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Episode TimeStamps:
02:30 - Introduction
03:59 - Eckhardt's relationship to Richard Dennis
06:34 - Can trading be taught?
08:50 - The story behind the trading rules
12:32 - What characterises Eckhardt Trading?
13:44 - How did their perception of risk change over the years?
22:01 - Why they focus on short term trading
27:25 - How they use volatility in their trading
32:49 - Do they utilize other methods than trend following?
34:05 - Why do they avoid trade summary statistics?
40:26 - How they control overfitting and underfitting
45:37 - How they use "the gauntlet" to test systems
49:12 - How many markets do they trade and why?
53:57 - Why they don't trade single stocks
56:28 - Their view on replication strategies
01:05:23 - Evaluating the success of systems
01:08:02 - What are the most important things to avoid when designing trend following systems?
01:08:47 - The future of trend following
01:11:11 - Criticise ideas, not people