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Category: Trend Following
- January 5, 2011“I Have No Clue, But Please Post My Anonymous Post!”
This anonymous blog comment (well, he changed his name, but used the same IP as other non-anonymous posts) is quite possibly the most ignorant comment yet on my blog: “Madoff’s monthly returns…
- January 4, 2011“I Like Trend Following, But Please Tell Me A Story Too!”
From a reader commenting on my recent post: “Michael – the story gets worse – I think you and your readers will enjoy this tale of mine. (I usually post under my…
- December 26, 2010Smacking the Home Run: Fat Right Tails
A good reminder: Opalesque: You have some winning trades, some losing trades, how do you know you’ll come out ahead? Trend follower Ken Tropin: In this business you need to have ample…
- December 20, 2010Commodity Trend Trader Roy W. Longstreet
I recently posted some quotations of now deceased trader Roy Longstreet. He was 84 years old when he gave this interview in 1985 to INTERMARKET magazine: *** From time to time, we…
- December 12, 2010Roy Longstreet: Viewpoints of a Commodity Trader
An excerpt from ‘Viewpoints of a Commodity Trader’ by Roy Longstreet: “Each of us, in our daily lives, tends to adjust to this invisible stress point. If a man lives just up…
- December 12, 2010The Origins of Trend Following
Here is one view about the origins of trend following. This has been posted before, but time for a repost. An excerpt: “Although trend following has been a popular trading philosophy for…
- November 30, 2010Dornbusch’s Law: A Reason Trend Following Works
John Hussman sources a ‘law’: Dornbusch’s law: “The theorem is that financial crises take much, much longer to come than you think and then they happen much faster than you would have…