Michael Covel's Trend Following

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Ep. 340: Tim Ferriss Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio Apr 28, 2015

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My guest today is Tim Ferriss, an author, blogger and motivational speaker known for his bestselling books The 4-Hour Workweek, The 4-Hour Body and The 4-Hour Chef. Ferriss is otherwise known as the guy who has revolutionized the idea of writing a book; he has engineered the process of a bestseller.

The topic is his TV show The Tim Ferriss Experiment.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

Why the wrestler Dan Gable is part of Ferriss' drive
The "grinding" aspect of wrestling, and how that has played into Ferriss' career
The early lessons learned about making a TV show
The 80/20 rule
Comparisons to the Turtle experiment
The idea of getting older, recovery, and athletics

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I'm MICHAEL COVEL, the host of TREND FOLLOWING RADIO, and I'm proud to have delivered 10+ million podcast listens since 2012. Investments, economics, psychology, politics, decision-making, human behavior, entrepreneurship and trend following are all passionately explored and debated on my show.

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Ep. 339: Tim Price Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio Apr 27, 2015

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My guest today is Tim Price, the London-based Director of Investment at PFP Wealth Management. Price has over 20 years of experience in both private client and institutional investment management.

The topic is his blog The Price of Everything.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

Why the fundamentals are so 'shocking'
FDR and the Great Depression
Why government taking its hands out of the equation can be the solution in a recession or depression
Why savers suffer in silence
The three scenarios that occur when you accept that much debt simply cannot be paid back (growth, default, or inflation)
The standoff between Germany and Greece, and how the average German might feel today about common currency
The lack of outrage of zero interest rate policy

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Ep. 338: K.D. Angle Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio Apr 24, 2015

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My guest today is K.D. Angle. Angle began trading the futures markets in 1979 and developed his first rules-based trading strategy in 1984. In 1985 he created a newsletter called "The Timing Device" that specialized in making specific trade recommendations in the futures markets. After 1995, Angle retired the newsletter and went into asset management on a full time basis while investing the majority of his time and resources into researching and developing rules-based strategies.

The topic is trading the futures market.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

Angle's father's history, who turned a two million dollar gold investment into a hundred million in just six months, and the lessons learned
Whether there was an early trend trading influence beyond looking at Angle's father's career; Angle's experience with Dunn Capital
Freedom of location
100% rule-based and systematic trading vs. adding discretionary elements to your system
Why the client part of the business is so important

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Ep. 337: Michael Covel Speech and William Ury Interview on Trend Following Radio Apr 20, 2015

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Please enjoy my monologue Michael Covel Speech and William Ury Interview on Trend Following Radio. This episode may also include great outside guests from my archive.

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Ep. 336: Colin Camerer Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio Apr 17, 2015

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My guest today is Colin Camerer, an American behavioral economist and a Robert Kirby Professor of Behavioral Finance and Economics at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). Camerer's research is on the interface between cognitive psychology and economics. This work seeks a better understanding of the psychological and neurobiological basis of decision-making in order to determine the validity of models of human economic behavior. His research uses mostly economics experiments—and occasionally field studies—to understand how people behave when making decisions (e.g., risky gambles for money), in games, and in markets (e.g., speculative price bubbles).

The topics are cognitive psychology and economics.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

Why Camerer was called a child prodigy, and how he looks at that term in the context of nurture vs. nature
Synthesizing behavioral economics and neuroscience; understanding Camerer's studies when traders aren't looking at the market on a day-to-day basis; how we can stimulate the brain to create a bubble
The ethical issues surrounding Camerer's work
Machine learning and data mining
Neuroscience and game theory
Comparing humans and chimps in the study of neuroscience
How trust correlates with economic growth
How emotion functions in the modern world

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Ep. 335: The Bitcoin Episode with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio Apr 13, 2015

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Please enjoy my monologue The Bitcoin Episode with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio. This episode may also include great outside guests from my archive.

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Ep. 334: Correlation with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio Apr 10, 2015

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Please enjoy my monologue Correlation with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio. This episode may also include great outside guests from my archive.

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Hope you enjoy my never-ending podcast conversation!

Ep. 333: Gary Dayton Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio Apr 06, 2015

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My guest today is Gary Dayton. Dayton stands apart as a trading psychologist in his use of the Mindfulness-Acceptance-Commitment (MAC) approach to peak performance, a model of human behavior based on mindfulness. Dayton is a psychologist and holds a doctorate in clinical psychology and a certificate in human performance/sport psychology from Rutgers University. He is President of Peak Psychology, Inc., a consulting firm that specializes in developing "peak" performance in traders.

The topic is his book Trade Mindfully: Achieve Your Optimum Trading Performance with Mindfulness and Cutting-Edge Psychology.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

Mindfulness, yoga, and a turnaround in a particularly depressed patient
Defining mindfulness
How Dayton went from a clinical psychologist to integrating money, markets, trading, and investing into his work
The importance of a trading process
Looking at the lessons and research of Daniel Kahneman
The endowment effect
Price action as a heuristic
The importance of an exit strategy
Why mindfulness is the most important skill a trader can develop

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Hope you enjoy my never-ending podcast conversation!

Ep. 332: Brian Proctor Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio Apr 03, 2015

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My guest today is Brian Proctor, an original TurtleTrader trained by Richard Dennis and Bill Eckhardt and today is a Managing Director at EMC Capital. He began his futures career in 1982, with experience at both the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and Chicago Board of Trade. Proctor was a participant in the renowned Turtle Program, and managed all trading operations at C&D Commodities through 2000.

The topic is Trend Following.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

Proctor's first trading moments and the Turtle program
Proctor's view on Liz Cheval, what she brought to his firm, and why she's still an integral part of EMC today
How trend following strategies have continued to excel over the years
Diversification and the Swiss franc
Black swans and how the impossible can and does happen
Bill Eckhardt's influence

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Hope you enjoy my never-ending podcast conversation!

Ep. 331: Douglas Emlen Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio Mar 30, 2015

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My guest today is Douglas Emlen, a professor at the University of Montana. He is the recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award in Science and Engineering from the Office of Science and Technology Policy at the White House. He has also earned multiple research awards from the National Science Foundation, including their five-year CAREER award.

The topic is his book Animal Weapons: The Evolution of Battle.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: