17 Top Traders Round Table with James Koutolas, Tim McCourt, and Roy Niederhoffer – 2of2

“I would say that 90% of the people I’ve talked to that have made investments have actually used the term ‘picks and shovels’, and I’m starting to worry about whether the picks and shovels trade is the crowded trade, not the crypto trade.” – Roy Niederhoffer (Tweet) Welcome to Top Traders Round Table, a podcast…

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Market Trends for November 2018

Since 1999, the 3 best months of performance for managed futures, represented by the SG Trend Index, have been November, December and January… but as November did not live up to this reputation, let’s see if December and January can make up for this.

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16 Top Traders Round Table with James Koutolas, Tim McCourt, and Roy Niederhoffer – 1of2

“The reason that I’m so bullish on crypto is that it’s the first fixed supply asset that has ever existed in human history, with all of the characteristics of money, but without the vice of overcreation, which has happened 100% of the time in human history.” – Roy Niederhoffer (Tweet) Welcome to Top Traders Round…

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109 Risk Mitigation Whilst Trading Exotic Markets with Doug Greenig of Florin Court Capital – 2of2

“What is your edge? Why do you think you have it? Why do you think it will persist?” (Tweet) Moritz Seibert and I continue our conversation with Doug Greenig, talking about the many different ways risk can manifest in your firm, how best to minimize it, and why building a strong team is one of…

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108 Why Trade in Exotic Markets with Doug Greenig of Florin Court Capital – 1of2

“My background really is in fixed income quant and macro and I have a pretty good grounding in discretionary trading, but I’ve been moving in a more systematic direction for a number of years.” (Tweet) Today on Top Traders Unplugged, I’m joined by my cohost Moritz Seibert to speak with Doug Greenig, the Founder, CEO,…

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Best of TTU – Defining Risk

During a conversation I had with expert Bill Dreiss, we discussed many topics, all with great value. One part in particular I found really interesting, and which I would like to share with you, was when I asked Bill how he defines risk. If you would like to l know what Bill said then read…

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Market Trends for October 2018

Last months post was headed “Calm before the Storm?”…and little did I know, that only a few days in to October, the storm would be blowing across many markets, but in particular Equities and Energies.

With the BOJ accelerating their extreme monetary policies and the FED putting on the breaks…this storm could get bigger…

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Best of TTU – Turtle Trader Takeaways

It’s not often you get to sit down with a Turtle, let alone the father of the Turtle Experiment, and when I do I find it fascinating learning about the different experiences and outcomes that emerged from what really can be boiled down to 2 to 3 weeks of training in how to use trading rules to…

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107 The Bright Future of Trend Following with Jean Jacques Duhot of Arctic Blue Capital – 2of2

  “It’s all about learning and staying on the learning curve, that’s the best advice you can give to your children.” – Jean Jacques Duhot (Tweet) Moritz Seibert and I continue our conversation with Jean Jacques Duhot and further discuss his contrarian and multi-part model, how his management company has stayed lean, and how the…

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Best of TTU – Identifying the Right Parameter Set

In any systematic trading strategy choosing the right combination of parameters for your model or approach is critical. So today, I wanted to share a valuable takeaway from a conversation with Bill Dreiss, where we discuss his thoughts, experience and approach to identifying parameter sets which I think you will find to be rather different to most managers.  Bill and I…

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