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- November 10, 2009Advice on Breaking into Trend Following Firms
An email in today: My name is [name] and I am currently a senior at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, VA. I became interested in trend following about a year and…
- November 4, 2009Inspiration from Top Trader: Kevin Bruce
Feedback in from a client: “I’ve been re-watching the DVDs and I have to say the Kevin Bruce one is my favorite. The guy was self taught!?! Started with 5k?!? (even accounting…
- October 30, 2009Top Female Trend Follower: Leda Braga of BlueCrest
A fund manager (and client) writes me from Brazil: Hi Michael. you ever heard about Leda Braga? She is a Brazilian trend follower with more than $1B USD in assets. She runs…
- October 26, 2009Trend Trader Larry Hite on “Blocks”
Today I re-watched an interview with legendary trader Larry Hite that we shot. He opens his interview in the most self-deprecating way by saying that while he was in kindergarten (age 5)…
- October 25, 2009No Way Covel! Yes, Way!
I saw this: This actually would be my one and only criticism of Covel. He makes it sound like ANYBODY can successfully create and follow a mechanical system and make money like…
- October 22, 2009Does Trend Following Work on Stocks? Yes. Period.
New research today titled “Does Trend Following Work on Stocks?” More. More from Michael Covel: Books · Podcast · Trend Following course
- September 28, 2009The Turtles Were “Taught”
John B. Watson, psychologist, and founder of “Behaviorism” once offered: “Men are built, not born. Give me the baby, and I’ll make it climb and use its hands in constructing buildings of…