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Why its OK when people don’t like what you do
If your strategy is within the CTA space, you will certainly know what I’m talking about. At the moment, not many investors look at these strategies in a favorable light. But that is OK in my view! Of course, it applies to any strategy as these things go in cycles! This is why building a…
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17 Start Your Own Firm at 21 Years of Age? Russian CEO Tells All. with Peter Kambolin of Systematic Alpha Management – 1of2
“Sometimes it makes sense to have a ‘common sense’ guy next to a ‘PHD’ guy.” – Peter Kambolin (Tweet) Peter Kambolin is the common sense CEO behind Systematic Alpha Management, an Award Winning CTA Firm which has come through the tremendous market forces of the past 10 years. Their staying power is a testament to their success as…
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16 You Can’t Learn This In A Book! with Karsten Schroeder of Amplitude Capital – 2of2
“I don’t think that anything you can read in a book will work in the sort term trading space.” – Karsten Schroeder (Tweet) Welcome back to Top Traders Unplugged. On this episode Karsten and I discuss the systems and implementation that has led Amplitude to such remarkable success. As the interview comes to a close, we…
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15 Model Decay and How Best to Handle It with Karsten Schroeder of Amplitude Capital – 1of2
“When you build short term trading models, it’s all green-field research.” – Karsten Schroeder (Tweet) Through courage and vision, Karsten Schroeder co-founded Amplitude Capital as a pioneer in the CTA industry. Why pioneers? Because they focused on short term trading. In this episode of Top Traders Unplugged, Karsten and Niels discuss Amplitude Capital’s scientific approach to Amplitude…
Read More5 Ways to Improve your Hedge Fund Launch
Let’s face it; launching a hedge fund today if you are not a well-known name from one of the top investment banks is an uphill battle. Most investors now a day are not willing to give the average trader a chance to prove him or herself as a manager in fear of losing their own…
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14 “You’re going to make a lot of money doing this…” with Jerry Parker, The Full Turtle Story – 2of2
“You’re going to make a lot of money doing this so you should love everything about the system that’s going to produce all those profits. All you have to do is have the confidence and the faith to keep going and do those trades. That’s the only thing that stands between you and your best…
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13 Lessons From the Most Successful Turtle of All-Time with Jerry Parker, The Full Turtle Story – 1of2
“You’re sort of tempted after a certain period of under performance to tinker with your systems and call up research. Then as soon as you implement the new research you find out, well the older systems would have performed better” Imagine you found an advertisement in the newspaper offering a position with a one sentence…
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12 The Philosophy, Habits and Personal Traits Required to Excel in the Hedge Fund Industry with Mathias Bucher of AllMountainCapital – 2of2
“I think we are in a major, industrialization of the finance industry. The CTA industry is no exception” Welcome back to Top Traders Unplugged. In this episode we continue our conversation with Dr. Mathias Bucher the Co-Founder of AllMountainCapital. In this episode we go deep in the philosophy, habits and personal traits required to excel in…
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11 Lessons From a Highly Educated Founder and Fund Manager with Mathias Bucher of AllMountainCapital – 1of2
“We strive to have a selective portfolio of not very many positions. Essentially, picking the best trends out there and combining them into the portfolio in a way that provides an optimum de-correlation of these candidates” Our next show provides you with the opportunity to learn from a highly educated founder and fund manager. He Studied…
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10 He Offers the Fairest Fee Structure in the Industry with Marty Bergin of Dunn Capital Management – 2of2
“If a trader was to not execute on one of the trades that the system generated, that would be the quickest way out the door at Dunn.” What are you going to do to differentiate yourself from everyone else in the industry? That’s the question Marty Bergin would ask the next guest on Top Traders…
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