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Can’t Argue the Facts

Posted on by Michael Covel

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Hey Mike!

Just a quick one to say thanks for your podcast and your work. Just finished your book and have been listening to your podcast for about 6 months now. I’ve been studying in a share trading diploma here in Australia to get me started but as I’ve progressed I’ve noticed so many holes in the theories surrounding market timing in particular. I haven’t been content to just assume these methods work.

I’m a huge Oakland A’s fan and I’m a big sabermetrics guy. Trend Following looked like the most logical method of trading to me, but once you compared it to baseball it concreted it in my mind. It’s logical! You can’t argue a point (very well) with qualitative data. In my mind that applies to everything in life…. so why not trading?

Appreciate your insights.

[Name]

Thanks.

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Ep. 310: Daniel Simons Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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Daniel Simons
Daniel Simons

My guest today is Daniel Simons, an experimental psychologist, cognitive scientist, and Professor in the Department of Psychology and the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Illinois. Simons is most well known for his work on change blindness and inattentional blindness, two surprising examples of how people can be unaware of information right in front of their eyes. His research interests also include visual cognition, perception, memory, attention, and awareness.

The topics are experimental psychology and cognitive science.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

  • Simons’ YouTube success
  • The definition of inattentional blindness
  • Why our intuition about our own minds is often wrong
  • Money managers and weather forecasters
  • Serial tasking, multitasking, and focus
  • How Simons became immersed in this area of study
  • Memory and attention, and the myths and misconceptions surrounding them
  • The notion of intuition, gut decisions, and Simons’ thoughts on Malcolm Gladwell’s “Blink”
  • The idea of preparation in relation to expert performance
  • The science behind eyewitness testimony
  • How our minds don’t work the way we think they do

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Ep. 309: Mark Mobius Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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Mark Mobius
Mark Mobius

My guest today is Mark Mobius, Ph.D., executive chairman of Templeton Emerging Markets Group, joined Templeton in 1987. Currently, he directs the Templeton research team which is based in 18 global emerging markets offices, and manages emerging markets portfolios. Mobius oversees a team of more than 50 people managing some $45 billion.

The topic is economics.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

  • Key events that happened along Mobius’ development and moved him to find emerging markets as his passion
  • Growth across Asia
  • The importance of being on the ground to see what’s happening in China to have a true picture of what’s going on
  • Why what’s happening in China now is entirely different from the USSR in the early 1980’s
  • The two Koreas, and whether we’ll see one Korea eventually
  • The impact of both North and South Korea on their own
  • Mobius’ outlook on Myanmar
  • Singapore as an emerging market, and as it is compared to a city in the States
  • India, its growth, and how Mobius sees it moving forward
  • The importance of travel, and how it changes everybody that goes out there and experiences it

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New Trader Feedback

Posted on by Michael Covel

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Dear Mr. Covel, Thank you for taking the time to read and reply to my emails in the past. I admire you and what you do. Thank you for the wealth of education and the opportunity to dive deep into the world of trend following.

I would enjoy the opportunity to gain lots of experience in the world of trend following. I would like to explore the opportunity of offering my employment services free of charge to anyone (yourself included) who could benefit from the services of a young, ambitious, intelligent and entrepreneurial spirit.

My family’s life needs a change. We are a young family of 5 with a 7, 2 and 5 month old. My wife and I have discussed this at length, and I am ready to put in 24 hr days anywhere in the world. I have been an entrepreneur all my life. I am not scared to work. I am willing to relocate if you would agree that any opportunity presenting itself warrants it, or work remotely on any endeavour where I can gain more knowledge and some first hand experience.

I am sure this is not the first email of this type that you have received. But mark my words, I am willing to give my all to anyone who needs assistance and help them make a lot of money!

I am available any time of day or night to discuss this in further detail if necessary. 2015 needs to be a fresh start for me and my family. I am ready to give my all to whomever could use a hard worker in their business.

With Regards,
[Name]

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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
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• Performance
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• Crisis Times
• Trading Technology
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Ep. 308: Lawrence Delevingne, CNBC and Trend Following with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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Lawrence Delevingne, CNBC and Trend Following with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
Lawrence Delevingne, CNBC and Trend Following with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

Please enjoy my monologue Lawrence Delevingne, CNBC and Trend Following with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio. This episode may also include great outside guests from my archive.

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Ep. 306: Tom Basso Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

Posted on by Michael Covel
Tom Basso
Tom Basso

My guest today is Tom Basso, the trader most famously known as “Mr. Serenity” in Jack Schwager’s “New Market Wizards”. Basso, now retired from managing client money, was president and founder of Trendstat Capital Management. Basso became a registered investment advisor in 1980, a registered commodities advisor in 1984, and was elected to the board of the National Futures Association in 1998. Today, he is a private trader.

The topic is Trend Following.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

  • 50% drop in oil and why trend followers have done especially well with this price movement
  • Why people like to blame speculators, and the value of speculation; emotional rushes and emotional devastation
  • Mentally rehearsing catastrophic events
  • Focusing 1,000 trades into the future
  • Separating your trading from your political opinion
  • Trend following and behavioral economics
  • The importance of not letting your trading define you
  • Basso’s advice to newcomers to the CTA industry

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Ep. 305: Mark Manson Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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Mark Manson
Mark Manson

My guest today is Mark Manson, an author and personal development consultant. Manson has worked with thousands of people from over 20 countries and his writing offers a different take on the self-help genre. Manson calls it “self help from a first person perspective”. He has sold over 15,000 copies of his book “Models: Attract Women Through Honesty” and almost 400,000 people read his site each month. He’s been published and quoted on CNN, Huffington Post, Business Insider, Yahoo! News, The Sydney Morning Herald and a variety of other publications. He is also the CEO and Founder of Infinity Squared Media LLC.

The topic is personal development.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

  • Why people are such ass—– on the internet
  • Internet communication vs. real world communication
  • Becoming desensitized to the internet
  • How Manson came to his entrepreneurial path and how he was inspired by “The 4-Hour Workweek”
  • Location independence and how travel has changed Manson
  • Consumerism in America
  • Having an excess of choice in your life
  • The type of business Manson has developed and why it’s been successful
  • Why certain approaches to dating aren’t emotionally healthy
  • Our bias against performers
  • Why Manson refers to himself as “self-help for people who don’t like self-help”

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