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    Top Traders Unplugged

    Top Traders Unplugged is where the world’s best investors come to share how they think – not just what they trade.
    Hosted by Niels Kaastrup-Larsen, the show goes deep into systematic trend following, global macro, and the principles that drive long-term success.
    No forecasts. No fads. Just real conversations with hedge fund managers, economists, authors, and allocators – revealing the timeless ideas, mental models, and risk frameworks behind robust performance.
    If you’re building resilient portfolios, allocating capital, or simply looking to cut through the noise – this is your edge.
    Clear thinking. Deep insights. Real experience.
    🎧 New episodes weekly. Explore all episodes at toptradersunplugged.com https://toptradersunplugged.com

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    Copyright: © Copyright 2024 CMC AG - This content does not constitute financial advice and is for educational purposes only. The content can not be used for commercial use without written permission from CMC AG.

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    Latest Episodes:
    SI234: Trend Followers are minnows, not whales ft. Rob Carver Mar 11, 2023
    Show notes

    Today, I'm joined by Rob Carver for the weekly trend following conversation, where we reflect on the takeaways from the CTA series and the performance of the year so far. We discuss parameter and markets selection through research and testing and why Rob dislikes stops in moving average systems, what happens if a brokerage firm fails. We also discuss why you have to be cautious when using dynamic position sizing and Rob’s advice for using backtesting, how articles from big financial media often creates a false or skewed narrative in the way they present data and information, why adding a lot of instruments to your portfolio is not as good an idea as it might seem. And finally we discuss Rob's latest article in the Financial Times and much more.

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    50 YEARS OF TREND FOLLOWING BOOK AND BEHIND-THE-SCENES VIDEO FOR ACCREDITED INVESTORS - CLICK HERE

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    Follow Niels on Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTubeor via the TTU website.

    IT’s TRUE ? – most CIO’s read 50+ books each year – get your FREE copy of the Ultimate Guide to the Best Investment Books ever written here.

    And you can get a free copy of my latest book “Ten Reasons to Add Trend Following to Your Portfolio” here.

    Learn more about the Trend Barometer here.

    Send your questions to info@toptradersunplugged.com

    And please share this episode with a like-minded friend and leave an honest Rating & Review on iTunes or Spotify so more people can discover the podcast.

    Follow Rob on Twitter.

    Episode TimeStamps:

    02:19 - Reflecting on the TTU CTA series

    04:57 - Performance update

    09:59 - Q1, Gene: Question about underfitting and overfitting

    16:47 - Q2, James: What types of stops are commonly used in moving average systems?

    18:49 - Q3, Chris: How far back do you go in backtesting?

    22:20 - Q4.1, Kyle: What happens if an FCM goes belly up?

    26:37 - Q4.2, Kyle: Questions regarding "Following the Trend" by Andreas Clenow

    39:22 - Applying a commission rate for your backtest

    44:22 - Q5.1, Matthijs: The optimal moment to roll a contract?

    46:14 - Q5.2, Matthijs: View on adding a defensive strategy to a multi-strat CTA?

    47:52 - Q5.3, Matthijs: Why limit trend following to a small part of your portfolio

    49:35 - Rob's article in FT

    58:27 - Investor survey from BNP with predictions for 2023

    01:00:49 - Diversification across instruments

    01:06:49 - Thanks for listening

    Copyright © 2025 – CMC AG – All Rights Reserved

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    PLUS: Whenever you're ready... here are 3 ways I can help you in your investment Journey:

    1. eBooks that cover key topics that you need to know about

    In my eBooks, I put together some key discoveries and things I have learnt during the more than 3 decades I have worked in the Trend Following industry, which I hope you will find useful. Click Here

    2. Daily Trend Barometer and Market Score

    One of the things I’m really proud of, is the fact that I have managed to published the Trend Barometer and Market Score each day for more than a decade...as these tools are really good at describing the environment for trend following managers as well as giving insights into the general positioning of a trend following strategy! Click Here

    3. Other Resources that can help you

    And if you are hungry for more useful resources from the trend following world...check out some precious resources that I have found over the years to be really valuable. Click Here

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    GM36: Galactic Macro, UFOs & Balloon Encounters ft. David Dorr Mar 08, 2023
    Show notes

    What are some of the key takeaways when you marry global financial markets with potentially extraterrestrial influences? Global Macro investor David Dorr, has taken on that conversation. As government and national security services have begun to declassify information around UFOs, David is exploring the edge of what people are starting to talk about but financial markets haven’t yet embraced. Energy, defense, travel, technology, are points of influence in this conversation. Then there’s what Lockheed Martin may be sitting on that could be a real game changer. David has been following this line of research for quite awhile and feels that things are just now starting to break loose. David Dorr is the Managing Principal at Dorr Asset Management SEZC and has more than 25 years experience in trading, global macroeconomics, risk management and trading technology.

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    50 YEARS OF TREND FOLLOWING BOOK AND BEHIND-THE-SCENES VIDEO FOR ACCREDITED INVESTORS - CLICK HERE

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    Follow Niels on Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTubeor via the TTU website.

    IT’s TRUE ? – most CIO’s read 50+ books each year – get your FREE copy of the Ultimate Guide to the Best Investment Books ever written here.

    And you can get a free copy of my latest book “Ten Reasons to Add Trend Following to Your Portfolio” here.

    Learn more about the Trend Barometer here.

    Send your questions to info@toptradersunplugged.com

    And please share this episode with a like-minded friend and leave an honest Rating & Review on iTunes or Spotify so more people can discover the podcast.

    Follow Cem on Twitter.

    Follow David on Twitter.

    Episode TimeStamps:

    03:36 - Introduction to David

    05:43 - A touchy subject

    12:48 - The Tic Tac incident

    19:37 - The Navy ships incident

    24:17 - What is Area 51?

    27:03 - What happened in Mosul, Iraq?

    28:29 - The New York Times article

    30:41 - Who is Bob Lazar and why is he important?

    34:40 - Connections in the UFO network

    38:40 - Alfred O'Donnell & EE&G

    41:50 - Are they saving us from ourselves?

    43:20 - From rockstar to UFO researcher

    48:47 - The importance of Jay Stratton

    51:58 - Whistleblower protection laws

    55:04 - The Wilson Davis memo

    57:18 - What about other parts of the world?

    01:02:11 - What's up with the balloons

    01:04:25 - Why is this happening now?

    01:09:35 - The best piece of evidence?

    01:11:57 - What are being impacted?

    01:16:58 - What keeps David up at night?

    01:19:03 - Why not?

    01:21:10 - Thanks for listening

    Copyright © 2025 – CMC AG – All Rights Reserved

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    PLUS: Whenever you're ready... here are 3 ways I can help you in your investment Journey:

    1. eBooks that cover key topics that you need to know about

    In my eBooks, I put together some key discoveries and things I have learnt during the more than 3 decades I have worked in the Trend Following industry, which I hope you will find useful. Click Here

    2. Daily Trend Barometer and Market Score

    One of the things I’m really proud of, is the fact that I have managed to published the Trend Barometer and Market Score each day for more than a decade...as these tools are really good at describing the environment for trend following managers as well as giving insights into the general positioning of a trend following strategy! Click Here

    3. Other Resources that can help you

    And if you are hungry for more useful resources from the trend following world...check out some precious resources that I have found over the years to be really valuable. Click Here

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    TTU137: A new approach to Entering Trends ft. David Gorton, CIO at DG Partners Mar 06, 2023
    Show notes

    Today, we are joined by David Gorton, CIO at DG Partners, for a conversation on how they use trend following to achieve a multi-billion dollar portfolio. We discuss how to become a better trend follower by understanding the weaknesses of the strategy and their approach to produce positive alpha, the challenge of timing trend following and how they focus on the conceptual trend without giving up the skew and how the "dark" 10-year period has affected their approach to volatility. We also discuss how they manage risk in an uncertain environment and the state of liquidity, whether trend following has a limit in terms of capacity and much more.

    DG Partners LLP is authorised and regulated by the FCA and only provides services to professional clients as defined under the FCA rules.

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    50 YEARS OF TREND FOLLOWING BOOK AND BEHIND-THE-SCENES VIDEO FOR ACCREDITED INVESTORS - CLICK HERE

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    Follow Niels on Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTubeor via the TTU website.

    IT’s TRUE ? – most CIO’s read 50+ books each year – get your FREE copy of the Ultimate Guide to the Best Investment Books ever written here.

    And you can get a free copy of my latest book “Ten Reasons to Add Trend Following to Your Portfolio” here.

    Learn more about the Trend Barometer here.

    Send your questions to info@toptradersunplugged.com

    And please share this episode with a like-minded friend and leave an honest Rating & Review on iTunes or Spotify so more people can discover the podcast.

    Follow Alan on Twitter.

    Learn more about DG Partners.

    Episode Timestamps:

    02:08 - Introduction to DG Partners

    03:38 - Their road to trend following

    12:13 - The weaknesses of trend following

    16:00 - Too concerned about Sharpe?

    19:10 - The dual mandate

    22:51 - The trend following narrative

    27:19 - Capturing the meat of trend following

    30:24 - Need for speed?

    38:13 - How many markets do they trade?

    40:16 - Rethinking volatility?

    43:01 - Their execution process

    44:00 - Their view on CTA replication

    47:39 - Risk management

    51:36 - The state of liquidity

    59:36 - The absence of pain

    01:00:40 - Trend following in a broader portfolio

    01:02:58 - Capacity in trend following

    01:05:26 - Trend following disagreements

    01:06:50 - Expectations for 2023

    01:08:17 - Thanks for listening

    Copyright © 2025 – CMC AG – All Rights Reserved

    ----

    PLUS: Whenever you're ready... here are 3 ways I can help you in your investment Journey:

    1. eBooks that cover key topics that you need to know about

    In my eBooks, I put together some key discoveries and things I have learnt during the more than 3 decades I have worked in the Trend Following industry, which I hope you will find useful. Click Here

    2. Daily Trend Barometer and Market Score

    One of the things I’m really proud of, is the fact that I have managed to published the Trend Barometer and Market Score each day for more than a decade...as these tools are really good at describing the environment for trend following managers as well as giving insights into the general positioning of a trend following strategy! Click Here

    3. Other Resources that can help you

    And if you are hungry for more useful resources from the trend following world...check out some precious resources that I have found over the years to be really valuable. Click Here

    Privacy Policy

    Disclaimer


    SI233: The Market Impact of CTAs & Trend Followers ft. Alan Dunne Mar 04, 2023
    Show notes

    Alan Dunne joins us for the weekly conversation on Trend Following, where we reflect on the broader perspective of the markets and the economy. We discuss how the unpredictablity of inflation and interest rates affect all parts of the economy and the transition from globalization to deglobalization, the size of the CTA and trend following industry and how articles on media like Bloomberg often creates a unrealistic narrative about CTAs through colorful headlines. We also discuss Why you should add trend following to your portfolio and How trend following is done, what we have learned from our recent conversations with the best CTA managers in the world and much more.

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    50 YEARS OF TREND FOLLOWING BOOK AND BEHIND-THE-SCENES VIDEO FOR ACCREDITED INVESTORS - CLICK HERE

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    Follow Niels on Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTubeor via the TTU website.

    IT’s TRUE ? – most CIO’s read 50+ books each year – get your FREE copy of the Ultimate Guide to the Best Investment Books ever written here.

    And you can get a free copy of my latest book “Ten Reasons to Add Trend Following to Your Portfolio” here.

    Learn more about the Trend Barometer here.

    Send your questions to info@toptradersunplugged.com

    And please share this episode with a like-minded friend and leave an honest Rating & Review on iTunes or Spotify so more people can discover the podcast.

    Follow Alan on Twitter.

    Episode TimeStamps:

    01:59 - Broad Macro observations

    12:41 - How the economy responds to interest rates

    17:03 - Moving in a new direction

    20:54 - Reflecting on the month of February 2023

    22:44 - Industry performance update

    24:29 - Bloomberg article on CTAs impact on equity markets

    31:41 - Colorful headlines

    34:07 - Findings from Quantica paper on CTAs market footprint

    43:45 - Why trend following & How to do it?

    50:47 - Takeaways from the CTA series

    01:02:51 - Thanks for listening

    Copyright © 2025 – CMC AG – All Rights Reserved

    ----

    PLUS: Whenever you're ready... here are 3 ways I can help you in your investment Journey:

    1. eBooks that cover key topics that you need to know about

    In my eBooks, I put together some key discoveries and things I have learnt during the more than 3 decades I have worked in the Trend Following industry, which I hope you will find useful. Click Here

    2. Daily Trend Barometer and Market Score

    One of the things I’m really proud of, is the fact that I have managed to published the Trend Barometer and Market Score each day for more than a decade...as these tools are really good at describing the environment for trend following managers as well as giving insights into the general positioning of a trend following strategy! Click Here

    3. Other Resources that can help you

    And if you are hungry for more useful resources from the trend following world...check out some precious resources that I have found over the years to be really valuable. Click Here

    Privacy Policy

    Disclaimer


    TTU136: Trend Following... C'est la vie ft. Philip Seager, Head of Absolute Return at Capital Fund Management Mar 03, 2023
    Show notes

    Today, we are joined by Philip Seager, Head of Absolute Return at Capital Fund Management (CFM), for a conversation on how they incorporate trend following in their investment strategy. We discuss their research on how trend following has performed historically and how they use the data in their trading and the role trend following play in their portfolio construction. We also discuss the right way of doing research when it comes to quant based strategies and how they differentiate themselves from other trend followers, how they keep risk stable and forecast gaps in markets, how you should use trend following in a multi-asset portfolio and how they estimate capacity, the risk of investing in a replicator strategy and much more.

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    50 YEARS OF TREND FOLLOWING BOOK AND BEHIND-THE-SCENES VIDEO FOR ACCREDITED INVESTORS - CLICK HERE

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    Follow Niels on Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTubeor via the TTU website.

    IT’s TRUE ? – most CIO’s read 50+ books each year – get your FREE copy of the Ultimate Guide to the Best Investment Books ever written here.

    And you can get a free copy of my latest book “Ten Reasons to Add Trend Following to Your Portfolio” here.

    Learn more about the Trend Barometer here.

    Send your questions to info@toptradersunplugged.com

    And please share this episode with a like-minded friend and leave an honest Rating & Review on iTunes or Spotify so more people can discover the podcast.

    Follow Alan on Twitter.

    Learn more about Capital Fund Management.

    Episode Timestamps:

    02:05 - Introduction to Capital Fund Management

    05:32 - Their investment philosophy

    12:27 - Periods of under-performance

    19:13 - Trend following - a small piece?

    24:58 - Do Trend Followers have a dual mandate?

    31:32 - Their research process

    36:22 - Enhancing a trend program

    37:46 - Using machine learning

    40:47 - Different types of trend followers

    46:56 - Controlling the risk

    51:20 - Dealing with drawdowns

    54:44 - Achieving convexity

    57:03 - Looking in hindsight

    00:58:26 - Addressing rebalancing, capacity and fees

    01:05:38 - Trend following disagreements

    01:08:29 - Thanks for listening

    Copyright © 2025 – CMC AG – All Rights Reserved

    ----

    PLUS: Whenever you're ready... here are 3 ways I can help you in your investment Journey:

    1. eBooks that cover key topics that you need to know about

    In my eBooks, I put together some key discoveries and things I have learnt during the more than 3 decades I have worked in the Trend Following industry, which I hope you will find useful. Click Here

    2. Daily Trend Barometer and Market Score

    One of the things I’m really proud of, is the fact that I have managed to published the Trend Barometer and Market Score each day for more than a decade...as these tools are really good at describing the environment for trend following managers as well as giving insights into the general positioning of a trend following strategy! Click Here

    3. Other Resources that can help you

    And if you are hungry for more useful resources from the trend following world...check out some precious resources that I have found over the years to be really valuable. Click Here

    Privacy Policy

    Disclaimer


    GM35: The Drivers of the Commodity Markets ft. Nicky Ferguson Mar 01, 2023
    Show notes

    Today we are joined by Nicky Ferguson, Founder of It's Not a Science, an energy markets research firm based in Basel, Switzerland. We talk about speculative positioning in oil and natural gas futures, and how to distinguish between price action driven by fundamentals and flows. We discuss real time indicators of oil supply and demand, and the time it takes various investors to absorb new information. Finally, we discuss the limitations of the DXY dollar index as a baseline for measuring commodity price returns, increased options flows given new players in the market, and ways to understand what's going on based on modes of oil transport. Join us for a deep dive with an oil trader turned business owner, for an expert view of the mechanics of the energy market.

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    50 YEARS OF TREND FOLLOWING BOOK AND BEHIND-THE-SCENES VIDEO FOR ACCREDITED INVESTORS - CLICK HERE

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    Follow Niels on Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTubeor via the TTU website.

    IT’s TRUE ? – most CIO’s read 50+ books each year – get your FREE copy of the Ultimate Guide to the Best Investment Books ever written here.

    And you can get a free copy of my latest book “Ten Reasons to Add Trend Following to Your Portfolio” here.

    Learn more about the Trend Barometer here.

    Send your questions to info@toptradersunplugged.com

    And please share this episode with a like-minded friend and leave an honest Rating & Review on iTunes or Spotify so more people can discover the podcast.

    Follow Cem on Twitter.

    Follow Nicky on LinkedIn

    Episode TimeStamps:

    02:46 - Introduction to Ferguson and It's Not a Science

    09:42 - The major players in the energy markets

    12:56 - Speculative vs. commercial

    18:43 - Forecasting the flow

    25:02 - What has caused spikes in nat gas?

    27:15 - Financial flows in commodity markets

    30:22 - Risk considerations

    32:14 - The relationship between fundamentals and price action

    34:28 - Measuring demand

    36:09 - The findings from Ferguson's research

    39:46 - Oil on water supply vs land supply

    41:33 - The impact of the dollar changes

    45:33 - Measuring expectations

    48:00 - The state and future of Ferguson's business

    53:49 - Key takeaways from Niels

    Copyright © 2025 – CMC AG – All Rights Reserved

    ----

    PLUS: Whenever you're ready... here are 3 ways I can help you in your investment Journey:

    1. eBooks that cover key topics that you need to know about

    In my eBooks, I put together some key discoveries and things I have learnt during the more than 3 decades I have worked in the Trend Following industry, which I hope you will find useful. Click Here

    2. Daily Trend Barometer and Market Score

    One of the things I’m really proud of, is the fact that I have managed to published the Trend Barometer and Market Score each day for more than a decade...as these tools are really good at describing the environment for trend following managers as well as giving insights into the general positioning of a trend following strategy! Click Here

    3. Other Resources that can help you

    And if you are hungry for more useful resources from the trend following world...check out some precious resources that I have found over the years to be really valuable. Click Here

    Privacy Policy

    Disclaimer


    TTU135: Moving Beyond Pure Price Trends ft. Yao Hua Ooi, Principal at AQR Capital Management Feb 27, 2023
    Show notes

    Today, we are joined by Yao Hua Ooi, Principal at AQR Capital Management, for a conversation on how they use systematic tools like trend following, to take advantage of inefficiencies in markets. We discuss the pros and cons of risk premia strategies and how they manage to improve the Sharpe ratio while making sure the "dual" mandate is fulfilled, how they have moved beyond pure price trends as part of the evolution of their trend programs. We also discuss the process of building a trend following strategy and why they prefer to build models rather than mimic a strategy through linear regression, their approach to adding alternative markets to their portfolio, why they are always concerned about capacity and much more.

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    50 YEARS OF TREND FOLLOWING BOOK AND BEHIND-THE-SCENES VIDEO FOR ACCREDITED INVESTORS - CLICK HERE

    -----


    Follow Niels on Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTubeor via the TTU website.

    IT’s TRUE ? – most CIO’s read 50+ books each year – get your FREE copy of the Ultimate Guide to the Best Investment Books ever written here.

    And you can get a free copy of my latest book “Ten Reasons to Add Trend Following to Your Portfolio” here.

    Learn more about the Trend Barometer here.

    Send your questions to info@toptradersunplugged.com

    And please share this episode with a like-minded friend and leave an honest Rating & Review on iTunes or Spotify so more people can discover the podcast.

    Follow Alan on Twitter.

    Learn more about AQR Capital Management.

    Episode Timestamps:

    02:50 - Introduction to AQR

    04:12 - Their investment philosophy

    08:47 - Risk premia strategies

    11:55 - A historical perspective

    13:55 - Too focused on Sharpe?

    22:24 - Changing the narrative

    30:41 - Being unconventional

    35:13 - Getting comfortable with the data

    39:22 - The future for economical trend following

    42:55 - Their research process

    47:05 - The managed futures space

    48:39 - Pricing trend following

    55:00 - The need for daily liquidity

    57:32 - The portfolio construction process

    01:00:12 - The pros and cons of replication

    01:04:25 - Applying risk management

    01:05:40 - Adding new markets

    01:09:19 - The role of trend following

    01:13:08 - Reaching the limit

    01:16:05 - Trend following disagreements

    01:17:52 - Expectations for 2023

    01:19:47 - Thanks for listening

    Copyright © 2025 – CMC AG – All Rights Reserved

    ----

    PLUS: Whenever you're ready... here are 3 ways I can help you in your investment Journey:

    1. eBooks that cover key topics that you need to know about

    In my eBooks, I put together some key discoveries and things I have learnt during the more than 3 decades I have worked in the Trend Following industry, which I hope you will find useful. Click Here

    2. Daily Trend Barometer and Market Score

    One of the things I’m really proud of, is the fact that I have managed to published the Trend Barometer and Market Score each day for more than a decade...as these tools are really good at describing the environment for trend following managers as well as giving insights into the general positioning of a trend following strategy! Click Here

    3. Other Resources that can help you

    And if you are hungry for more useful resources from the trend following world...check out some precious resources that I have found over the years to be really valuable. Click Here

    Privacy Policy

    Disclaimer


    SI232: Trend Following the Trend Followers ft. Nick Baltas Feb 26, 2023
    Show notes

    Today, Nick Baltas return to the show following a head scratching period for inflation and interest rates the past few weeks. We discuss the state of the environment for trend following and the best way to select a portfolio of markets to trade, the pros and cons of "trend following the trend followers". We also reflect on Katy Kaminski’s take on Crisis Alpha and discuss the evolution of trend following and how it changes the way strategies are designed, why being too concerned about the Sharpe may impact your performance in unexpected ways and why it is important to be aware of your own biases and much more.

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    50 YEARS OF TREND FOLLOWING BOOK AND BEHIND-THE-SCENES VIDEO FOR ACCREDITED INVESTORS - CLICK HERE

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    Follow Niels on Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTubeor via the TTU website.

    IT’s TRUE ? – most CIO’s read 50+ books each year – get your FREE copy of the Ultimate Guide to the Best Investment Books ever written here.

    And you can get a free copy of my latest book “Ten Reasons to Add Trend Following to Your Portfolio” here.

    Learn more about the Trend Barometer here.

    Send your questions to info@toptradersunplugged.com

    And please share this episode with a like-minded friend and leave an honest Rating & Review on iTunes or Spotify so more people can discover the podcast.

    Follow Nick on Twitter.

    Episode TimeStamps:

    02:04 - Market recap

    04:21 - Reflecting on the TTU CTA Series

    09:10 - What has caught Nick's attention recently?

    13:17 - Industry performance update

    15:53 - Q1, Adam: Regarding applying systems to markets

    23:41 - Q2, Tim: Thought on trend following the trend followers?

    30:39 - Q3, Tim: Nick's thoughts on tracking the AUM?

    37:19 - Crisis alpha - lost in translation?

    49:43 - How trend following has evolved

    53:44 - Are we too concerned about the Sharpe?

    58:55 - Changing the narrative

    01:05:02 - Trend following disagreements

    01:07:29 - Thanks for listening

    Copyright © 2025 – CMC AG – All Rights Reserved

    ----

    PLUS: Whenever you're ready... here are 3 ways I can help you in your investment Journey:

    1. eBooks that cover key topics that you need to know about

    In my eBooks, I put together some key discoveries and things I have learnt during the more than 3 decades I have worked in the Trend Following industry, which I hope you will find useful. Click Here

    2. Daily Trend Barometer and Market Score

    One of the things I’m really proud of, is the fact that I have managed to published the Trend Barometer and Market Score each day for more than a decade...as these tools are really good at describing the environment for trend following managers as well as giving insights into the general positioning of a trend following strategy! Click Here

    3. Other Resources that can help you

    And if you are hungry for more useful resources from the trend following world...check out some precious resources that I have found over the years to be really valuable. Click Here

    Privacy Policy

    Disclaimer


    TTU134: Crisis Alpha Revisited ft. Katy Kaminski, Chief Research Strategist at AlphaSimplex Group Feb 24, 2023
    Show notes

    Today, we are joined by Katy Kaminski, Chief Research Strategist at AlphaSimplex Group, for a conversation on how they approach managed futures and trend following in their programs. We discuss how they work together with their clients to find the right solution for them and why it is important to understand the true meaning of Crisis Alpha, why commodities play a crucial role in times of crises and the key components of managing major disrupting events like COVID19. We also discuss why you might want an equity aware strategy, how they use machine learning to be more precise and prepared for moves in markets, how macro uncertainty impacts managed futures and trend following and much more.

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    50 YEARS OF TREND FOLLOWING BOOK AND BEHIND-THE-SCENES VIDEO FOR ACCREDITED INVESTORS - CLICK HERE

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    Follow Niels on Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTubeor via the TTU website.

    IT’s TRUE ? – most CIO’s read 50+ books each year – get your FREE copy of the Ultimate Guide to the Best Investment Books ever written here.

    And you can get a free copy of my latest book “Ten Reasons to Add Trend Following to Your Portfolio” here.

    Learn more about the Trend Barometer here.

    Send your questions to info@toptradersunplugged.com

    And please share this episode with a like-minded friend and leave an honest Rating & Review on iTunes or Spotify so more people can discover the podcast.

    Follow Alan on Twitter.

    Learn more about AlphaSimplex Group.

    Episode Timestamps:

    02:01 - Introduction to AlphaSimplex Group

    03:03 - Their Investment Philosophy

    08:02 - Too concerned about Sharpe?

    13:42 - How do you customize pure trend?

    16:10 - Crisis Alpha - the true meaning explained

    22:24 - The role of commodities in crises

    26:22 - A need for speed?

    32:20 - Capping the equity beta

    39:36 - Their approach to CTA replication

    44:59 - Machine learning as a research tool

    48:30 - Simple vs. sophisticated

    50:02 - CTA style factors

    56:16 - All about bonds?

    59:00 - An uncertain world

    01:02:38 - The signs of change

    01:06:23 - Trend following disagreements

    01:09:03 - Expectations for 2023

    01:10:52 - Thanks for listening

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    TTU133: How to deliver Convexity ft. Nigol Koulajian & Mike Harris of Quest Partners Feb 20, 2023
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    Today, we are joined by Nigol Koulajian and Mike Harris from Quest Partners, for a conversation on how they use a research driven, quantitative and systematic trading approach to generate alpha. We discuss how they generate convexity and why they have chosen to focus on short-term time frames, why they believe some investors have become too focused on Sharpe and how they use trend following and crowding in their process. We also discuss how they use an adaptive learning technique to understand markets whilst being aware of the dangers of machine learning, the power and importance of data and the potential risks of replicating managers, why liquidity is dynamic and very unpredictable and much more.

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    Episode Timestamps:

    02:08 - Introduction to Quest Partners

    03:34 - Their investment philosophy

    07:35 - A structural change in markets

    15:04 - Too focused on Sharpe?

    20:55 - Creating momentum

    24:18 - A move toward multi-strat?

    37:35 - Managing the crowd

    39:13 - The persistency of market environments

    41:45 - A type of machine learning?

    44:12 - The source of opportunities

    48:34 - The "D" word

    53:30 - Thoughts on CTA replication

    01:00:12 - Being a short term manager

    01:02:30 - Liquidity issues and changes in markets

    01:09:15 - Trend following disagreements

    01:12:46 - Expectations for 2023

    01:14:15 - Thanks for listening

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    2. Daily Trend Barometer and Market Score

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