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Category: Trading 101
- November 16, 2013Ride the Bucking Bronco: The Nature of the Trend Following Profit Beast
Some trading 101 from Trend Commandments: One of the most useful criticisms that you can use to further your understanding centers on prediction. Trend followers… do not predict a market’s timing or…
- November 16, 2013Where Should Beginning Trend Followers Start?
Feedback in: Hello, I am currently a college student, and am very interested in learning about stock trading. I just listened to your interview on the Tropical MBA podcast, and it was…
- November 14, 2013Look Before You Leap Is Mission Critical
An excerpt from my first book, “Trend Following”: Trend following, like any entrepreneurial endeavor, demands you to be responsible for yourself. Charles Faulkner emphasized the point: “Trend trading and even trading in…
- November 11, 2013Ep. 180: Porter Erisman Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
My guest today is Porter Erisman, a former Vice-President at Alibaba Group (2000-08), China’s internet giant. He witnessed it grow from humble beginnings into the world’s largest e-commerce company. The topic is…
- November 9, 2013Ep. 179: Tim Price Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
My guest today is Tim Price, a partner and director of investment at PFP Wealth Management in the UK, an independent asset management and financial planning practice. The topic is markets and…
- November 8, 2013Teach Yourself to Be Great
An excerpt from The Little Book of Trading: Can you teach yourself to trade? Do you realize how important learning on your own is if you really want to be a successful…
- October 30, 2013If You Want A Guarantee Buy A Toaster!
A question arrived today: Will your book ‘Trend Following’ help me develop a trading system to become profitable? I replied: For some people yes, and for some people no. Feel free to…