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Ep. 63: Darren Kottle Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

Darren Kottle
Darren Kottle

My guest today is Darren Kottle, the Chief Investment Officer of Caddo Capital Management LLC, and sub-advisor to an alternative/hedged strategy at Catalyst Funds.

The topic is hedge fund.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

  • Kottle’s early experiences in the market, starting off in a discount stock brokerage
  • His experiences working with a Nobel laureate Kenneth Arrow at Stanford
  • The sources of trend following profit
  • George Soros’ concept of reflexivity
  • The importance and believing in your system to the core
  • Thoughts on investment banks
  • The pivot point for Kottle to fully embrace a trend following system
  • What the Turtle story did for him when he first heard it
  • Uncertainty vs. being wrong
  • The percentage of people that truly understand that “it’s all reflected in the price”

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Ep. 57: Dr. Alexander Elder Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

Dr. Alexander Elder
Dr. Alexander Elder

Alexander Elder is on the podcast:

My guest today is Dr. Alexander Elder, a trader, educator and author. Dr. Elder’s unique and inspiring story starts with his dissatisfaction with the system in his home country of Estonia. At 23, while working as a ship’s doctor, he jumped a Soviet Union ship in Africa and received political asylum in the United States; he also ended up on the KGB’s wanted list. Dr. Elder worked as a psychiatrist in New York City and taught at Columbia University.

The topic is his book Trading for a Living: Psychology, Trading Tactics, Money Management.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

  • Experience as a psychiatrist provided him with a unique insight into trading
  • Psychology of trading
  • How a high degree of education can sometimes be a hindrance
  • The most dangerous personality traits to have as a trader
  • The stages of trader development
  • The importance of money management
  • The importance of keeping records and diaries of your trades
  • The notion of exiting long positions and shorting weakness
  • The similarities and differences between traders in different geographic locations
  • How financial markets can be like manic depressive patients

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