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Episode TimeStamps:
00:00 - Intro
01:44 - Macro recap from Niels
04:41 - Weekly review of returns
10:09 - Discussion on Rich Brennan’s findings that a Trend Follower’s edge comes from the market data itself rather than the trading models
13:57 - Q1: Henry: Do you recommend any educational resources that will help me to build a spread trading model, and can Moritz talk about his own spread trading model?
29:06 - Q2; Daniel: Can inflation market effects be incorporated into Trend Following strategies?
36:16 - Q3; Stasius: What techniques do you use to measure whether strategy actually works and isn’t just in a lucky streak?
44:15 - Q5; Jeff: What alternatives to Microsoft Excel do you recommend, other than CSI?
49:46 - Ethereum futures and Bitcoin’s newer, smaller futures contracts
58:48 - Benchmark performance update