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As a full-time trader, my biggest and continuous challenge is to keep on improving my trend detection skills. I only want to trade trends but sometimes I’m either too early or too late in entering or exiting a trend. Therefore I’m always on the lookout for a better method…

Cordially, Bruno

Trend detection?

No.

You need this:

• Exact rules for selecting your tracking portfolio.
• Exact rules for entering your trades at the right time.
• Exact rules for exiting your trades with a loss.
• Exact rules for exiting your trades with a profit.
• Exact rules for how much money to bet on each trade.

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Hello Michael,

I would say that my biggest challenge that I face with my trading is… I am trying to hard to hit it big with one trade and I end up losing big. I don’t stick to my trading plan, I cut my winner’s way too soon, and hold on to my loser’s hoping for a turnaround, which as you know doesn’t happen. I am working hard to change these bad habits of mine, so I stopped trading for now and I am going back to the drawing board to regroup. Thank you for your time sir.

Anthony E. Jr.

Start here with my FAQs.

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My guest today is Dan Ferris, the editor of Extreme Value, a monthly investment advisory that focuses on some of the safest and yet most profitable stocks in the market: great businesses trading at steep discounts. And while Dan and Michael employ different investing strategies, their conversation today reveals much in common. Dan joined Stansberry Research in 2000. He became editor of Extreme Value in 2002. His strategy of finding safe, cheap, and profitable stocks has earned him a loyal following – as well as one of the most impressive track records in the industry.

The topic is Extreme Value.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

• Different Investing Strategies

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• Dan Ferris

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Michael, I know there are a lot of different people out there trying to teach others how to do it, but I have found few that actually trade themselves and teach others based on what they are doing themselves. If someone is not trading it themselves, then I become skeptical about the method… so I have found very few people to consider. Most of the systems I have seen focus more on daytrading or swing trading, not much being taught on trend trading by someone who is actually doing it themselves. I have seen various things on the turtle method and its history, but have not come across anyone trading it themselves in today’s market and teaching others what they are doing.

Start here 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.

Today’s market?

No.

Markets are the same. People are the same.

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• Performance
• Research
• Markets to Trade
• Crisis Times
• Trading Technology
• About Us

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.

Subscribe to Trend Following Radio on iTunes

My guest today is Rishad Tobaccowala, the Chief Growth Officer at Publicis Groupe, an advertising and communications firm whose 80,000 employees worldwide are dedicated to delivering marketing and business transformation. He is responsible for supporting the leaders of Publicis Groupe’s largest global clients, to help these organizations grow in a revolutionary time for all businesses.

The topic is his book Restoring the Soul of Business.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

• The hidden key to successful transformation in any organization lies between human intuition and data-driven insights. Rishad draws on research and interviews, as well as over three decades of experience as a business and thought leader, to describe how digilog companies—ones where digital tools and analog people are integrated expertly—develop a hybrid consciousness and learn to be proactive when they see warning signs that human traits are being subordinated to technology and data only decisions.

Mentions & Resources:

• Rishad Tobaccowala
• @rishad

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Hello, I finished reading your book last evening. I am certainly convinced that Trend Following is how I should be trading. In some ways I was a believer before I read your book, however your book cemented it in my mind. I think my favorite trend trader is definitely Ed Seykota. I enjoyed reading anything you put in the book from him.

As I assess my own knowledge and skills I am wondering if you could recommend any resources on how to identify trends that would be coming from a true trend following perspective? What are the best tools, indicators, etc. available? Secondly, I am not a coder and I see value in learning to build an algorithmic system that would operate purely on rules. I use TradeStation as my broker and I know they call their code “easy language”, but it still looks difficult to me. Do you know of any trustworthy resources that are available to learn how to code and setup a system that can run based on rules?

Thanks for the work you have done for trend trading. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Sincerely,

Brian

Thanks! More to read on FAQs and software.

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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.

Also jump in:

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

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.

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Hello Michael, My biggest concern is that I am not able to compile a trading system (number of trades, capital allocation, etc) that gives me consistent returns (7/8 times out of 10). I consistently lose money despite trying for last 3-4 years. Kindly advise.

Why do you want 70-80% winning trades?

Read FAQs.

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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.

Also jump in:

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

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.