Ever wonder how the ‘other side’ trades? I suppose it depends what ‘trading world’ you live in but in this episode we’re exploring 2 different worlds - the institutional world AND the world of private trading. Joining us to do that is special guest Petra Zacek. Petra started out in the … [Read more...]
Rethinking the ‘impossible’
This weekend marks the 54th anniversary of a remarkable human achievement... People said it couldn't be done... many had tried, and everyone had failed. They said it was impossible... we just weren't built for it. Experts and athletes believed the human body just wasn't capable of running a … [Read more...]
With all the strength of an asthmatic chihuahua puppy…
It was a pretty warm weekend here in Melbourne, and on hot days I bring out the inflatable pool for the kids to paddle around in. But I have a rule… It only comes out on really hot days because it takes me AGES to setup… It can literally take me an hour of strenuous work in the heat to get … [Read more...]
Here’s what happened when I spilt the beans
Happy Monday! Actually, I used to think that statement was an oxymoron before I quit my corporate life. And in fact, my hatred of Mondays used to spill over into my Sunday evening too, once I realised the weekend was over and I had to go back to corporate slavery the next day, but life is good … [Read more...]
Is it really ‘all in the timing’?
'Whats the difference between a good joke and a bad joke the timing...' OK, OK, I admit that's a pretty crap joke, but in many areas of life timing can make a big difference to the outcome. In the last few months I've been doing alot of automated strategy creation and advanced robustness … [Read more...]
How to ‘get it done’
It's 42 degrees celcius here right now, and while we're waiting for a cool change to hit I've just cracked open a cold beer, ahhh! Apologies to those currently at work! :-) Today I want to share with you a technique that I've used for many years, which is really easy to implement but can provide … [Read more...]
And the winner is…
Well it’s official – Stefano Serafini (our guest on episode 112) has been announced the winner of the 2017 World Cup Trading Championship - congrats Stefano! If you kept an eye on his progress throughout the year, you would have noticed his returns were substantial, finishing with an impressive … [Read more...]
1000+ trading strategies and counting
"Why would you want 1000 trading strategies? You can't trade them all!" Last week we held a breakout trading webinar and attendee Marcus raised this great question. Tomas Nesnidal had just explained the process he used to build over 1,000 different breakout strategies for the hedge fund he … [Read more...]
How to avoid the early death of your New Years resolutions
According to U.S. News, 80% of New Years resolutions fail by the 2nd week of February, so the odds of achieving your New Years resolutions are against you.That doesn’t stop the same old approach to New Years resolutions though - just look at the promotional emails that swamp inboxes and the … [Read more...]
137 – Profiting from persistent market anomalies with Dimitri Speck
Our guest for this podcast episode, Dimitri Speck, first became interested in the markets as a child when he found gold while diving at the beach. And even though trading isn't usually as easy as just picking up gold off the ground, Dimitri has spent years diving deep into the markets and … [Read more...]
135 – How “balance” can make us better traders
I can’t believe it’s only 4 weeks until Christmas! We’ve got the Christmas ads running on the TV here already... The local grocery store has the Christmas decorations up... And they’re even playing Christmas carols - can you believe that? At home my 5-year-old daughter is already priming … [Read more...]
133 – Building Mean Reversion trading strategies with Cesar Alvarez – Part 3
And we're back for the final episode in this 3-part series on building Mean Reversion strategies with Cesar Alvarez from Alvarez Quant Trading. In the 1st episode we discussed the goal of Mean Reversion trading, how to select a trading universe, a number of effective techniques to measuring Mean … [Read more...]
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