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My guest today is Paul Gulino, an Associate Professor at Lawrence and Kristina Dodge College of Film and Media Arts. He believes in Hitchcock’s adage that “films are made on paper.” Although students may obsess about a film’s look, all of the visual elements, he says, function to enhance the story. And that, ultimately, comes from the mind of the screenwriter.

The topic is screenwriting.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

• Screenwriting
• Screenwriting Theory
• The Science of Screenwriting

Mentions & Resources:

• Paul Gulino
• Screenwriting: The Sequence Approach
• The Science of Screenwriting: The Neuroscience Behind Storytelling Strategies
• @PaulGulino2

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Hi Mike,

I’ve been listening to a lot of your podcasts recently, and I’m also reading Trend Following. I just listened to Episode 74 and the end of that episode hit on a topic I’ve really been struggling with. I’ve been working a desk job over the past year and I really want to quit. The work is a waste of time. I’m developing a trading system and an e-commerce business, but my job is my only source of income. I’m thinking about making the jump now and figuring things out as I go. I’m unsure about doing this because I need money for bills. Should I quit now or wait for my businesses to produce income? I’m on the fence, I want to quit as soon as I can. I’m 23. Also, I appreciate all the resources you’re providing for free (ie. Podcasts and your websites)

Thank you,
Greg D.

Read Linchpin by Seth Godin. First step.

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The first thing I wish to say is that I really appreciate that you do read all of your email. What I didn’t expect was such a prompt personal response, thank you for that.

My name is Mark [name], I found your excellent trend following Las Vegas presentation on the [name]. My last blunder was about four years ago when I subscribed to an (expensive) options trading service named [name]. The marketing was very good and the back test looked spot on. So I jumped in with both feet. I quit using that after losing hundreds of thousands of dollars. I had to much faith in this outfit and made big bets, I paid for that error in judgement.

Thanks for your very valuable time, Mark

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Hey Michael,

I’m sure you receive a lot of correspondence with regards to your amazing work so you may not remember me. I joined the trend following course in April and can honestly say the short time it had taken me to study and grasp will be the most impactful set of rules, not only from a trading aspect, but towards life in general. I’m still amazed that trend following doesn’t get the respect it deserves because once you see it you can’t unsee it. Over the last 5 months I’ve had approx 150 trades. What those markets were I couldn’t tell you as the stock, commodity or currency doesn’t concern me as long as in my portfolio I get a signal to buy/sell I have the rules in place to pull the trigger. Out of those 150 trades only twice have been able to place the 5 units on and then wait for a break of the 20 MA. Do I wish the trend moved for longer than it did? Of course but I just take what the market gives me. Do I wish I didn’t have as many losing trades? Not really because I’ve measured volatility and feel in control of the only aspect I can control and that’s my losses. How do I cope with seeing my equity at one point almost reach 60% return to slowly over weeks dwindle back down? If the mindset is to watch a lot of profits disappear more often than not then that’s what I’m prepared to do in order to catch the next trend. I never feel tempted in the slightest as it’s the game we are playing, I put it out of sight out of mind and the best way to make money over the years will be to follow the system, sit on my hands and take what it gives. Thank you for everything and also the great content on the podcast that for me personally is truly life changing not just for me but for generations to come.

Thank you.

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In a firm of about 800 advisors, I seem to be the only one still who uses Momentum. The rest sell MPT, just like all the Big Five Bank (Canada) brokers. I used to be one of them. My Branch Compliance Manager, although supportive of my Trading, emphatically says “I don’t want to learn anything new”, just like the rest of the Branch.

Thanks for all of the feedback!

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Please enjoy my monologue What’s Old Is New with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio. This episode may also include great outside guests from my archive.

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Covel: What is your biggest challenge you have faced with your Trading?

Reader: I think it would be trying to time the market and not doing any research. I see guessing on trends and trying to make patterns our of it. Not sure if I should be trading at all, maybe stick to passive index funds.

Covel: Trend following solves your issues. Also read up on passive indexing.

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My guest today is Paul Tough, the author, most recently, of The Inequality Machine: How College Divides Us (previously titled The Years That Matter Most). His three previous books include How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character, which was translated into 27 languages and spent more than a year on the New York Times hardcover and paperback best-seller lists. Paul is a contributing writer to the New York Times Magazine; his writing has also appeared in the New Yorker, the Atlantic, GQ, and Esquire, and on the op-ed page of the New York Times. He is a speaker on topics including education, parenting, equity, and student success. He has worked as an editor at the New York Times Magazine and Harper’s Magazine and as a reporter and producer for the public-radio program “This American Life.” He was the founding editor of Open Letters, an online magazine.

The topic is his book The Years That Matter Most.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

• With insight, humor, and passion, Paul Tough takes readers on a journey from Ivy League seminar rooms to community college welding shops, from giant public flagship universities to tiny experimental storefront colleges. Whether you are facing your own decision about college or simply care about the American promise of social mobility, The Years That Matter Most will change the way you think—not just about higher education, but about the nation itself.

Mentions & Resources:

• Paul Tough
• @paultough

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Hi Michael,

I have not done my due diligence in expressing how much your trend trading course, books and, most importantly, podcast have impacted my life. Over the past two years I have obsessively listened to your podcasts, and I continue to work my way through your trend following course with a large dose of humility and a dash of success. Your podcast has impacted me the most because of your relentless focus on trading not as isolated content, but as a contextualized competency. I have been in the field of school transformation for almost 20 years – trying to cure the woes you accurately describe with formal education driving mindless content acquisition instead of authentic, purposeful, experiential learning – and your insight into the importance of trading as a competency is refreshing. You not only teach me the fundamentals of trading, you teach me how to be a trader, to think like a trader, to perform like a trader. That does not mean I simply need to become familiar with market terminology or learn the procedures outlined in the course. It means I need to instill in myself all of the strengths that experts discuss on your podcast – discipline, psychology, dealing with loss, overcoming adversity, getting enough sleep, focusing on the ‘now’…the list is endless. As my fellow die-hard Patriots fan know, being the greatest quarterback of all time does not mean simply having the most accurate throw or the fastest arm. Rather, it comes from embracing a holistic lifestyle focused on every aspect of performance including kinesiology, nutrition, mechanics, mental preparedness, game strategy, self-reflection, and others. You have embraced that same holistic, Brady-esque approach in your teaching which will not only make me a great trader, it will continue to positively impact all areas of my personal and professional life. For that, I am truly grateful.

Keep inspiring.

[Name]

Thanks!

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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 Podcast Guests
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• Performance
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• 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.