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“I’ve purchased 5 of your books and have listened to all your podcasts…”

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Mr. Covel:

I am a “big” fan. I’m a retired “Federal” employee ( I know you’re not a fan of federal workers). I started at the very bottom in 1979 as a GS-2 18-year-old wildland firefighter in the Western US while attending college and retired three years ago as the National Chief of Wildland Fire Operations for my federal agency. Please note, part of the reason I could retire is because of you. In life, relationships, etc; I’m not a big believer in “expectations”, in fact, I’ve found if you have expectations that someone is going to do something for you, in most cases, you end up disappointed! I’ve purchased 5 of your books and have listened to all your podcasts, I have “received” and “learned” a great deal from you without any expectations. I’ve been investing for 25 years (mostly stocks), over that time, I’ve read 50+ books, done online courses, webinars, etc… More so than anyone, your insight into trend following has helped “connect the dots” for me. Developing a system, backtesting, diversification, position-sizing, etc. That said, I’m still learning. What’s more, from your insight, I’ve found “trend following” concepts also apply to life/relationships. Don’t change. Keep up the good work!

John G.

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“My biggest challenge is that I don’t have a clear strategy. I jump between scalping and the 1 hour chart…”

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Hi Michael,

My biggest challenge is that I don’t have a clear strategy. I jump between scalping (which I do best at… until I don’t), and the 1 hour chart. I don’t have a clear strategy for the larger time frames. Then when I find something that I’m happy with, I get tied up at work and can’t look at the charts and miss entries. I’m all over the place! I’m keen to view your trend following video and see how you manage your exits.

Leave all of that. It ends only one way…


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Ep. 863: Alex Osterwalder Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

Alex Osterwalder
Alex Osterwalder

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My guest today is Alexander Osterwalder, one of the world’s most influential strategy and innovation experts, a leading author, entrepreneur, and in-demand speaker whose work has changed the way established companies do business and how new ventures get started. Ranked No. 4 of the top 50 management thinkers worldwide, Osterwalder is known for simplifying the strategy development process and turning complex concepts into digestible visual models. Together with Yves Pigneur, he invented the Business Model Canvas, Value Proposition Canvas, and Business Portfolio Map – practical tools that are trusted by millions of business practitioners.

The topic is his book The Invincible Company: How to Constantly Reinvent Your Organization with Inspiration From the World’s Best Business Models (The Strategyzer Series).

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

  • Diversified Portfolio
  • Quarterly Return
  • Predictability in your Execution Business
  • Experimentation and Adaptation
  • Strategic Exploration Capability
  • Business Models
  • Leadership System
  • Exploration and Execution
  • The Invincible Company
  • Innovation
  • Building Fundamentals
  • Creating Value

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“I picked up your book today and I was pleased to find confirmation that my investment approach is on track…”

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I picked up your book today and I was pleased to find confirmation that my investment approach is on track. I have been able to reach a 17% return so far on a portfolio of 20 stocks on $10,000. I just completed 10 years of study that includes 5 master degrees, culminating in an MBA from Chicago received last month. My qualm is that I’m doing all this by focusing on trends and knowledge acquired in my studies. And, I’m doing zero quant predictions. My guilt trip to myself is that I should be doing quant modeling to anchor my thinking.

If you are reading my book and it’s confirmation and you are doing no quant… what are you doing?


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“Winning big can sometimes be as scary as losing. That’s the mindset I’m working hard to overcome…”

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Biggest challenge with trading: Becoming less emotionally tied up with my trades. Trying to resist checking their progress every 2min rather than just letting the process play out. On winning trades: I have a tendency to set trailing stop losses too close, so that a quick reversal in price leaves me stuck with a moderate win instead of a potential “monster”. Caused by not wanting to give any of my winning positions back to the market. I know it’s wrong, and the situation is improving, but my conservative tendencies are leading to a low risk/low reward scenario. Winning big can sometimes be as scary as losing. That’s the mindset I’m working hard to overcome.

Thanks
Mark

Day trading by the minute? That ends one way.


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Ep. 862: Mike Dever Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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Mike Dever

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My guest today is Mike Dever, a trader and investor. He was also episode number one on this podcast! Mike has been on the front line of investment innovation and trading for more than 30 years. His firm, Brandywine Asset Management, has produced top-ranked returns for its clients that are uncorrelated to all conventional investment benchmarks. His out-of-the-box thinking, innovative investment philosophy and investment success have made him a featured subject of three books, “Bulls, Bears and Millionaires,” “Market Beaters” and “The Investor’s Guide to Hedge Funds.”

The topic is Trend Following.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

  • Depression
  • Corona Crisis
  • Entrepreneurial Attitude
  • US Equities
  • Globally Diversified Return Driver based Trading
  • Portfolio
  • Global Markets
  • Alpha Hedge Strategy

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“I liked your willingness to approach the topics I’ve seen most people shy away from in today’s climate…”

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Michael, I just listened to your interview with Howard Friedman and very much enjoyed it. At the end you made the offer to follow up and ask for some trend following investment direction/advice. I would like to take you up on that offer.

–Hunter

What did you like about it?

I personally liked your willingness to approach the topics I’ve seen most people shy away from in today’s climate. I wish he would have approached it in good faith as well, but at least the problem was highlighted. Hopefully, you’re able to get someone on the podcast who is willing to honestly dive into that topic and try to get to the bottom of its root cause.

–Hunter

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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 is for beginners, students and pros in all countries. This is not day trading 5-minute bars, prediction or analyzing fundamentals–it’s Trend Following.