Episode description
Episode description
In our continued conversation with Andreas Clenow, we discuss the research and work that goes into making his trading model, how he deals with risk and drawdowns, and how he explains his models to potential investors. In this episode, we will dive into how clear and explainable a trading model should be, and what questions you should ask firms before investing in them.
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In This Episode, You’ll Learn:
- How Andreas does his research and what research he looks for in other firms
- Why a track record matters and how it matters
- How trend following has done over the last few years
- How he builds his own trading strategies
- What he does with position sizing and how important it is
- How he allocates risk on his different models
- What he does to measure the environment on trend following
- What he thinks about sector allocation and diversification
- The kinds of risk management that he uses in his model
- Where he uses stop losses and where he doesn’t
- How he talks to investors about drawdowns
- What questions investors should be asking him about his trading model
- How to detect if a manager’s strategy has stopped working
- Why people shouldn’t be scared of asking lots of questions
- What motivates him to work on his job
- About the biggest failures of Andreas’ career
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Resources & Links Mentioned in this Episode:
- Market Wizards by Jack Schwager
- Trend Following with Managed Futures by Kathryn Kaminski
- Listen to my interview with Kathryn Kaminski here and here
- Dual Momentum Investing by Gary Antonacci
- Buy Andreas’ books.
- Check out his website FollowingTheTrend.com.
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