Episode description
Jerry Parker joins us today to discuss the benefits of prioritising price over other factors, navigating a high-inflationary environment, how bad markets for average investors can often be great for Trend Followers, how public awareness of a market uptrend can often precede large price drops, the potential drawbacks of trying to standout too much as a money-manager, how classical Trend Following is an increasing rarity in the CTA space, the benefits of investing in Trend Following via a proven manager, the similarities between amateur golfers and traders, the point at which a trend has been ‘confirmed’, and conquering the fear of losses.
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In this episode, we discuss:
- Why you should prioritise price over any other form of data
- How bad markets for the average investor is often lucrative for Trend Followers
- How mainstream attention to market trends usually means they're about to end
- Why money managers shouldn't always try to stand out too much
- The increasing rarity of classical Trend Following CTAs
- How to embrace the mentality of cutting losses
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Episode TimeStamps:
00:00 - Intro
02:55 - Macro recap from Niels
06:07 - Weekly review of returns
13:34 - Stanley Druckenmiller’s recent interview criticising the Federal Reserve
16:17 - Q1 & Q2; Shibojet: What are your thoughts about a dynamic trading system that focuses more on what’s working over any given time-period, rather than a...