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Ep. 357: Jonathan Fader Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

Posted on by Michael Covel
Jonathan Fader
Jonathan Fader

 

My guest today is Jonathan Fader, a licensed clinical psychologist and is the team psychologist to the NY Mets baseball team. Fader also writes a blog for Psychology Today entitled ‘The New You’. He maintains an active clinical practice, is an assistant professor of Family Medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and teaches in the Beth Israel Residency Program in Family Medicine in New York City.

The topic is sports psychology.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

  • Fader discusses motivational interviewing, sport psychology techniques, process v. outcome, the mistake of focusing only on results, mental state and stress, mindfulness, Facebook distraction, Eastern traditions, the moment of now, and quieting the mind. Issues discussed apply to life, trading, sports and business–Fader offers insights we can all use.

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Jim Rogers: Make Life an Adventure

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Michael

Would very much appreciate if you could forward this email on to Jim [Rogers].

We have some great friends that have been living in Singapore for some time now. A few years back they persuaded my wife and I and our 2 young kids to jump on a plane and travel half way round the world to see them. We now obviously have the Asia bug and go over every year to get our fix–traveling around whilst we are there. It’s amazing how opinionated people are on Singapore–mostly the ones that have never been. We just love it. Anyway whilst at the airport waiting for our flight back to the UK, I was constantly being pestered by my 7-year old boy for a toy plane–specifically the one we would be traveling back on–the A380. I headed for the nearest gift shop and spent the next half an hour aimlessly browsing whilst the mini ‘pilot’ tried to make up his mind which color to have. Searching through the book section I stumbled across a copy of Jim’s ‘Street Smarts’. Perfect I thought, this will cheer up the 12-hour flight home.

As ‘both’ A380’s taxied down the runway. I opened Jim’s book to discover someone had scribbled on the front title page! On closer inspection I realized [he had signed it].

“Make life an adventure–Jim Rogers”

Having listened to your podcast interview 301 with him in Singapore, reading the signed copy made the whole book even more enjoyable.

Thank you to you both for your great books and inspiration/direction…just need to get a Covel book signed now.

Kind regards
[Name]
Investment Manager/Trend Follower

Nice thoughts! I am sure Jim will like.

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Find Your Way to Trend Following Diversity

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Hi Michael,

I’ve read your books and am now onto the podcasts and really like the stuff. Very helpful. The podcasts are especially great because they can be digested easily while on the treadmill (as Jerry Parker says in your interviews).

So one of the realities of trend following is admitting you don’t know what comes next and to counter this inability to predict the future all markets will be traded to “diversify” hoping that one or two big winners pay for all the losers. In theory this is great. In practice, it can be rather difficult to get enough capital together to actually run a diverse portfolio of futures contracts…I suppose ETFs could work…Thoughts?

Thanks,
[Name]

The best way to find diversity as a trend following trader, and trading a diversified tracking portfolio, is via one of three instruments:

1. futures
2. leaps
3. etfs (leveraged)

Those give coverage on all market types.

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Ep. 356: Talk About The Passion with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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Talk About The Passion with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
Talk About The Passion with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

Please enjoy my monologue Talk About The Passion with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio. This episode may also include great outside guests from my archive.

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Where Do I Go From Here?

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Dear Michael, I admire what you do and can relate to the concepts shared in your podcast.

For the past 12 months I’ve been developing a trend following expert advisor. The EA is currently running on a small live account. However, due to the account size it will be quite some time before I can make a living from it, which is an impending problem for me with a young family.

The backtests suggest the EA has got a lot of potential, but I’m at odds about where to take it from here. I’ve gone it alone up until now. You’re the first person I’ve approached about this. Can you offer me any advice or guidance as to my next course of action?

I’ve attached a backtest result for your perusal. I’m happy to provide more information as required.

Very Best Regards
[Name]

Maybe the first step to overcome is thinking that alone is a problem. Maybe that is normal.

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Ep. 355: Ed Seykota Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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Ed Seykota
Ed Seykota

My guest today is Ed Seykota, a commodities trader, who earned S.B. degrees in Electrical Engineering from MIT and Management from the MIT Sloan School of Management, both in 1969. In 1970 he pioneered Systems trading by using early punched card computers to test ideas on trading the markets. Originally profiled in the classic book ‘The Market Wizards’, Seykota has played a pivotal role in the growth of trend following trading for 40 years.

The topic is Trend Following.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

  • Govopoly
  • Trading Tribe
  • Trend Following

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Trend Following Feedback from Brazil

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Hi Michael,

I just read your book The Complete TurtleTrader and already bought the others. Starting Trend Following now. Do you have any idea when are you coming to presentations here in Brazil? I’ve been three times in USA (Miami, Orlando and California recently) for vacations and would like to attend one presentation of yours the next time. Is there a schedule somewhere?

I thank you so much for changing my way of thinking about the markets. I listened each of your episodes at least twice, some of them three or four times and I’m learning a lot with you and your guests. I even started to read a lot more because your guests are always indicating books. I read books from Schwager, Tharp, Altucher, Radge, Basso and the list goes on…

Thank you for everything and keep your awesome work going on.

All the best for you!
[Name]

Thanks! Schedule? Here.

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• Trend Following Podcast Guests
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Performance
• Research
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