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Mind the Gap

Posted on by Michael Covel

Straight lines always bend.

Mind the gap.

mind the gap

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Poor, Smart and a Desire to Succeed

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I recently reached out to an old trend following friend for a research paper I could not find. This was our interchange:

Hope all is well in [City]. Give me an update! Hey do you have this by chance?

He responds:

Good to hear from you. Let me see if I can find this paper. Ask [Name] also, but the abstract matches our own internal research findings. The update on [Name] is that we’re doing very well. We successfully got past our […], currently running at [number] in annual revenue and growing quick, [number] employees, clear vision for the future. I see us growing to [number] AUM within 5 years. Please consider helping your own loyal followers and encourage your young people looking for opportunity to contact us if they are interested pursuing this industry as a career path. We take bets on unconventional people if they show aptitude. As an example our best [name] and our best [name] came to learn about us via your blog and podcasts. They moved here from far away places like [name] to pursue their dreams and now their lives have been positively changed for the better by joining the meritocracy of [Name]. You have the power to change peoples lives by simply making them aware of an opportunity which they do not know exists.

We’re looking for PSD’s (Poor, Smart with a Deep Desire to Succeed)

Thanks! Fun feedback.

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Shout to Marko Graenitz for Nice Feature Article

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Read (PDF).

Michael Covel

Source: Jul 2014 www.tradersonline-mag.com.

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My Plan for Trend Following Mastery

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Good evening: My name is [Name] & I live in [Name]. I work for [Name] in their [Name] & [Name] offices. I’m reaching out because my goal in life is to be a full-time trader, but I need a mentor. [Name] offers a lot of resources, but I can’t seem to stay connected to an instructor long enough to actually learn this skill. Can you please help me? I will do whatever it takes to make this work. I want to be able to spend more time with my 4 kids & amazing wife that I’ve been with since we were 17. We’re 36. Thank you in advance for your time, [Name]

The first steps for everyone: here, here and here. This is the way I introduce and train people into trend following trading.

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Ep. 251: Andrew Huszar Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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Andrew Huszar
Andrew Huszar

My guest today is Andrew Huszar, a Senior Fellow at Rutgers Business School and also a former Morgan Stanley managing director. In 2009, he managed the Federal Reserve’s 1.25 trillion dollar mortgage-backed security purchase program.

The topic is the direction of the Federal Reserve.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

  • Looking at the short term
  • Black swans
  • Huszar’s history and how he came to work for the Federal Reserve
  • The changing of the banking model in the US from the 1980’s to the late 2000’s
  • Quantitative easing
  • Why Huszar ultimately left the Fed at the beginning of 2011
  • How the Fed has become over five times bigger in recent history
  • The current source of Wall Street money
  • The idea of an overly financialized US economy
  • The need for long-term structural changes in the US

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Joe Kernen Doesn’t Like Being Questioned

Posted on by Michael Covel

This video with Joe Kernen and David Harding on CNBC led to Kernen getting a little testy on Twitter with me. An excerpt from Kernen and I:

Kernen: Oh yeah. [Harding] Great for an interview. Absolutely no predictions or forecasts about what might happen in the future.

Covel: So the interviewee blows if he can’t forecast tomorrow?

Covel: Why have a trader on who does not predict and then ask for a prediction?

Kernen: Why wrestle with pigs when all you get is dirty. Toodles.

Why so curt with me? I did rip him earlier here.

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The Process Is Not Easily Explained

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This came across my desk recently:

Dear Mr. Covel, My name is [name] and I’ve read three of your books and have listened to over 50 of your podcasts. I’m emailing you because I have a project in which I need to interview a group of successful, yet secretive, professionals. They aren’t in the Managed Futures/Trend Following space. There will be a “secret sauce” that they will not want to give away, but obviously I need to get as much out of them as possible. The interviews will be conducted in person and via telephone/skype. My questions are:

1) What successful ways have you found to break the ice and establish rapport during the interview? I would certainly be viewed as an outsider to the industry.

2) What are some uncommon ways or tactics you have used to get the proverbial “foot in the door” with individuals who have been reluctant to accept your interview?

3) What am I offering in return for this interview? In many of your podcasts reciprocity can obviously being a great thing to get the author/guest to agree to the interview, but I’m struggling with how I might be creating value for my interviewee.

4) Any words of wisdom when it comes to this first stage of the project?

I appreciate your time and keep up the good work.

Sincerely,

[name]

Tough questions as much of what I do is instinctive now after years of practice (and of course all of my on air process is out there for all to see). It might not feel like a direct answer to your questions, but my list here is the best place to start. If you are really serious, you have some homework ahead of you.

Listen to my podcast with the creator of the Rocket Men documentary Robert Kurson.

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