Better System Trader

011: Ralph Vince talks position sizing, the different applications of optimalf, trading horizon, diversification and his changing views over 25 years.

Jun 14, 2015
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 2min
2
How Did You Get Into Trading?
01:55 • 2min
3
How Important Is Position Sizing in a Trading Model?
03:31 • 3min
4
How to Maximize Expected Growth in a Coin Toss Game
06:45 • 2min
5
How to Manage Drawdown?
08:49 • 3min
6
The Distribution of Atcomes Distorts That Curve
11:59 • 4min
7
The Distribution of Returns - Should It Be Recalculated?
15:38 • 3min
8
The Nature of the Curve
18:39 • 4min
9
Investing in Multiple Strategies in a Portfolio?
22:41 • 2min
10
Do Multiple Strategies Need to Be Managed Separately?
24:41 • 3min
11
Stop Trading When the Equity Curve Is Below 200 Day Moving Average
27:30 • 2min
12
Is There a Problem With Our Manufacturing Process?
29:09 • 2min
13
How to Take a Small Account to a Large Account?
30:43 • 2min
14
Is It Possible to Improve the Performance of a Strategy by Adjusting the Position Size?
32:48 • 3min
15
Using Mardingale Strategies in Money Management?
35:21 • 2min
16
Is the Week End the Only Time a Naked Gap Could Strike?
37:48 • 2min
17
Optima F - What's Important When You're Trading More Than One Component?
40:09 • 6min
18
How to Be More Aggressive With the Profits of the Year?
46:02 • 2min
19
The Biggest Lesson You've Learned Through Triting
47:34 • 5min
20
The Hardest Part of Trading?
52:35 • 2min
21
What's the Best Traitting Advice You've Ever Received?
54:58 • 2min
22
How Did You Get Here?
56:57 • 3min
23
What a Great Chat With Ralph to Day
59:57 • 3min