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Top Traders Unplugged

SI258: Absolute Momentum in a Chaotic Environment ft. Richard Brennan

Aug 26, 2023
Richard Brennan discusses the uncertainty in the economy, absolute momentum, and how complex systems function. The podcast explores correlation in system design, trading chaotic financial markets, and the calculation of risk in complex systems.
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  • There are different approaches to trend following in financial markets, such as absolute momentum and cross-sectional momentum, which lead to different philosophies and methods for risk management.
  • Complex systems, like financial markets, exhibit chaotic properties and are characterized by unpredictable behaviors, nonlinearity, and fractal geometry, which can be studied using chaos theory.

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Different approaches to trend following

There are two main approaches to trend following: absolute momentum and cross-sectional momentum. Absolute momentum focuses on time series and looks for momentum within individual return streams. Cross-sectional momentum, on the other hand, looks at the relationships between return streams and identifies trends that are strong or weak in different asset classes. These different approaches lead to different philosophies and methods for risk management.

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