SI140: Down Markets Are Often a Treasure to Trend Followers ft. Jerry Parker - a podcast by Niels Kaastrup-Larsen

Jerry Parker joins us today to discuss the benefits of prioritising price over other factors, navigating a high-inflationary environment, how bad markets for average investors can often be great for Trend Followers, how public awareness of a market uptrend can often precede large price drops, the potential drawbacks of trying to standout too much as a money-manager, how classical Trend Following is an increasing rarity in the CTA space, the benefits of investing in Trend Following via a proven manager, the similarities between amateur golfers and traders, the point at which a trend has been ‘confirmed’, and conquering the fear of losses.
In this episode, we discuss:
Why you should prioritise price over any other form of data
How bad markets for the average investor is often lucrative for Trend Followers
How mainstream attention to market trends usually means they're about to end
Why money managers shouldn't always try to stand out too much
The increasing rarity of classical Trend Following CTAs
How to embrace the mentality of cutting losses
Also check out my interview with Turtle Trading legendary mentor Richard Dennis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94nUnXsYpLY (here).
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Episode TimeStamps:
00:00 - Intro
02:55 - Macro recap from Niels
06:07 - Weekly review of returns
13:34 - Stanley Druckenmiller’s recent interview criticising the Federal Reserve
16:17 - Q1 and Q2; Shibojet: What are your thoughts about a dynamic trading system that focuses more on what’s working over any given time-period, rather than a static trading system with rigid criteria? Why don’t Trend Followers trade cash equities?
39:32 - Q3; Aldo: Is it worth trading a small account using micro-futures? What are your thoughts on pyramiding into positions?
50:51 - Conquering the fear of losses
53:45 - How many markets should we trade?
01:06:58 - Benchmark performance update
01:07:56 - CBOE announce new Bond futures

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