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Episode Summary
0:00 - Intro
1:20- Weekly review of returns
5:30 - Voicemail from Jim
7:20 - Peter Borish Bio
11:10 - Moritz: What sparked your interest in trading?
12:50 - Jerry: What are your opinions on me/CTAs and the evolution/future of the industry?
18:00 - Niels: Can you comment on Tony Robbins coaching Paul Tudor Jones?
22:20 - Niels: Do systematic traders need coaches?
29:40 - Moritz: How do you balance sticking to a system vs changing/evolving?
41:25 - Niels: How would you pitch TF nowadays to attract more investors?
47:10 - Jerry: How should systematic and discretionary be combined?
51:25 - Jerry: Do famous macro traders use trend but not talk about it?
57:25 - Niels: Do you think famous traders deep down are systematic?
59:10 - Niels: Please explain Quad Group and your role.
1:02:05 - Niels: How many managers do you evaluate and how many make the cut?
1:03:50 - Jerry: What’s your view on the future of hedge funds and CTAs?
1:04:50 - Jerry: What is your current macro view?
1:08:25 - Moritz: Is Quad’s trading systematic or discretionary?
1:09:10 - Moritz: Is the systematic trading in options/derivs or futures/stocks?
1:09:50 - Niels: How do you give people a specific loss limit at Quad but also want them to follow systems that may perform worse than backtests/history?
1:14:40 - Jerry: How do you help a trader grow his AUM/business at Quad?
1:17:00 - Niels: What questions do you ask potential managers?
1:18:50 - Performance recap