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Category: Systems Trading
- July 6, 2014Ep. 254: William Poundstone Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
My guest today is William Poundstone, an American author, columnist, and skeptic. He has written a number of books including the Big Secrets series and a biography of Carl Sagan. The topic…
- July 2, 2014Ep. 253: Perry Kaufman Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
My guest today is Perry Kaufman, an American systematic trader, index developer, and quantitative financial theorist. He is considered a leading expert in the development of fully algorithmic trading programs. The topic…
- April 19, 2014Trend Following, Momentum, Systematic Quant? Avoid the Mental Masturbation of the “Name” of the Game!
Article seen by Francois Sicart titled “Don’t Get Sidetracked by Momentum Chasing”: In an early philosophy course, to introduce the concept (and danger) of extrapolation, our professor used the example of an…
- April 8, 2014Day Trading… Not My World
Feedback in: Hi Michael, I see a few weeks ago you were after a new laptop 13 inch Air. Just trying to work out do you use that laptop on your travels…
- April 4, 2014Trend Following and Controlled Baseball
Feedback in: This post [below in italics] brings up some thoughts on selling trend following. Selling the logic of how and why it works doesn’t seem to pump people up enough to…
- February 13, 2014Ep. 211: John Bollinger Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
My guest today is John Bollinger, an American author, financial analyst, contributor to the field of technical analysis and the developer of Bollinger Bands. Since 1987, he has published the Capital Growth…
- February 3, 2014Ep. 208: Ed Seykota Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
Subscribe to Trend Following Radio on Apple Podcasts 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…