Category: Trend Following

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Hi Michael,

Difficult question. My biggest challenge has been getting in at all. I’ve always been good at maths (I teach it to high school kids) and I have previously successfully predicted a few massive increases in particular investments (bitcoin, crude rise following the pandemic) and these appeared pretty obvious to me, but I always shy away from actually “putting my money where my mouth is”. It just feels too easy for me. I have some modest investments in managed funds (some of which are profiled to be fairly high risk). I don’t fear market crashes, I just always felt like I didn’t know enough to do it in spite of being right several times previously. I’ve also never really been much of a money seeking person, but the idea of the mental challenge I find intriguing. I am about halfway through your book on Richard Dennis, which I have found very thought provoking.

Thanks,
Tony B

Appeared pretty obvious? In hindsight, yes. Trend following doesn’t work that way. Get started.

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I am confused to select a style ie mean reversion, pull back or break out to be successful in trading. I am an engineering professional fully engaged from 9am to 7pm. So was thinking of trend trading methods which will require lesser time in front of the system(monitor). I prefer to be a Swing trader than day trading.

Please guide me.

Best regards,
Remesh S

–No day trading.
–No swing trading.
–No mean reversion.
–No pull back trading.

Solution? Trend following.

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My guest today is Shanna H. Swan, PhD, a scientist based at Mt. Sinai and one of the leading environmental and reproductive epidemiologists in the world. Swan has published more than 200 scientific papers and has been featured in extensive media coverage around the world.

The topic is her book Count Down: How Our Modern World Is Threatening Sperm Counts, Altering Male and Female Reproductive Development, and Imperiling the Future of the Human Race.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

• Declining Sperm Counts
• Reproductive Health Issues
• Causes of Low Sperm Count
• Birth Control and Anti Depressant
• Estrogen’s Effects on the Female Body
• Plastic Bottles and Low Testosterone

Mentions & Resources:

• Shanna Swan
• Count Down: How Our Modern World Is Threatening Sperm Counts, Altering Male and Female Reproductive Development, and Imperiling the Future of the Human Race
• Obesity
• Anogenital Distance
• Gender Identity
• www.shannaswan.com
• @DrShannaSwan

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I came across Trend Following about a year ago and realized it required due diligence. I have been studying Michael Covel’s Trend Following and find it very fulfilling. I use MetaTrader4 because of its old school charts. It has an indicator called DSL_DMI Oscillator, I didn’t catch who created it but assumed it relates to Direct Marketing? It seems as though it passes a lot of uptrends, but I’m also aware a lot of trends are really down trends.
If you could check out the indicator and send me some insight about it.

Art H

You don’t need an indicator. You need:

• Exact rules for selecting your tracking portfolio.
• Exact rules for entering your trades at the right time.
• Exact rules for exiting your trades with a loss.
• Exact rules for exiting your trades with a profit.
• Exact rules for how much money to bet on each trade.

If you don’t have that? You don’t win. Read.

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The biggest challenge I faced in my trading was execution analysis part is good but when the signal arrive and I have to take a trade lots of thoughts go in my head and most of the time my trades worked but because of poor execution I didn’t take it and didn’t make any money and that’s sucks…

If you don’t get a system and follow it — you go broke. Read.

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• Trading Technology
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Trend Following is for beginners, students and pros in all countries. This is not day trading 5-minute bars, prediction or analyzing fundamentals–it’s Trend Following.

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My guest today is Jim Campbell, the host of the nationally syndicated radio show Business Talk with Jim Campbell. He is known for his hard-hitting interviews of leading figures from the worlds of business, politics, and sports.

The topic is his book The Heart of Business: Leadership Principles for the Next Era of Capitalism.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

• Bernie Madoff Performance
• Peter Madoff
• Madoff Talks
• Largest Ponzi Scheme in History
• The Wall Street

Mentions & Resources:

• Jim Campbell
• Madoff Talks: Uncovering the Untold Story Behind the Most Notorious Ponzi Scheme in History
• Bernie Madoff
• Ponzi Scheme
• Bitcoin
• madofftalks.com
• @JimOCampbell

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Let’s say I wish to implement the systems using excel, do you provide a step by step guide for setting this up? I’m an intermediate level at excel but by no means an excel whizz – is it an easy process?
Let’s say I wish to implement the systems using 3rd party software, which software do you recommend?

How often (if ever) have you/ do you tweak the trend-following-rules?

I don’t supply code or teach coding (read). I provide rules you can use with paper/pen (not best plan) or rules you can code into an untold number of different platforms. I do help clients with third party ideas, but there will be platforms that I’m unfamiliar with that can work too.

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How can you move forward immediately to Trend Following profits? My books and my Flagship Course and Systems are trusted options by clients in 70+ countries.

Also jump in:

• Trend Following Podcast Guests
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Performance
• Research
• Markets to Trade
• Crisis Times
• Trading Technology
• About Us

Trend Following is for beginners, students and pros in all countries. This is not day trading 5-minute bars, prediction or analyzing fundamentals–it’s Trend Following.