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“Our biggest weaknesses are ourselves and getting out of our own way…”

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I grew up in very middle class setting and always had a shelter over my head and food to eat, however walked out of high school with no skills or knowledge to be able to take care of of myself because I was considered the problem kid. Many years of beating my head against the wall and learning over and over the hard way. Despite that I raised 2 amazing kids who are doing well. Now as an empty nester I need to focus on my financial future but roll with the tsunami waves like the rest of the world.  My hubs and I made a little chunk of money in real estate and it’s time to make that money make its own money. Hubs knows more than I do regarding markets and investments and I have in the past been able to plug in and pay attention to the investing but my job is highly stressful and demanding so that is his “job.” That’s going to change soon and we are moving the ball forward. If you can take 23 very different people with different exposures maybe there are some principles I can use. Our biggest weaknesses are ourselves and getting out of our own way.

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Ep. 996: Sukhinder Singh Cassidy Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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Sukhinder Singh Cassidy
Sukhinder Singh Cassidy

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My guest today is Sukhinder Singh Cassidy, a leading technology executive and entrepreneur, board member, and investor with twenty-five years of experience founding and helping to scale companies, including Google and Amazon. Most recently, she served as president of StubHub and as a member of eBay’s executive leadership team.

The topic is her book Choose Possibility: Take Risks and Thrive (Even When You Fail).

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discussed:

  • Trading Philosophy
  • Risk Definition
  • Risk Taking
  • Smart Risk Taker
  • Freedom and Autonomy
  • Entrepreneurial Mindset
  • Decision Making
  • How to Deal FOMO

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“I am able to identify upcoming direction in the market using trendlines either broken or holding support or other breakout analysis…”

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I am able to identify upcoming direction in the market using trendlines either broken or holding support or other breakout analysis, but i don’t hold them long enough, or I add when i shouldn’t (before a counter trend pullback) and then I change my market direction outlook as I see its now going the other way and sometimes I’ll reverse my original position, then get run over by the oncoming train going in the first direction, just like I thought would happen.

This is gibberish. A dead end. Stop.

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Ep. 995: TurtleTrader Philosophy with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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Please enjoy my monologue TurtleTrader Philosophy with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio. This episode may also include great outside guests from my archive.

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“My biggest challenge has been finding well articulated stock trading systems to test…”

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My biggest challenge has been finding well articulated stock trading systems to test. I paid for a course by a UK full time trader which when analyzed was very short on actionable detail. In your book Trend Following which I’m reading at the moment, your narrative on Bill Dunn described a trading system I had used when Forex trading but had discarded when I realized I was with a scam broker. I will have to revisit my Forex community as they seem more comfortable with sharing trading systems and see what I can adjust for stock trend trading.

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“My biggest challenge would be able to find a set pattern to follow and learn. I don’t want to be bouncing around and following different gurus every week…”

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Hi Michael, I’m brand new to trading with approximately one year of self-study. I have very little trading experience with approximately less than 10 trades in a year. Very little success in trades and seem to be right on target with making every mistake that all new traders make. I’m currently listening to turtle traders on audible. I was led to your TurtleTrader website while looking for the pdf notes to accompany the audible book. I’m really enjoying your turtle trade books and the logic in the book just seems to make sense to me. My biggest challenge would be able to find a set pattern to follow and learn. I don’t want to be bouncing around and following different gurus every week.

Follow no gurus. Find a strategy. That’s it. Read up on trend following.

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“I am the type that will dive deep and design and confirm and commit to a trading model…”

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Hi Michael,

I’m a long time fan, and was deep into system trading with TradeStation, starting in 1997 thru 2000. This was before your books, but I was manic and consumed 3 trading books a week, and would program the models in TradeStation. The market was was my irrational patient and programming TradeStation was my instrument of diagnosis.

The twins were born in 2000 and I made the decision to stop actively trading. Through the intervening years, I would occasionally read an investing book or two. When I came across TrendFollowing, the wisdom and truth of all the information I have been sifting through and compiling for years…was finally and comprehensively collated in one book. Needless to say, I have read every book you’ve written since, and am a big fan of your Podcast. Thank you.

Biggest Challenge = Time commitment. I am the type that will dive deep and design and confirm and commit to a trading model, but with my busy lifestyle, the daily discipline of managing the system (checking the model and executing trades, etc.) is something I know will fall through the cracks. I could probably get up and going with TradeStation again, and I think they allow for system executed trades, but the time, effort, and cost involved are not insignificant. Any recommendations?

Thanks,
Taylor

Many issues here. The question for you: Do you want to trade yourself or have someone trade for you? Start here and here.

How can you move forward immediately to Trend Following profits? My books and my Flagship Course and Systems are trusted options by clients in 70+ countries.

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• Trend Following Podcast Guests
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Performance
• Research
• Markets to Trade
• Crisis Times
• Trading Technology
• About Us

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