My guest today is Patrick De Villiers, a co-founder of the systematic trend following fund, Neural Capital. Originally from South Africa and now based in Cyprus. He is a highly accomplished financial market specialist with extensive treasury experience and business implementation, has vast knowledge about systematic investment portfolios and risk management., and has extensive experience in emerging and developed financial markets with very strong managerial and leadership skills.

The topic is Trend Following.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

When you're at a big bank the performance can be based on the franchise you're working at
The connection of ego to performance
How to explain a trend following approach to clients
Capturing the "fat" of the trend
Outliers and black swans
Putting the unexpected moves in your favor
The relation of trend following to behavioral finance
Ensuring that you're in the game for when the big winners come

Jump in!

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