BO104: What (really) Defines A Trend Following Trader?

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Niels Kaastrup-Larsen

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🗓️ 23 June 2020

⏱️ 8 minutes

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What defines a Trend Following trader?

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0:00.0	Brian, who I mentioned before, has sent in a question.
0:06.1	I want to distill it down a little bit.
0:11.4	But essentially, Brian has a trend following methodology,
0:15.2	and he's read a lot of the literature on this,
0:19.1	including the book from Alex and Katie Kaminsky.
0:24.1	So definitely very well versed in this space.
0:29.2	But he, I think, had picked up a comment maybe from the book or maybe from an interview
0:34.9	I did with Alex Grayson and wasn't really sure whether
0:39.0	what he was doing qualified as true trend following. So I think what he's, what he does is,
0:48.9	you know, he says, he says, my system includes a take profit signals along the way.
0:57.8	Entries always in the direction of the trend, except when entering a new position on a breakout confirmation.
1:03.2	And I think it was this part maybe about the take profits, et cetera, et cetera.
1:08.6	And then he just goes on to say i would appreciate your thoughts on
1:12.0	what makes a trend follower a trend follower and i you know i think that's an interesting question
1:20.1	you know can we kind of are there are there are there true trend followers or or and maybe not so true
1:26.4	trend followers out there what do you think
1:33.3	tough to say uh i'm not but is there anything in your mind is there anything in your mind
1:39.5	moritz that disqualifies someone from being a true trend follower, what would you consider?
1:46.4	Well, that could be one thing.
1:48.5	I mean, I'm not saying it's your opinion.
1:50.6	Personally, I'm not so sure it's my opinion, but yeah.
1:53.3	So just as an example, and maybe that then qualifies me as not a 100% pure trend follower,
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