On this episode of BST Live, Doc Ahrens from Trendline Dynamics joined us to discuss “Effective techniques to identify trends”, including: The Macro-trend Analyzer indicator and 3 ways to use moving averages for macro trend analysis,Why it's important to have simple trading solutions and what … [Read more...]
Book review – “The Universal Tactics of Successful Trend Trading”
If you’re a curious trader interested in getting started with trend following… Or you have trend trading experience and are looking to enhance your existing performance and risk management… Or perhaps you prefer other styles of trading, but recognize the value in studying the work of other … [Read more...]
173 – Trend Trading Tactics – Brent Penfold
No doubt you've heard the saying "the trend is your friend". It’s been around for so long I heard Moses was considering it as one of the 10 commandments. But, if the trend really IS your friend, why can trend trading be so frustratingly difficult sometimes? The underlying concept is dead … [Read more...]
172 – The Magic of Momentum Trading – Alan Clement
I've been sitting here for 5 mins trying to come up with a witty intro for this episode about momentum, but I just couldn't seem to get it going, so... ? In this episode of BST Live, quant trader Alan Clement from Helix Trader discusses momentum trading & strategies, including: Why momentum … [Read more...]
084 – Handling the impacts of market noise
One of the biggest challenges we face as traders is strategies that either fail or experience a reduction in performance over time. There are a number of possible causes for this, one obviously being changes in the market. In podcast Episode 10, Perry Kaufman discussed the change in the … [Read more...]
076 – Entries, Exits and Trend Following with Larry Tentarelli
As traders, we can sometimes get tempted into making things more complicated than they need to be. Entries... Exits... Position sizing... Trade management... There are a number of aspects to trading where we get to decide how simple or complicated we really want to make it. Our … [Read more...]
056 – Allocating capital for higher returns with Michael Melissinos
Whether you’re a retail trader with a small account or a fund manager with millions or billions under management, something that we all need to consider carefully as traders is how or where we’re going to use the money in our trading accounts. 'Capital allocation' sounds boring but it can have … [Read more...]
044 – Short Selling & Bear Markets (Part 2) – Laurent Bernut
Back in Episode 32 we had a chat with Laurent Bernut, a systematic short seller who spent years working in the Hedge Fund world specializing in short selling strategies. He shared loads of knowledge with us in that episode but we actually had a lot more to talk about. We ran out of time back then … [Read more...]
033 – Strategy Development & Money Management – Thomas Stridsman
Thomas Stridsman has over 20 years experience in the financial markets. He was an editor for Futures magazine and published two books on trading system development and money management. He is now a fund manager at Alfakraft, specialising in short-term trend following strategies with a focus on … [Read more...]
032 – Short Selling Techniques – Laurent Bernut
Laurent Bernut was a systematic short seller with Fidelity for 8 years. His mandate was to underperform the longest bear market in modern history: Japanese equities. Prior to that, he worked in the Hedge Fund world for 5 years. He now runs an automated Forex strategy and travels the world with … [Read more...]
031 – Trend Following & Market Breadth – Greg Morris
Greg Morris was Sr. Vice President, Chief Technical Analyst, and Chairman of the Investment Committee for Stadion Money Management, overseeing the management of over $5.5 billion in assets. He has been featured in the media a number of times, being invited to lecture about technical market … [Read more...]
017 – Systematic Trend Following – Jerry Parker
I'm sure we've all heard the story of the Turtle Traders, the legendary trading experiment conducted by Richard Dennis and William Eckhardt to see whether great traders were born or made, producing over $100 million in profits. Jerry Parker started his trading career in 1983 as one of the … [Read more...]