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Ep. 344: Martin Lueck Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

Martin Lueck
Martin Lueck

My guest today is Martin Lueck. Lueck holds an M.A. in Physics from Oxford University and currently is the Research Director and President of Aspect Capital. Lueck was originally with Adam, Harding and Lueck Limited (AHL), which he co-founded with Michael Adam and David Harding. At AHL, Martin initially focused on trading system research before taking on responsibility for the further development of the proprietary software language which provided the platform for all of AHL’s product engineering and implementation.

The topic is Trend Following.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

  • Quantitative, systematic styles in action
  • The beginnings of AHL
  • Early coding experiences
  • Early decisions that lead to a completely systematic strategy
  • Diversification
  • What percentage of the educated financial audience grasps the strategies that are used at Aspect
  • Behavioral economics
  • Bringing new potential opportunities into Aspect

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Ep. 285: Anthony Todd Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

Anthony Todd
Anthony Todd

My guest today is Anthony Todd, the CEO of Aspect Capital, one of the most successful managed futures trend following firms. Todd co-founded Aspect in September 1997. Before that, he was with AHL.

The topic is Trend Following.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

  • Why prices aren’t random
  • Finding an inefficiency that the academic financial community refuses to acknowledge
  • The idea of “predictable” patterns in the market
  • The desire to know static positions
  • How crowd behavior drives trends
  • Addressing misconceptions
  • Using fundamentals in a systematic way
  • Defining Todd’s medium-term style of trend following
  • Why “it’s less about the genius of the trade and more about the repeatability of the approach”
  • How long you can be in a particular market before you give up on it
  • Client understanding of trend following drawdowns
  • The phraseology of “crisis alpha”
  • The culture that Todd has built at Aspect
  • Todd’s advice to young entrepreneurs.

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