Episode description
Episode description
Today we rejoin the conversation with Martin Estlander the Founder and CEO of Estlander & Partners. If you missed the first part, feel free to listen to it here.
In this episode we explore the evolution of the CTA industry, the skills required to run a successful business and finally the fun, less known facts of Martin’s life outside of trading.
Welcome to the second part of our conversations with Martin Estlander.
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In This Episode, You’ll Learn:
- The best rule of thumb to visualize risk in a traditional CTA portfolio
- What Martin has learned from being in drawdowns and the difference between drawdowns before and after 2009
- The effect of volatility in the markets and how this impact CTA performance
- How Martin Estlander manages the emotional roller coaster
- Research processes and research cycles at Estlander & Partners
- How to identify and address systems that were working but now aren’t
- The biggest challenge for Estlander & Partners going forward
- What are investors not asking that they should be asking when choosing a CTA
- Where the misunderstandings can happen for investors when trying to understand the CTA industry
- How to become better at communicating with investors
- Martin’s key traits to success in the CTA industry
- Personal habits that have contributed to the success of Martin Estlander
- How Martin manages failures and improves from them
- The things Martin would do differently if he started over today
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