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Ep. 370: Instruments vs. Strategy with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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Instruments vs. Strategy with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
Instruments vs. Strategy with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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

In this episode of Trend Following Radio:

  • Defining the exact risks involved in a trading strategy
  • The importance of liquidity: entering and exiting markets with ease
  • What we can learn from the history of Commodities Corporation
  • How the scientific method applies to trading logic
  • How Fundamental Analysis differs from Technical Analysis
  • The origins and basic principles of Trend Following Trading
  • The importance of accepting the risks and committing to your strategy

“Never mind the cheese, let me out of the trap” – Amos Hostetter

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Technology… How Much Has It Really Advanced?

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Michael:

Interesting clip you got in this one [from Feynman ep 366]. It reminded me [of] something Jay Forrester mentioned in some paper that he thought that computer technology advances that were made between 1946 to 1956 were greatest and nothing of that growth was matched in any subsequent decades.

Please keep up the good work, I am enjoying it.

Thanks.

Note: Jay Forrester was a mentor to Ed Seykota.

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“Why Greece’s Lenders Need to Suffer”

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A recent interchange with [prominent trader appearing on my podcast]:

Name: Read: “Why Greece’s Lenders Need to Suffer”

Covel: Great ending paragraph:

“There is an unsentimental logic to markets. If you make a bad investment, you are supposed to pay the full price — because if you don’t pay the full price, you will keep making bad investments. The only way to get the bond market back to its historic role is to make bondholders feel real fear that they might lose money if they make bad decisions. We need the market to reward bets that are economically wise, instead of those that are politically savvy.”

Wonder if we ever get there….

Name: We will get back there because our government will run out of money like the Greeks’ government. Ours will be painful too.

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Ep. 369: Market Predictability with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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Market Predictability with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
Market Predictability with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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

In this episode of Trend Following Radio:

  • Recognizing when you are being misled by the experts
  • What to look for in trend analysis and what to be wary of
  • Considering bubbles and other unpredictable global factors in the markets
  • Finding an objective approach to investing based on quantifiable information
  • Considering timeless human investment psychology elements
  • Making investment decisions without being blinded by rigid economic processes or political ideologies

“It’s mind numbing to study financial history, because it is so repetitive: we do the exact same things over and over. We have followed this pattern in every major bubble, starting with the coin mania in the Roman empire.” – John Galbraith

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Trend Following Radio: A Different Perspective

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Michael,

I listened to your podcast about your new trading system and would like to receive further information. Could you please send me the PDF on the system that you mentioned in the podcast?

Another thing on my mind: Keep up your great work! It is very inspirational. Your podcasts are always a highlight that I listen to when traveling to work. The ones regarding trend following are eye-opening and very educational as I am still learning a systematic and sustainable way to build a method to invest and compound my money for the future. But also the interviews you do on related topics give me a new view on a lot of things in life.

Thanks and best regards,
[Name]

Welcome!

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Ep. 368: Taylor Pearson Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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Taylor Pearson
Taylor Pearson

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My guest today is Taylor Pearson, the author of the #1 Amazon best selling book The End of Jobs. Pearson has spent the last several years researching and traveling the world and talking to successful entrepreneurs, which inspired him to write the book.

The topic is his book The End of Jobs: Money, Meaning and Freedom Without the 9-to-5.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

  • How entrepreneurship is becoming safer than jobs
  • Why college degrees are getting more expensive and less valuable
  • The importance of relationships and your network in business
  • Why the occupy movement was flawed from the start
  • Not seeking permission to do something you want to do
  • How the perceptions of risk in our society are wrong
  • Choosing a path in life that has meaning to you

“Resources or opportunities are illegible or not clearly defined at the same time that they are most profitable” – Taylor Pearson

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Risk Reduction: Trend Following Radio Feedback

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Hi,

In podcast 365 you talked a bit about how some fund managers would de-leverage. Does that just mean they stop risking their money? I like the point made that large drawdowns aren’t necessarily a bad thing.

[Name]

It’s not about the cessation of risk, but the reduction of risk.

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• 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.