SI137: Can AI Trading Be Better Than Classical Methods? ft. Mark Rzepczynski | Top Traders Unplugged podcast

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Episode description

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Episode description

Today, Mark Rzepczynski returns to the show to discuss how Trend Following allows investors to own more risky assets, Systematic Global Macro versus Trend Following, the process of how an investor digests new information, classical Trend Following versus modern Trend Following with AI methods, whether rock-star hedge funds such as ARK Invest can end up being too greedy when seeking AUM, why it can be a good idea to avoid timing the different exposures of your portfolio as much as possible, some of the possible reasons behind Dunn Capital’s successful near 50-year track record, and thoughts on position-sizing in relation to historic volatility.

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In this episode, we discuss:

How a Trend Following approach allows safer access to risky markets

The differences between Systematic Trading based on macro data versus based on price-only

How a top trader should efficiently process new data

Modern AI-based Trend Following versus classical Trend Following

Whether the biggest hedge funds in the world fall victim of being too greedy for AUM

Why you should avoid 'timing the market'

The possible secrets of success behind Dunn Capital's near 50-year track record

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Episode TimeStamps:

00:00 – Intro

02:00 – Macro recap from Niels

08:46 – Weekly review of performance

13:28 – Swedish systematic macro-fund, IPM, closes after losing $4billion during the pandemic

28:37 – New style Trend Following with...