SI131: Winning Big During An Inflationary Environment ft. Moritz Seibert

Mar 14, 2021

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Moritz Seibert returns to the show today to discuss the challenges of managing large amounts of cash in a high-inflationary environment, the importance of maintaining a healthy attitude during long winning-streaks, the resurgence & resilience of the GameStop short-squeeze, Bitcoin reaching $60,000, the importance of prioritising process over outcome, the new VIX ETFs for Bitcoin & Ethereum, and whether or not Gold is a safe long-term investment.

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In this episode, we discuss:

Smart ways to manage cash during periods of high inflation
Staying humble during long winning periods
The GameStop short-squeeze
New volatility-based ETFs for Cryptocurrencies
Why analysing the outcome instead of the process may prove costly in the long run
Can we still call Gold a 'safe-haven' asset?

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Episode TimeStamps:

00:00 - Intro

01:33 - Macro recap from Niels

04:45 - Weekly review of performance

32:56 - Q1; Daniel: How much do you risk per trade?

48:32 - Q2; Karl: When using moving average crossovers, how do you get back into a trade you were quickly stopped out of?

53:25 - Q3; Mark: Why should I place short trades if my backtest says long trades are more profitable? Have you looked at synthetic data, going back over 200 years?

01:02:58 - Benchmark performance update

01:03:52 - Recommended listening or reading this week: Macro Voices Podcast ft Diego Parilla

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