Category: Trend Following

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My biggest challenge trading is finding, trusting and trading a reliable system in a consistent manner. I work full time. I have a wife. I have a daughter. I have myself. I have the church. There is the world. There are so many competing demand pulling me in every direction each day, and it does not get any better the past 10 years I have been trading forex. Chop chop or let losers run or jumping from system or forex/futures/options/index funds…etc. etc. Typical trader that fails. I have also seen success, and the potential to be successful. So many seem to be doing it as well.

Have you considered trend following? FX day trading is fool’s gold.

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My guest today is Eric Crittenden, the Chief Investment Officer of Standpoint Funds. He has over 20 years of experience designing and managing investment strategies, with an expertise in systematic trading in both mutual funds and hedge funds. Aside from creating sound investment strategies, his ability to simplify and communicate complex topics is what sets him apart from other investment managers. Tom Basso is the Chairman. He brings over 40 years of money management experience to Standpoint as Chairman of the Board. He was the Founder and CEO of Trendstat Capital, one of the largest futures managers in the U.S. in the 80s and 90s. Tom’s successful career has been highlighted in the book The New Market Wizards by Jack Schwager.

The topic is Trend Following.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

• Critical Thinking
• Social Media
• Portfolio Returns
• “Let’s do our best not to mistake psychological problems for philosophical insights.” –Sam Harris
• Increase Diversification
• Trading Commodities
• Zen Proverbs
• Understanding the Fundamentals
• Return on Investment
• 2020
• The FED
• Tom Basso
• Standpoint Funds

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• Eric Crittenden
• Trend Following
• Venture Capital
• Tom Basso
• www.standpointfunds.com

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I can’t/won’t invest enough time to have a momentum strategy. I have a value foundation. And a taste for growth. What about an interview with these managers as an add for the folks who have a more traditional investment strategy?

Buy and hold etfs based on fundamentals? No. Not interested. S&P index investing beats all that.

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Trying to find a systematic approach that has a reliable edge upon which I can define the probabilistic outcomes (win rates, profit ratio, drawdowns etc). I can code and backtest strategies (a fairly recent addition to my toolkit) so am very much still in exploration vs exploitation mode when it comes to trading. It’s challenging (understatement) to both limit drawdowns and maximize returns. I am more interested in limiting drawdowns and having a smooth equity curve rather than pure max profit optimization which may (likely) requires more volatility and enduring deeper drawdowns.

Why do you want smooth? Life is not smooth. Markets are not smooth.

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Hello Michael, my biggest challenge has been filtering out noise, and not just market noise on lower timeframes. I began trading 8 months ago and relatively quickly found my way totrend following. There are so many articles and videos online that are 90% about ‘day trading’ and that’s where I began. I can proudly say that I have not blown one account, and I owe that to trend following. I first discovered Jesse Livermore and then Ed Sekota, Richard Dennis and yourself; I bought your best selling classic and my trend following journey began.

But I hope you stopped the day trading?

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Hi Michael,

My biggest challenge in trading has been precisely to stay in trends. I have been trading for some years now but I have mostly traded at discretion, which sometimes means that there are no clear rules, and emotions have a cost in my trading. I have experienced everything in the market over the years… big losses; account wipe outs; I wait on a trade and price reverses; I decide to cash in a trade so the price doesn’t reverse on me like the last time, only to see the trend continuing and realizing I cashed in very early in the trend. I tried trend following for some trades but I didn’t stick to it as my one trading system, as I sometimes needed to cash in to cover up for previous losses and again I was trading at discretion. I got your book so in a few days I’ll be reading all about it. I hope we can stay in touch.

Regards

Trend following can give you a clear alternative to that. Read here.

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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.

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• 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.

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My guest today is Robert M. Rosenberg, the Chief Executive Officer of Dunkin’ Donuts from 1963 until his retirement in 1998. Under his leadership, the company grew from a regional family business to one of America’s best known and loved brands. Rosenberg received his MBA from Harvard Business School, and in just weeks after graduating at the age of 25, assumed the position of chief executive officer. Dunkin’ Donuts was a publicly owned company from 1968 until 1989 and earned a reputation for extraordinary stockholder returns. In that 21-year period, it earned its investors a 35 percent compound rate of return. After retiring from Dunkin, Rosenberg taught in the Graduate School at Babson College and served many years on the boards of directors of other leading food service companies, including Domino‘s Pizza and Sonic Restaurants.

The topic is his book Around the Corner to Around the World: A Dozen Lessons I Learned Running Dunkin Donuts.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

• History of Dunkin Donuts
• Food Service Companies
• Business Strategies
• Planning, People and Product
• Define Reality

Mentions & Resources:

• Robert M. Rosenberg
• Around the Corner to Around the World: A Dozen Lessons I Learned Running Dunkin Donuts
• William Rosenberg
• Dunkin Donuts
• Malcolm Gladwell
• David Halberstam

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