Episode Details

Trend Following legend Jerry Parker joins me today, where we answer questions regarding the effectiveness and risks of Richard Dennis’ “Pyramiding” methodology, how single stocks have performed differently than the indices recently, how to most optimally apply breakout systems, how to react to a drastic fall in a market like we saw in LUNA and the difference between performance of short and long trades in non-volatility targeted systems, how to avoid harmful research pursuits and popular ideas that just don’t work, different ways that ownership of a CTA passes on to a new owner, designing systems that gives you a high degree of consistency and much more.

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Episode TimeStamps:

00:00 - Intro

06:32 - What has caught Jerry’s attention?

13:34 - Q1, Sascha: The Richard Dennis “Pyramiding” methodology

18:35 - Q2, Jeff: Jerry’s current positioning in single stocks

23:10 - Q3, Louis: Parameter selection for different breakout systems

32:16 - Q4, Adam & Scott: How to deal with a drastic fall in a market like LUNA

41:49 - Q5, Carl: What doesn’t work in Trend Following?

48:34 - Q6, Brian: How to pass on ownership of a CTA Business

53:34 - Designing consistent Trend Following systems

01:09:17 - Trend, trends and no diversification

01:22:36 - Performance update

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