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- January 17, 2011Francisco Vaca: The ‘Turtle’ Scientist
I spent some time with Francisco Vaca a few years back in Florida. He offered a nice view on my book ‘The Complete TurtleTrader’: “Regarding your new book [“The Complete TurtleTrader“], I…
- January 16, 2011Transtrend: Netherlands Based Trend Following Trader
Transtrend has had great trend following performance since 1995: (PDF). More. More from Michael Covel: Books · Podcast · Trend Following course
- January 5, 2011“I Have No Clue, But Please Post My Anonymous Post!”
This anonymous blog comment (well, he changed his name, but used the same IP as other non-anonymous posts) is quite possibly the most ignorant comment yet on my blog: “Madoff’s monthly returns…
- January 4, 2011“I Like Trend Following, But Please Tell Me A Story Too!”
From a reader commenting on my recent post: “Michael – the story gets worse – I think you and your readers will enjoy this tale of mine. (I usually post under my…
- December 29, 2010The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
From The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms comes two zingers to ponder: “Those who do not think that employment is systemic slavery are either blind or employed.” And: “They think…
- December 26, 2010Smacking the Home Run: Fat Right Tails
A good reminder: Opalesque: You have some winning trades, some losing trades, how do you know you’ll come out ahead? Trend follower Ken Tropin: In this business you need to have ample…
- December 20, 2010Commodity Trend Trader Roy W. Longstreet
I recently posted some quotations of now deceased trader Roy Longstreet. He was 84 years old when he gave this interview in 1985 to INTERMARKET magazine: *** From time to time, we…