Ep. 887: A Trend Following Firehose with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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Introduction

00:00 • 3min

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How to Evaluate Trading Strategies

03:02 • 2min

3

How to Beat the Market for Years in a Row

05:24 • 2min

4

The Effects of Survivorship Bias on Trading Strategies

07:18 • 2min

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The Reverse Survivor's Bias

08:54 • 2min

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The Psychometric Qualities of CEOs

11:23 • 2min

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The Effect of Survivorship Bias on Investors

13:07 • 2min

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The Importance of Luck in Investment Management

15:00 • 2min

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The Importance of SKU in Asset Management

16:37 • 3min

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The Importance of Asymmetry in Asset Management

19:08 • 2min

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The Importance of Skew in Modern Finance

21:26 • 2min

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How to Evaluate Trading Strategies

23:33 • 2min

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The Random Number Generator

25:24 • 2min

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Nissim Talib's Black Swan Thinking

26:57 • 2min

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The Importance of an Economic Thinking Process in Strategy Design

28:37 • 2min

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The Importance of in-Sample Testing

30:11 • 2min

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The Pros and Cons of Managed Futures Trading

32:18 • 4min

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The Blinders of Indoctrination

36:09 • 1min

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The Importance of Knowing the Inputs

37:36 • 2min

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The Importance of Estimates in Investment Management

39:17 • 2min

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How to Avoid the Mistake of Fireing a Skilled Manager

40:49 • 2min

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The Importance of Taking Risk

42:26 • 2min

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How to Be a Successful Trend Following Trader

44:14 • 2min

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How to Trade Trend Following Type Systems

46:02 • 2min

25

Crawl Along Futures Trading Strategy by Stanley Crow

47:59 • 2min

26

How to Trade Futures

49:56 • 2min

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The Power of Leverage

51:28 • 2min

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How to Buy Low and Sell High With Bob's Grab System

53:00 • 2min

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The Importance of Capital in Trading Futures

54:47 • 2min

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Robust in a Trend Following System

56:59 • 2min

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The Importance of Small Losses

58:48 • 2min

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The Importance of Alternative Thinking

01:00:36 • 2min

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The Benefits of Working With Ed Sakota

01:02:18 • 3min

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The Importance of a Good Trend Following Approach

01:05:05 • 2min

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The Importance of Robustness in Trading

01:06:37 • 2min

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The Scarlet Letter of Loss, Drawdown and Trend Following

01:09:06 • 3min

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How to Avoid Risk of Ruin

01:11:45 • 2min

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The Advantages of Mechanica for Futures Trading

01:13:23 • 2min

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How to Be a Successful Day Trader

01:15:35 • 2min

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The Importance of Diversification

01:17:36 • 2min

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The Importance of Portfolio Selection

01:19:16 • 2min

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The Importance of a Good Lifestyle

01:21:35 • 2min

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How to Raise Money in Asia

01:23:24 • 2min

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The Skeptic's Guide to the Future of Trading

01:25:04 • 6min

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The Turtle Program: A Successful School Program

01:30:47 • 2min

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How to Find a Job in the Financial Industry in Chicago

01:33:04 • 6min

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The Turtle Program: A Struggle for Success

01:38:58 • 2min

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The Turtle Program

01:40:50 • 3min

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The Importance of Discipline in Trading

01:43:41 • 4min

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The Legacy of Liz Chivall at EMC Capital

01:47:34 • 5min

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The Evolution of Core Trends

01:52:58 • 3min

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The Importance of Diversification

01:55:50 • 2min

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The Risk of Ruin in the Swiss Frank

01:57:49 • 3min

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The Impossible Can and Will Happen

02:00:29 • 2min

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The Evolution of the Event Seminar Program

02:02:50 • 2min

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The Unwinding of the Equity Bull

02:05:12 • 2min

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How to Short the Equity Markets

02:06:59 • 3min