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- June 11, 2014The “System” Wants You to Believe in “Security”; Run from Any Man That Promises Such
Consider: It must be obvious, from the start, that there is a contradiction in wanting to be perfectly secure in a universe whose very nature is momentariness and fluidity. But the contradiction…
- June 10, 20145 Minute Bar or Weekly Bar: The Same Thing! Not Exactly the Same
Consider as a foundation to this post: “The window on analysis is shrinking. People are moving so fast now that they don’t have time to think. They’re scanning, swiping, clicking, liking, tweeting…
- June 9, 2014Ep. 245: Jerry Parker Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
My guest today is Jerry Parker, an original Turtle, trained by Richard Dennis. However, since then he has very successfully run a managed money firm called Chesapeake Capital. The topic is Trend…
- June 9, 2014Paraphrasing Richard Feynman on “Price” Importance
Trend followers trade the “price”. It’s the number that can’t be faked, the real indicator of the past, now and the future. Richard P. Feynman adds: “You can know the name of…
- June 8, 2014Trend Following 101: “When You Are Caught in A Strong current, It Is Fatal to Resist”
Consider: If, when swimming, you are caught in a strong current, it is fatal to resist. You must swim with it and gradually edge to the side. One who falls from a…
- June 7, 2014Give Me the Data; Don’t Whine
You have a trading strategy that works? Prove it. Give me the empirical data. Or you can go this direction: When people see something they love is under threat, their first reaction…
- June 6, 2014Not Even Close
From CNBC recently: “Such [trend following] funds use computer models to predict trends in the prices of stocks, bonds, currency, commodities and other markets, betting that valuations tend to revert to a…