Michael Covel's Trend Following

Latest Episodes:

Ep. 100: Things We Do and Don't Care About & Efficient Market with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio Jan 20, 2013

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Please enjoy my monologue Things We Do and Don't Care About & Efficient Market with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio. This episode may also include great outside guests from my archive.

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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.

To start? I'd like to give you a great piece of advice you can use in your life and trading journey… cut your losses! You will find much more about that philosophy here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/trend/

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Hope you enjoy my never-ending podcast conversation!

Ep. 99: Eric Crittenden Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio Jan 18, 2013

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My guest today is Eric Crittenden, a Founding Partner responsible for managing all research, risk quantification and trading operations. He's also been featured in Covel's own Little Book of Trading.

The topic is trading.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

Sustainability vs. short term inefficiencies
Being "ultra long term trend followers" and some of the reasons why he believes it to be the most robust approach
Crittenden's peers and influences--particularly Tom Basso
Why Crittenden decided on a "trend following mutual fund" model, and the benefits to that model
Looking at performance data and understanding when trend following (or the media perception of it) falls "below average"
Diversification and the markets Crittenden chooses to trade
Risk control
Who can buy into and the minimum investment required
Whether most of the large liquid markets work within the robust structure

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Ep. 98: Simplicity, Prediction, and Risk with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio Jan 14, 2013

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Please enjoy my monologue Simplicity, Prediction, and Risk with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio. This episode may also include great outside guests from my archive.

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You can watch a free video here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/video/

Can't get enough of this episode? You can choose from my thousand plus episodes here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/podcast

My social media platforms: Twitter: @covel Facebook: @trendfollowing LinkedIn: @covel Instagram: @mikecovel

Hope you enjoy my never-ending podcast conversation!

Ep. 97: Against The Propaganda Machine with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio Jan 13, 2013

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

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You can watch a free video here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/video/

Can't get enough of this episode? You can choose from my thousand plus episodes here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/podcast

My social media platforms: Twitter: @covel Facebook: @trendfollowing LinkedIn: @covel Instagram: @mikecovel

Hope you enjoy my never-ending podcast conversation!

Ep. 96: Critical Thinking the Trend Following Way with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio Jan 09, 2013

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

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You can watch a free video here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/video/

Can't get enough of this episode? You can choose from my thousand plus episodes here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/podcast

My social media platforms: Twitter: @covel Facebook: @trendfollowing LinkedIn: @covel Instagram: @mikecovel

Hope you enjoy my never-ending podcast conversation!

Ep. 95: Chris Kacher and Gil Morales Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio Jan 04, 2013

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My guests today are Chris Kacher and Gil Morales.

Kacher is the co-founder of TriQuantum Technologies, a holding company for KJA wherein he is the lead portfolio manager. Dr. Kacher's metrics have called every major top & bottom in bitcoin since 2011 to within a few weeks of the top. He was up in 2018 vs the average performing crypto hedge fund at -54% (PwC).

Morales was personally recruited by Bill O'Neil himself to join William O'Neil + Company, Inc. as a Vice -President and Manager of the Institutional Services Division, responsible for advising over 600 institutional investor clients, and as an internal portfolio manager responsible for managing a portion of the firm's proprietary, internal assets. From 1997 to 2005 he achieved a return of approximately 2100% in his portion of the firm's proprietary account. In 2004 he was named Chief Market Strategist at William O'Neil + Company, Inc.

The topic is their book In The Trading Cockpit with the O'Neil Disciples: Strategies that Made Us 18,000% in the Stock Market.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

The "O.W.L." ethos, and the story behind it
Reversion to the mean mentality, and how it can often be the kiss of death for traders and investors
Trading psychology, the idea that "you must lose to win", how the least important statistic is your percentage of gains v. losses in your trading account
Dealing with emotionalism and why clients often want to hear something that will make them feel better
Teaching people to let go of the news and simply watch the price action
Why people think that "this time is different", put their trust in the central economy, and why trend following will survive into the future
Understanding that investing is always a process of changing along the way
What mental clutter in the way of fears, biases, concerns and more can build up in the mind and get in the way of clear and decisive decision-making

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Hope you enjoy my never-ending podcast conversation!

Ep. 94: Tushar Chande Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio Dec 28, 2012

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My guest today is Tushar Chande, a trader, author,co-founder and head of research at Rho Asset Management in Switzerland. Chande has had a long and distinguished career in technical analysis; he brings a unique perspective on how to look at the markets as a trend following trader. He came to America and earned his Ph.D. in metallurgical engineering from the University of Illinois in 1984.

The topic is Trend Following.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

Early influences, and chart the journey from his days as an engineering student to his accomplishments as a systematic trend following trader
Analogy between sports and trading, how the best sportsmen rely on having a stable and predictable environment (unlike the markets)
Evaluating performance within the context of the market
Discretionary trading v. systematic trading
Learning through "trial and terror"
The Rho Trend Barometer and the ability to quantify the environment
The problem of indexes
The Sharpe ratio
The importance of market movement to trend following trading
"The black box disease"
Trusting your system
Cognitive biases
The benefit of the "black swan" and outlier events and why these events are so beneficial to a trend following system
Whether "one-hundred Ph.D.'s are better than one"

Jump in!

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You can watch a free video here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/video/

Can't get enough of this episode? You can choose from my thousand plus episodes here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/podcast

My social media platforms: Twitter: @covel Facebook: @trendfollowing LinkedIn: @covel Instagram: @mikecovel

Hope you enjoy my never-ending podcast conversation!

Ep. 93: Michael Covel Monologue on Trend Following Radio Dec 28, 2012

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

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You can watch a free video here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/video/

Can't get enough of this episode? You can choose from my thousand plus episodes here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/podcast

My social media platforms: Twitter: @covel Facebook: @trendfollowing LinkedIn: @covel Instagram: @mikecovel

Hope you enjoy my never-ending podcast conversation!

Ep. 92: The Cheat Sheet with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio Dec 23, 2012

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

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You can watch a free video here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/video/

Can't get enough of this episode? You can choose from my thousand plus episodes here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/podcast

My social media platforms: Twitter: @covel Facebook: @trendfollowing LinkedIn: @covel Instagram: @mikecovel

Hope you enjoy my never-ending podcast conversation!

Ep. 91: The Six Inches Between Your Ears with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio Dec 22, 2012

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Please enjoy my monologue The Six Inches Between Your Ears with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio. This episode may also include great outside guests from my archive.

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You can watch a free video here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/video/

Can't get enough of this episode? You can choose from my thousand plus episodes here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/podcast

My social media platforms: Twitter: @covel Facebook: @trendfollowing LinkedIn: @covel Instagram: @mikecovel

Hope you enjoy my never-ending podcast conversation!