Better System Trader

183: Overcoming Broken Strategies – Marsten Parker

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Mar 24, 2021
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ANECDOTE

From IPO Proceeds To Systematic Trading

  • Marsten Parker started trading in his mid-30s after an IPO payout and used his software background to build backtesting tools.
  • He moved from discretionary to systematic trading and supported his family from trading income early on.
INSIGHT

Equity Curve Can Hide Drawdowns

  • Marsten's long-term equity curve looks smooth but masks large drawdowns and withdrawals.
  • Time-weighted returns were used because he withdrew trading income to live on.
ANECDOTE

All Eggs In Mean Reversion Basket

  • He switched from breakout trend strategies to mean reversion around 2013–2015 after seeing the short side fail.
  • He concentrated capital into mean reversion, leveraged it, and then suffered a severe drawdown in 2015–2016.
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