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I was never big into trading/investing before this year. So far this year I have listened to about 250 of your podcasts. I’ve bought Trend Following but I’ve not read it, yet. I have listened to The Complete TurtleTrader, and Trend Commandments (Audible has been a great help in this regard). So, I was easily able to approach this as an empty vessel. All of the thing that you say people need to unlearn, I’ve been rejecting from the start. Most of that actually doesn’t make logical sense if it wasn’t crammed into your head before. Unless I’m just the odd one out.

Sounds like you are on a good path. More recommended books.

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Hi Mike,

Love your work and am a subscriber about to begin trend trading myself. One nagging concern I’d like to ask you about. I’ve read about every piece of material you’ve written and watched computerized trading’s rise to prominence since you started writing. In today’s computer programmed trading environment can a newbie today equipped with your teachings still succeed?

Thanks for your thoughts on this. I’m sure it’s a common question.

My longer answer is here.

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

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My guest today is Timur Kuran, an economist, professor of economics and political Science, Gorter Family Professor in Islamic Studies at Duke University and author of “Private Truths, Public Lies: The Social Consequences of Preference Falsification.” His work spans economics, political science, history, and legal studies.

The topic is his book Private Truths, Public Lies: The Social Consequences of Preference Falsification.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

• Preference falsification
• Free speech
• Political polls
• Trump campaign
• Egyptian uprising
• Caste system
• Theory of revealed preference

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• Timur Kuran
• “Private Truths, Public Lies: The Social Consequences of Preference Falsification”
• @timurkuran

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My guest today is Aaron Brown, a finance practitioner, expert on risk management and gambling, speaks frequently at professional and academic conferences and author of “Red-Blooded Risk,” “The Poker Face of Wall Street,” and co-author of “A World of Chance.” He was Chief Risk Manager at AQR Capital Management and one of the original developers of value at risk. At 8 or 9 years old Aaron would read the newspaper everyday just to see the sports and Wall Street numbers. Over time, he started to see patterns in those numbers and felt he might be able to make money off it. He came across a book at his library that mathematically proved he could “beat the house.” At age 14 Aaron knew he could walk into a poker game and walk out with his opponents money. He gambled into his early 20’s until he realized the real money to be made was on Wall Street.

The topic is risk management and gambling.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

• Quants
• Libertarian
• Poker
• Gambling
• Efficient market hypothesis
• Black swans

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• Aaron Brown
• Beat the Dealer – Ed Thorp
• The Black Swan – Nassim Taleb

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To adopt the mindset of an entrepreneurial trader we need to think less about buying and selling and more about entering and exiting. As an entrepreneurial investor you need to be OK with losing small money. It can’t bother you. You need to think strategically about your trades and let SOPs and data drive your decisions – not your gut.

Removing the emotional part of investing and let the stock do its thing. Place my stop and use it and do not let my emotions allow me to make up a loss which most likely will become a bigger loss. Let my profits run, follow the trend.

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Yes.

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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.

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My guest today is Cyrus Farivar, a Senior Tech Policy Reporter at Ars Technica, radio producer and author of “Habeas Data: Privacy vs. the Rise of Surveillance Tech.” Cyrus sees the privacy battle as an ever winding, never-ending road. Privacy is hard, national security is hard, law enforcement is hard but Cyrus is optimistic we can strike a good balance between all three.

The topic is his book Habeas Data: Privacy vs. the Rise of Surveillance Tech.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

• Privacy by design
• Facial recognition
• Capturing phone meta data
• Unreasonable search and seizure
• Apple’s security technology
• Radical transparency vs. total privacy
• NSA
• Edward Snowden
• Google Maps

“The privacy rabbit hole never ends. It gets ever ever deeper.” – Cyrus Farivar

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• Cyrus Farivar
• Ars Technica
• “Habeas Data: Privacy vs. the Rise of Surveillance Tech”
• @cfarivar

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