide to the Best Investment Books ever written here. And you can get a free copy of my latest book "The Many Flavors of Trend Following" here. Send your questions to info@toptradersunplugged.com Follow Niels, Jerry & Moritz on Twitter: @TopTradersLive, @RJparkerjr09 and @MoritzSeibert And please share this episode with a like-minded friend and leave an honest rating & review on iTunes so more people can discover the podcast. Episode Summary 0:00 - Intro 1:20 - Macro recap from Niels 3:00 - Weekly review of returns 14:13 - Top Tweets 39:45 - Brian; Question 1: Have any of your guests mentioned the use of different rules for different markets? 44:25 - Jacob; Question 2: What are the criteria for deciding to change your rules? 51:29 - Adrian; Question 3: How do you define signal strength? 55:46 - Jonathan; Question 4: If you use stop-losses, how do you use them? 1:02:51 - Craig; Question 5: How regularly should you communicate with your clients? 1:08:20 - Russ; Question 6: Can I apply a trend following trading system to micro futures contracts? 1:11:22 - Performance recap Subscribe on:

 76 The Systematic Investor Series – February 24th, 2020 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:01:54

In today’s episode, we discuss whether attempting to trade every market at the same time may hinder any conviction necessary for above-average returns, as well as debate the difference between a portfolio with plenty of trades across lots of different markets versus one with less positions among fewer markets.  We also cover the Hedge Fund Journal’s recent interview with Harold De Boer of Transtrend, the amount of truly uncorrelated markets available to trade, how much discretion should be used during the design & implementation of a systematic trading strategy, and if the accusation is true that CTAs are the main catalyst behind price shocks. If any listeners would like to leave us a voicemail message to play on the show, you can do so here. Learn more about the free-to-use Top Traders Unplugged Trend Barometer here. You can download your free guide to Systematic Investing, and subscribe to our mailing list by visiting TopTradersUnplugged.com Get a free copy of my latest book "The Many Flavors of Trend Following" here. Find your free copy of Top Traders Unplugged 100 Best Investment Books of all Time here. Send your questions to info@toptradersunplugged.com Follow Niels, Jerry & Moritz on Twitter: @TopTradersLive, @RJparkerjr09 and @MoritzSeibert And please share this episode with a like-minded friend and leave an honest rating & review on iTunes so more people can discover the podcast. Episode Summary 0:00 - Intro 1:13 - Macro recap from Niels 2:33 - Weekly review of returns 6:52 - Top Tweets 47:36 - Michael; Question 1: Who inspired you into Trend Following trading? 59:16 - Performance recap Subscribe on:

 75 The Systematic Investor Series – February 16th, 2020 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 59:47

On today’s show, we discuss Morgan Housel’s recent article on history & historians generally being a bad guide for the future, the popularity of negative predictions, social media as a gauge for current market conditions, the limits of trading indexes versus diversified individual stocks, why following price may be more important than just committing to a bullish or bearish position, and Meb Faber’s recent interview with Tim Hayes, who talked about the dangers of non-price-based indicators. If any listeners would like to leave us a voicemail message to play on the show, you can do so here. Learn more about the free-to-use Top Traders Unplugged Trend Barometer here. You can download your free guide to Systematic Investing, and subscribe to our mailing list by visiting TopTradersUnplugged.com Get a free copy of my latest book "The Many Flavors of Trend Following" here. Find your free copy of Top Traders Unplugged 100 Best Investment Books of all Time here. Send your questions to info@toptradersunplugged.com Follow Niels, Jerry & Moritz on Twitter: @TopTradersLive, @RJparkerjr09 and @MoritzSeibert And please share this episode with a like-minded friend and leave an honest rating & review on iTunes so more people can discover the podcast. Episode Summary 0:00 - Intro 1:12 - Macro recap from Niels 2:59 - Weekly review of returns 5:23 - Top Tweets 34:12 - Michael; Question 1: Would avoiding all S&P500 stocks improve a Trend Following system? 36:57 - Chris; Question 2: Can you explain the term ‘Vol Targeting’? 43:40 - Adrian: Question 3: What recent client requests have you refused to accommodate, when it comes to altering either your strategies, or your business? 53:31 - Francois; Comment related to recent episodes where we discussed Trend Following on equities 57:24 - Performance recap Subscribe on:

 74 The Systematic Investor Series – February 8th, 2020 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:12:48

This week, we discuss how Jerry approached his Tesla trade during last week’s parabolic move up, the value of sleeping well at night in comparison to chasing maximum returns, whether Trend Following models can be successfully tilted toward ESG (Sustainable) Investments, thoughts on Negative & Positive Skew, the perceived drawbacks of CTA diversification when stocks are going up, and we also compare Trend Following on stocks, to a fully diversified, Trend Following system.  Questions we answer this week include: What do you do next when you have a significant amount of new AUM?  Do you have any tips or methods, whether psychologically or built into your models, for handling euphoric gains?  How many markets, and how much allocation to each market, do you recommend when constructing a Trading Universe? If any listeners would like to leave us a voicemail message to play on the show, you can do so here. Learn more about the free-to-use Top Traders Unplugged Trend Barometer here. You can download your free guide to Systematic Investing, and subscribe to our mailing list by visiting TopTradersUnplugged.com Get a free copy of my latest book "The Many Flavors of Trend Following" here. Find your free copy of Top Traders Unplugged 100 Best Investment Books of all Time here. Send your questions to info@toptradersunplugged.com Follow Niels, Jerry & Moritz on Twitter: @TopTradersLive, @RJparkerjr09 and @MoritzSeibert And please share this episode with a like-minded friend and leave an honest rating & review on iTunes so more people can discover the podcast. Episode Summary 0:00 - Intro 1:08 - Macro recap from Niels 1:44 - Weekly review of returns 4:59 - Top Tweets 18:45 - Announcement of special guest Eric Crittenden, from Standpoint Asset Management, joining us on the show in a few weeks 26:21 - Jacob; Question 1: When you have a significant amount of new available equity, what do you do next? 32:57 - James; Question 2: How do you manage a position that makes a Parabolic move, such as Tesla? 41:18 - Matt: Question 3: What methods do you use to handle euphoric gains? 1:01:51 - Camron; Question 4: What is the best way to compile a Trading Universe? How many markets, and how much allocation to each market? 1:04:42 - Sam; Question 5: Are you aware of any Trend Following Traders who tilt towards ESG (Sustainable Investing)? 1:07:23 - Seth; In response to last week’s request to listeners, shares how he thinks TF should be best described as an important part of your portfolio 1:10:30 - Performance recap Subscribe on:

 73 The Systematic Investor Series – February 3rd, 2020 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:37:52

On today’s show, we discuss when having lots of experience can sometimes work against you, why hard and fast rules can be better than making discretionary decisions, the importance of trading in appropriate position sizes, the amount of drawdown that will likely cause you to deviate from your system, the unpopularity of Trend Following strategies, creating an adaptive portfolio that can respond to market conditions, and why Trend Following should play a considerable part in your portfolio.  Questions we answer this week include: Should you use Trend Filters to confirm your entry signals?  Is the 60/40 portfolio usually less volatile than a typical ‘perfect’ Trend Following portfolio?  Do you recommend adding mean-reversion strategies to your Trend Following systems?  How do you define short, medium and long-term? If any listeners would like to leave us a voicemail message to play on the show, you can do so here. Learn more about the free-to-use Top Traders Unplugged Trend Barometer here. You can download your free guide to Systematic Investing, and subscribe to our mailing list by visiting TopTradersUnplugged.com Get a free copy of my latest book "The Many Flavors of Trend Following" here. Find your free copy of Top Traders Unplugged 100 Best Investment Books of all Time here. Send your questions to info@toptradersunplugged.com Follow Niels, Jerry & Moritz on Twitter: @TopTradersLive, @RJparkerjr09 and @MoritzSeibert And please share this episode with a like-minded friend and leave an honest rating & review on iTunes so more people can discover the podcast. Episode Summary 0:00 - Intro 1:11 - Macro recap from Niels 2:41 - Weekly review of returns 14:14 - Top Tweets 55:44 - Mike; Questions 1: Is Trend Following a Dynamic Call Replication strategy? 1:00:39 - Seth; Question 2: Do you use Trend Filters to confirm the entry signal? 1:04:10 - Michael; Question 3: Is the daily volatility of a 60/40 portfolio less than that of the 'perfect' Trend Following portfolio? 1:08:12 - Brian; Listener comment regarding the best way to explain why Trend Following should play a considerable part in all portfolios. 1:14:33 - Dave; Question 4: When using multiple lookback periods, should risk per trade always stay the same? 1:16:02 - Yohan; Question 5: Do you scale into a trade throughout the day, depending on market liquidity, or just enter the full trade upon getting the signal? 1:18:27 - Drew; Question 6: What does your day-to-day look like? 1:20:43 - Yohan; Question 7: Why not combine mean-reversion strategies with your Trend Following strategies? 1:25:49 - Paul; Question 8: Would testing markets that you don’t plan to trade, give added clarity to your backtests? 1:29:22 - Singh; Question 9: How do you define short, medium and long-term timeframes? 1:34:01 - Performance recap Subscribe on:

 72 The Systematic Investor Series – January 26th, 2020 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:18:25

Today, we discuss how CTAs provide Investors with protection during stock market declines, how the term Crisis Alpha may be linked to reduced allocations to CTAs, the psychology behind managers chasing performance, worthwhile allocation percentages to Trend Following, short-term vs long-term CTA strategies, Trend Following as the perfect portfolio, and Diversification as a way to reduce risk.  Questions answered this week include: What are some of the pros and cons of CFD trading, and do you have any tips for building a portfolio of CFDs? Should instruments that rarely make money be included in backtests, and how do you measure this without curve-fitting data? Thank you to Andy for submitting your voicemail to the show.  If any listeners would like to leave a message, you can do so here. If any listeners would like to leave us a voicemail message to play on the show, you can do so here. Learn more about the free-to-use Top Traders Unplugged Trend Barometer here. You can download your free guide to Systematic Investing, and subscribe to our mailing list by visiting TopTradersUnplugged.com Get a free copy of my latest book "The Many Flavors of Trend Following" here. Find your free copy of Top Traders Unplugged 100 Best Investment Books of all Time here. Send your questions to info@toptradersunplugged.com Follow Niels, Jerry & Moritz on Twitter: @TopTradersLive, @RJparkerjr09 and @MoritzSeibert And please share this episode with a like-minded friend and leave an honest rating & review on iTunes so more people can discover the podcast. Episode Summary 0:00 - Intro 1:25 - Macro recap from Niels 2:41 - Weekly review of returns 18:39 - Top Tweets 54:51 - Andy (via TTU VoiceMail); Questions 1/2: What are some pros & cons of CFD trading? Do you have any tips for building a CFD portfolio? 1:02:56 - James; Question 3: Should instruments that rarely ever make money, be included in backtests, and how do you measure this without curve-fitting data? 1:14:22 - Performance recap Subscribe on:

 71 The Systematic Investor Series – January 20th, 2020 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:30:10

This week, we discuss the reliability of Fundamental Analysis sell rules versus Trend Following sell rules, the so-called ‘Quant winter’ that systematic funds are supposedly in, whether there is a clear definition of Value Investing, the ability of CTAs to offer Investors exposure to less popular markets, the differences between Trend Following and Technical Analysis, and how much of past performance can be considered as a reliable indicator for the future.  Questions we cover include: Do you have to be a coder, or hire one, to be a successful Trend Follower? What do you do when you have more signals than available capital? When adding new securities to your Trading Universe, do you resize current positions to accommodate? Is a stock in motion, more likely to stay in motion? If any listeners would like to leave us a voicemail message to play on the show, you can do so here. Learn more about the free-to-use Top Traders Unplugged Trend Barometer here. You can download your free guide to Systematic Investing, and subscribe to our mailing list by visiting TopTradersUnplugged.com Get a free copy of my latest book "The Many Flavors of Trend Following" here. Send your questions to info@toptradersunplugged.com Follow Niels, Jerry & Moritz on Twitter: @TopTradersLive, @RJparkerjr09 and @MoritzSeibert And please share this episode with a like-minded friend and leave an honest rating & review on iTunes so more people can discover the podcast. Episode Summary 0:00 - Intro 1:47 - Macro recap from Niels 4:19 - Weekly review of returns 18:39 - Top Tweets 55:34 - Keith; Questions 1/2: What is the name of Jerry’s bird? What do you do when you have more signals than capital available?  When adding new markets to a system, do you resize existing trades to accommodate? 1:03:10 - Neil; Question 3: If a stock is moving or flat, is it likely to continue in the same form? 1:09:11 - Mike; Question 4: What are the differences between Trend Followers & Technical Analysts? 1:13:02 - Andrew; Question 5: Is long-only Trading on Forex recommended? 1:16:46 - George; Question 6: Do you have to be a coder (or hire one), to be a successful Trend Follower? 1:27:37 - Performance recap   Subscribe on:

 70 The Systematic Investor Series ft Andreas Clenow (Part Two) – January 14th, 2020 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 29:16

Today we continue our interview with Andreas Clenow, where we cover topics such as backtesting & system design, whether we see any growth in the CTA industry, long-term vs short-term Investing, and how to go about raising initial AUM.  Questions include: How important are drawdowns when analysing performance?  Is Crisis Alpha an appropriate label for CTAs today?  How do you choose parameters for your Trading Models? If any listeners would like to leave us a voicemail message to play on the show, you can do so here. Learn more about the free-to-use Top Traders Unplugged Trend Barometer here. You can download your free guide to Systematic Investing, and subscribe to our mailing list by visiting TopTradersUnplugged.com Get a free copy of my latest book "The Many Flavors of Trend Following" here. Send your questions to info@toptradersunplugged.com Follow Niels, Jerry, Moritz & Andreas on Twitter: @TopTradersLive, @RJparkerjr09, @MoritzSeibert & @Clenow And please share this episode with a like-minded friend and leave an honest rating & review on iTunes so more people can discover the podcast. Episode Summary 0:00 - Intro 1:54 - Niels; Question One: How does one go about choosing parameters for their Trading models?  Question Two: Do you stick with your model, or do you look to recalibrate it over time? 7:37 - Jerry; Question Two: Have you noticed that longer-term systems have always produced better results than shorter-term, even though we may think otherwise?  How important are drawdowns when analysing performance? 13:48 - Moritz; Question One: Would you still go out and start a Trend Following fund today?  If so, how would you go out and raise the initial AUM? 16:25 - Niels; Question Two:  How should CTAs & Trend Followers present themselves?  Is Crisis Alpha an appropriate label? 22:32 - Niels; Question Three:  If you could invite 4 people to dinner, from past or present, who would you choose? 22:32 - Niels; Question Four:  Anything you would like to share regarding your latest book? 26:23 - Brian; Question One: Do you think Options strategies distort Trends and the performance of Trend Following strategies? 27:08 - Performance recap   Subscribe on:

 70 The Systematic Investor Series ft Andreas Clenow (Part One) – January 13th, 2020 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:18:41

In the first of a 2-part special with Andreas Clenow, we discuss why combining Models might improve your Risk-Adjusted Returns in the long run, whether all Trend Following signals are more or less the same, reliable ways to measure risk, and some thoughts on Trend Following in the Stock Market.  Questions we attempt to answer this week include: How do you trade mean-reverting strategies? Do you use Volatility-Targeting as part of a Trend Following strategy? Why has Andreas mentioned in the past that Trend Following doesn’t work on stocks? Are there less big Trends nowadays? Do you prefer to use the same parameter combinations across all markets? If any listeners would like to leave us a voicemail message to play on the show, you can do so here. Learn more about the free-to-use Top Traders Unplugged Trend Barometer here. You can download your free guide to Systematic Investing, and subscribe to our mailing list by visiting TopTradersUnplugged.com Get a free copy of my latest book "The Many Flavors of Trend Following" here. Send your questions to info@toptradersunplugged.com Follow Niels, Jerry, Moritz & Andreas on Twitter: @TopTradersLive, @RJparkerjr09, @MoritzSeibert & @Clenow And please share this episode with a like-minded friend and leave an honest rating & review on iTunes so more people can discover the podcast. Episode Summary 0:00 - Intro 1:24 - Macro recap from Niels 2:30 - Weekly review of returns 5:36 - Introduction to special guest, Andreas Clenow. Questions for Andreas, to follow. 14:35 - Moritz; Question One: Are you running any non-Trend Following, Systematic strategies? 16:09 - Moritz; Question Two: How do you Trade mean-reverting, negative-skew strategies? 20:41 - Jerry; Question One: Why do you say that Risk Per Trade is an unreliable indicator of risk? 28:00 - Jerry; Question Two: Do you use Vol-Targeting as a part of a Trend Following system? 31:18 - Jerry; Question Three: You have mentioned that Trend Following doesn’t work on stocks, what was the reasoning behind this? 40:59 - Niels; Question One: Do you consider all Trend Following signals as, essentially, the same thing? 44:13 - Niels; Question Two: Has the model featured in your 2011 book continued to do well over the last decade? 50:38 - Moritz; Question Three: How do you decide which markets you want to trade in a diversified Trend Following system, which is more than just stocks-only? 55:36 - Jerry; Question Four: Why not use Trend Following on stocks? 59:53 - Jerry; Question Five: Do you believe there is a lack of big trends in today’s markets? 1:05:31 - Niels; Question Three:  Do you prefer to always keep the same parameter combinations across all markets? 1:09:54 - Niels; Question Four: Would you remove markets from your Trading Universe that consistently lose money, or are you of the thought that you don’t know what the future holds? 1:11:38 - Niels; Question Five: What’s your preferred minimum amount of lookback period for a backtest, and do you weight recent data as more important than previous data? 1:20:47 - Jerry; Question Six:  Would you recommend to CTAs today to use a 40-year sample size for backtesting, or the last 10 or so years because it’s more relevant?

 69 The Systematic Investor Series – January 5th, 2020 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:16:33

In this first episode of 2020, we discuss whether there any investment strategies that can work during all times, the recent Barron’s article featuring Richard Thaler on the perils of overconfidence, how Trend Following helps to prevent being too confident, the inherent negativity bias within most investors, the drawbacks of  positivity when investing, and why you should consider the costs of being too cautious just as much as the costs of taking on too much risk.  Questions covered this week include: Are CTAs becoming too cautious?  Is it really worth diversifying away from developed markets? What causes you to make adjustments to your models? If any listeners would like to leave us a voicemail message to play on the show, you can do so here. Learn more about the free-to-use Top Traders Unplugged Trend Barometer here. You can download your free guide to Systematic Investing, and subscribe to our mailing list by visiting TopTradersUnplugged.com Get a free copy of my latest book "The Many Flavors of Trend Following" here. Send your questions to info@toptradersunplugged.com Follow Niels, Jerry & Moritz on Twitter: @TopTradersLive, @RJparkerjr09 and @MoritzSeibert And please share this episode with a like-minded friend and leave an honest rating & review on iTunes so more people can discover the podcast. Episode Summary 0:00 - Intro 1:09 - Macro recap from Niels 14:06 - Weekly review of returns 19:18  - Top tweets 49:01 - Question 1: Sam; Is it worth diversifying away from developed markets? 55:22 - Question 2: Edmund; Can you recommend any detailed backtesting software with the ability to test variable position sizes? 58:12 - Question 3: Drew; What causes you to make adjustments to your models? 1:06:14 - Question 4: Sebastian; Why is it so hard to be a successful Trend Follower, when it seems we as Humans innately like to follow trends anyway (ie. fashion, social media, tech)? 1:12:39 - Performance recap 1:14:16 - Send your questions in for our upcoming special guest, Andreas Clenow Subscribe on:

 68 The Systematic Investor Series – December 29th, 2019 Copy | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:23:09

In this week’s episode, we discuss the notion of correlation between volatility and risk, why it can be a bad idea to equate a manager’s performance with their skill-level, when a losing trade should still be considered a good trade, how much opportunity is in Low-Volatility Targeting strategies, and we also give our end-of-year reviews.  Questions answered this week include: Is Trend Following another form of price prediction?  Do you follow the weekly Commitments of Traders report? Can you can you make money in the markets without the need for predictions? If any listeners would like to leave us a voicemail message to play on the show, you can do so here. Learn more about the free-to-use Top Traders Unplugged Trend Barometer here. You can download your free guide to Systematic Investing, and subscribe to our mailing list by visiting TopTradersUnplugged.com Get a free copy of my latest book "The Many Flavors of Trend Following" here. Send your questions to info@toptradersunplugged.com Follow Niels, Jerry & Moritz on Twitter: @TopTradersLive, @RJparkerjr09 and @MoritzSeibert And please share this episode with a like-minded friend and leave an honest rating & review on iTunes so more people can discover the podcast. Episode Summary 0:00 - Intro 0:55 - Macro recap from Niels 3:10 - Weekly review of returns 18:41  - Top tweets 43:29 - Question 1: Woody; Is Trend Following another form of predicting price moves? 1:00:18 - Question 2 William; Do you follow the weekly COT (Commitments of Traders) report? 1:05:02 - Performance recap 1:08:52 - End of year recap 1:19:32 - Top tweets (cont.) 1:20:59 - Thank you to our listeners in 2019 Subscribe on:

 68 The Systematic Investor Series – December 29th, 2019 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:23:09

In this week’s episode, we discuss the notion of correlation between volatility and risk, why it can be a bad idea to equate a manager’s performance with their skill-level, when a losing trade should still be considered a good trade, how much opportunity is in Low-Volatility Targeting strategies, and we also give our end-of-year reviews.  Questions answered this week include: Is Trend Following another form of price prediction?  Do you follow the weekly Commitments of Traders report? Can you can you make money in the markets without the need for predictions? If any listeners would like to leave us a voicemail message to play on the show, you can do so here. Learn more about the free-to-use Top Traders Unplugged Trend Barometer here. You can download your free guide to Systematic Investing, and subscribe to our mailing list by visiting TopTradersUnplugged.com Get a free copy of my latest book "The Many Flavors of Trend Following" here. Send your questions to info@toptradersunplugged.com Follow Niels, Jerry & Moritz on Twitter: @TopTradersLive, @RJparkerjr09 and @MoritzSeibert And please share this episode with a like-minded friend and leave an honest rating & review on iTunes so more people can discover the podcast. Episode Summary 0:00 - Intro 0:55 - Macro recap from Niels 3:10 - Weekly review of returns 18:41  - Top tweets 43:29 - Question 1: Woody; Is Trend Following another form of predicting price moves? 1:00:18 - Question 2 William; Do you follow the weekly COT (Commitments of Traders) report? 1:05:02 - Performance recap 1:08:52 - End of year recap 1:19:32 - Top tweets (cont.) 1:20:59 - Thank you to our listeners in 2019 Subscribe on:

 67 The Systematic Investor Series – December 23rd, 2019 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:06:29

This week, we touch on the difference a year makes, how good position sizing can reduce anxiety, the recent article from AQR by Cliff Asness,  why a meaningful allocation to Trend Following might be considered a must for any portfolio, the psychology of prediction, and some of the drawbacks of Trading from chart patterns.  Questions we cover this week include: Would CTAs want to publish their returns to investors less frequently?  Does history always ‘rhyme’? Is the Fibonacci sequence a reliable indicator?  How do you differentiate Trend Following from a typical Long Volatility strategy? If any listeners would like to leave us a voicemail message to play on the show, you can do so here. Learn more about the free-to-use Top Traders Unplugged Trend Barometer here. You can download your free guide to Systematic Investing, and subscribe to our mailing list by visiting TopTradersUnplugged.com Get a free copy of my latest book "The Many Flavors of Trend Following" here. Send your questions to info@toptradersunplugged.com Follow Niels, Jerry & Moritz on Twitter: @TopTradersLive, @RJparkerjr09 and @MoritzSeibert And please share this episode with a like-minded friend and leave an honest rating & review on iTunes so more people can discover the podcast. Episode Summary 0:00 - Intro 1:37 - Macro recap from Niels 3:10 - Weekly review of returns 11:55  - Top tweets (starting with tweet about recent Cliff Asness article from AQR) 50:48 - Announcement of future podcast guest, Andreas Clenow, in January 2020 53:47 - Question 1: Mike; How would you differentiate Trend Following from a typical Long-Volatility strategy? 57:50 - Question 2 Drew; Does the strategy of buying into a Trend Following fund during its drawdowns count as a form of Value Investing, and therefore, hypocritical to Trend Following philosophy? 1:03:37 - Performance recap Subscribe on:

 66 The Systematic Investor Series – December 15th, 2019 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 58:43

In this week’s episode, find out why investing in a strategy during a drawdown can be profitable in the long-run, why risk-adjusted performance is more important than tracking against an index,  why price is a better guide than expert opinion, if there is a time when you shouldn’t attempt to have uncorrelated securities in your portfolio, and the connections between Trading, statistics, & sports. If any listeners would like to leave us a voicemail message to play on the show, you can do so here. Learn more about the free-to-use Top Traders Unplugged Trend Barometer here. You can download your free guide to Systematic Investing, and subscribe to our mailing list by visiting TopTradersUnplugged.com Get a free copy of my latest book "The Many Flavors of Trend Following" here. Send your questions to info@toptradersunplugged.com Follow Niels, Jerry & Moritz on Twitter: @TopTradersLive, @RJparkerjr09 and @MoritzSeibert And please share this episode with a like-minded friend and leave an honest rating & review on iTunes so more people can discover the podcast. Episode Summary 0:00 - Intro 1:21 - Macro recap from Niels 2:57 - Weekly review of returns 6:12  - Top tweets 50:48 - Announcement of podcast guest, Andreas Clenow, in January 2020 51:23 - Question 1: Drew; Should you enter a breakout trade based on an intra-day signal or end of day signal? 56:26 - Performance recap Subscribe on:

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