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Author: Michael Covel
- April 10, 2015Trend Following Machines Cash in—Again
All these years later, all these stories later, and CNBC still has a difficult time explaining trend following to the masses. One good excerpt: Funds managed by ISAM, Cantab, AHL, Systematica and…
- April 8, 2015David Harding: “We Must Either Be Cheats, Charlatans or Crooks”
While going through some of my old Trend Following Radio monologues I came across this excerpt from a David Harding interview: Interviewer: Okay, one final question. When you look back at your…
- April 5, 2015Ep. 333: Gary Dayton Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
My guest today is Gary Dayton. Dayton stands apart as a trading psychologist in his use of the Mindfulness-Acceptance-Commitment (MAC) approach to peak performance, a model of human behavior based on mindfulness.…
- April 5, 2015Trader W and Trader Q
Preparing for a podcast interview with Victor Ricciardi. Some excerpts from his book regarding trader “W” and trader “Q” that caught my eye: Trader W manages a small hedge fund involving more…
- April 4, 2015The Hard Part About Surfing
Feedback in: Hey Michael, Not sure if you caught Seth Godin’s most recent blog post, so I thought I’d pass it along: Surfing, the conceptual kind, is more essential than ever, it’s…
- April 3, 2015“The typical person is afraid of math…”
"The typical person is afraid of math, thus trend following." My wife. — Jerry Parker (@rjparkerjr09) March 31, 2015
- April 2, 2015Ep. 332: Brian Proctor Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
My guest today is Brian Proctor, an original TurtleTrader trained by Richard Dennis and Bill Eckhardt and today is a Managing Director at EMC Capital. He began his futures career in 1982,…