SI126: GameStop & How to become a Systematic Investor ft. Rob Carver
Top Traders Unplugged
Niels Kaastrup-Larsen
4.8 • 670 Ratings
🗓️ 7 February 2021
⏱️ 98 minutes
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Summary
Rob Carver returns to the show today to give us his thoughts on the WallStreetBets Reddit forum & their Gamestop short-squeeze, the gamification of trading, why Robinhood had to suspend trading on Gamestop, the attempted short-squeeze in the Silver market, Rob’s recent article on how to become a systematic trader, Niels’ journey into the CTA industry, the importance of diversifying amongst investment processes as well as securities, the rise of passive investing over active, and whether the ascendency of passive investing will lead to extreme levels of market volatility in the future.
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Episode TimeStamps:
00:00 – Intro
02:25 – Macro recap from Niels
04:27 – Weekly review of performance
42:32 – Q1; Michael: Should you use the US dollar to hedge against multiple long trades?
48:47 – Q2; Dennis: Can you discuss the pros & the cons of scaling in & out of positions?
59:22 – Q3 & Q4; Woody: Will continued central bank intervention prevent Trend Following profitability? Will the rise of passive over active investments pose a threat to medium to long-term Trend Followers, in terms of the increased volatility they might create?
01:15:39 – Q5; Daniel: When starting a new Trend Following system, should you enter all markets right away, or only enter the positions once new signals arrive?
01:21:14 – Q6; Red Eagle: How often do you see a trade that goes long in one pair, and short in another pair, and...
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | You're about to join Jerry Parker, Maritz Seabird, and Nealz Kostrup Larson on their raw and honest journey into the world of systematic investing and learn about the most dependable and consistent yet often overlooked investment strategy. |
| 0:15.1 | Welcome to the Systematic Investor podcast series. |
| 0:23.7 | Welcome or welcome back to this week's edition of the systematic investor series with |
| 0:28.1 | Rob Carver and me, Neil Kastro Blaston, where each week we take the pulse of the global market |
| 0:33.3 | through the lens of a rules-based investor. |
| 0:36.0 | If you're new to the show, let me start by saying welcome. |
| 0:39.7 | With the hope that today's episode will trigger your curiosity and hunger for learning, |
| 0:44.9 | enough to check out the back catalogue and listen to the past episodes that you may have missed. |
| 0:49.8 | Like my conversation last week with Mark, |
| 0:52.6 | where we covered a lot of ground, including some |
| 0:55.7 | of his experience from running the legendary CTA firm John W. Henry, which was the largest |
| 1:01.8 | CTA firm back in the day. And it's always fascinating to hear stories from that time. And if you |
| 1:08.6 | don't know who John Henry is, well, he's the current |
| 1:11.3 | owner of the Liverpool Football Club and the Boston Red Sox. And guess where he made the money |
| 1:16.9 | to afford these two world-class teams from? Well, trend following. As you know, the aim of the |
| 1:23.6 | podcast is to democratize the hedge fund CTA or quant investment world, whatever you prefer to call it. |
| 1:30.3 | And if you want to be part of this journey, what we ask of you is that if you could comment, if you could share these episodes, |
| 1:37.3 | if you can rate and review them in iTunes, we greatly appreciate it. |
| 1:41.3 | And this way we can see that you are getting something out of our |
| 1:45.9 | time and dedication each week to create these episodes. And as long as that continues, we will, |
| 1:50.9 | of course, continue to do them. Rob, great to be back with you this week. How are you doing? |
| 1:57.7 | How are things where you are in the uk wet and tomorrow but hopefully we'll |
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