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It’s finding a plan that makes sense. Everyone talks their book. Whether a bank, a website, channel – they all have an agenda – and it’s not my best interest. I know that. I’ve been reading and listening to your book and am intrigued. Nothing is easy – ever. But this process seems logical. Hoping you are as forthright and genuine as you seem.

Mark

My book Trend Following.

It’s matter of fact.

You don’t have to ever talk to me again–after you read.

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My guest today is Arthur Markman, the Annabel Irion Worsham Centennial Professor of Psychology and Marketing at the University of Texas at Austin. He is also the Founding Director of the Program in the Human Dimensions of Organizations. The HDO program brings the humanities and the social behavioral sciences to people in business. Art’s research explores thinking. He has studied the way people form and use analogies, the mechanisms of decision making, the modes that allow people to form categories, and the influences of motivation on reasoning. Art is also the executive editor of the journal Cognitive Science and is a former executive officer of the Cognitive Science Society.

The topic is his book Bring Your Brain to Work.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

• Markman shows you how to use your different mental systems–motivational, social, and cognitive–to manage them more effectively.

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• Art Markman
• @abmarkman

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Dear Mr. Covel,

I first heard of you in an ad in an Agora newsletter. I signed up for your newsletter from them. I have your latest book. It is great.

I have listened to every one of your podcasts—even the repeated ones and the compilation ones.

You interview very interesting people from all fields—not just trading.

I tried to leave a review on Apple’s website, but I can’t seem to get it to work.

I could not help but to have gotten the 4 or 5 simple rules of your trend-following system through my thick skull and into my memory. The repetition of your message really helps.

You have made known to me people such as Larry Hite, David Harding , Jerry Parker, Tom Basso, Kathryn Kaminski, Bill Dunn, Daniel Kahneman, Ed Seykota, Jack Schwager, Meb Faber (all here).

I have a big list of books and white papers to get and read.

Thank you for all your hard work.
It is very fascinating.

Yours sincerely,

Sam S.
Carrum Downs, Australia.

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.

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.

Subscribe to Trend Following Radio on iTunes

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

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• Listen to this podcast on iTunes. (Please leave a rating!)
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Hi, I have been listening to your podcast a couple times a week now for about a year I guess.

Also I have the copy 5th Edition Trend Following.

Plus turtle and Market Wizards. These two I have to still read but Trend following I’m 80% through at this stage. I treat my trading as a business and these are the couple things I need to get done over the next bit of time to check off the to do list.

I have a quick look at your FB just to see what your up too, But FB is not really my thing. I use it to work with a couple traders, but we have changed to Telegram more these days. Far more professional for sharing charts and communicating and zero bombardment from stupid adds/friend requests and all that other bullshit. The whole Social media thing and data sharing, well where do I start. Too much crap basically. (Hence the reason I have a trading name on FB and the like, I was going to send this reach out to you there, but this is more professional I think.) Plus it would have more than like likely got lost in other peoples comment section or something. Fuck Face Book, Big brother shit.

But I like the podcasts you do, which is why I want to quickly reach out today and offer a little encouragement. You send them every week and late I put 1 one and I do get a bit out of them. Well done. I have just finished the latest 1 where you go to The Mekong river, and tell the story of the Bakery and relate this to trend following. I like that. But the bit I find funny and seems to be happening more these days is the way you run off on your little tangents and you have to correct yourself. It’s like your whacking yourself with the Zen stick. The master and the apprentice all in one. I remember in one episode a while back some girl wrote to you saying you had issues and you read this out and were laughing through it. Funny shit.

The other one you played again about 2-3 weeks back was one of the super episodes, It had the guy with the story of his explanation of what a computer is. Went for about 40 minutes, man that guy was like doing stand up. That was very cool.

All the best keep up the good stuff. Love the fact your in Asia and doing your own direction in life. In short your Podcast are great for me to unwind and remind me to focus and have the correct outlook in life. Even the simple stuff. Make a dame list,

Cheers – Have a good one.

Thanks! My podcast is an addiction for me. 100%

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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
• 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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Dear Mr Covel,

I’m deeply enjoying the fifth edition of Trend Following. Through many, if not all, of the interviews with the legend trend followers they make clear that they trade 100% systematically and mechanically. So does this mean that their computer, through an algo with all of their rules, takes all of their trades? And if that’s the case, what then are they left to do if the computer is basically doing their job?

Of course, the world is not perfect, a computer could break, bad code, etc. And new markets come online–which means new opportunities. Also, you will be checking correlation every year. Could all of this be automated?

Yes.

Listen to my podcast with Ewan Kirk. See?

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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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Hi Michael, What is your advice to a new trader who has $1000 and wants to trade profitably? Are there any steps he can take?

Thanks.
Cyril
Ghana, West Africa

Listen to my podcast. Or ignore that advice and find someone who will give you a quick answer and you can then quickly lose all of your money.

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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.