Best of TTU: The Impact of Volatility Trading

Kathryn Kaminski and I had the opportunity to sit down with Nigol Koulajian, the founder of Quest Partners, in which he shared his wealth of experience including life lessons and even his take on the modern scientific trading systems that are used today. One of topics which I particularly liked, and would like to share…

Market Trends for August 2018

…it may be worth remembering that in 2009 when Central Banks were trying to save the financial system…Emerging Markets were part of the solution…however today, I fear that they are part of the problem.

Top Traders Round Table – Sunu | Bell | Bruynes #15

  “I think the flat fee is market-driven, and the trader is still going to try to do the best they can because they want performance to attract more capital.” – Arthur Bell (Tweet) Welcome to Top Traders Round Table, a podcast series on managed futures brought to you by CME Group where I continue…

Top Traders Round Table – Sunu | Bell | Bruynes #14

“Today, the rules [and regulations] are much broader, capture far more, but are far less prescriptive; more likely based on general objectives and themes rather than micromanaging exactly how things occur.” – Arthur Bell (Tweet) Welcome to Top Traders Round Table, a podcast series on managed futures brought to you by CME Group. On today’s…

Market Trends for July 2018

US indices are within striking distance of new highs and Apple moved within a whisker ($65bn to be precise) of being valued at $1,000,000,000,000.

So all is good you would think…right?

Well not if you were long Facebook and GAM Holding stocks, as both firms saw their shares tumble by 20%…in one day!

Does this “contradiction” reveal a bigger problem in financial markets?

The Many Flavors of Trend Following | Niels Kaastrup-Larsen, DUNN Capital (Europe)| #105

“As an industry, I think we tend to overcomplicate what trend following really is.” – Niels Kaastrup-Larsen (Tweet) We’re changing things up on today’s episode of the podcast: we have with us Frank Conway from the Economic Rockstar Podcast interviewing Niels about trend following strategies, asset allocation, and more. Listen in to find out what changes need…

Market Trends for June 2018

Like in any major negotiation, there will be good days and bad days…and over here in Europe…the BREXIT negotiations seem like a perfect example of this.

When I look at the performance of CTA’s during the month of June, there were a lot of these good days and not so good days…but in the end the Bulls prevailed.

The Passive and The Active Investor | Harold de Boer, Transtrend | #104

  “Are you invested in something that, whatever is going to happen, you can say, ‘okay, I’m invested in that for a good reason and I know that’s why i have it’?” – Harold de Boer (Tweet) Katy Kaminski and I continue our conversation with Harold de Boer, and discuss his philosophy behind pure trend…

Trading In The Medium-Term Space | Harold de Boer, Transtrend | #103

  “The project was started with buying computers and getting data. That’s how far they were, so when I came there, they said, ‘we have computers and we have data, we hope you can do something with it’. For a mathematician, that’s a nice way to start.” – Harold de Boer (Tweet) Harold De Boer…

Market Trends for May 2018

Mamma Mia…with record temperatures being recorded in many places in Europe during May…the Italian Bond market set its own records.

What started out as a bit of a rumble in emerging markets…has now moved much closer to the heart of Europe.