SI144: Why Single Stocks Should Matter to CTAs ft. Jerry Parker

Top Traders Unplugged

Niels Kaastrup-Larsen

Business, Business News, Investing, News

4.8 • 670 Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2021

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

Jerry Parker joins us on the show today to discuss why CTAs could be mistaken in excluding single stocks from their strategies, the possible benefits of having exposure to multiple trading systems, why price action is more important than predictions derived from fundamentals, recommended books for learning about Trend Following, the differences between paper-trading and disciplined execution of real trades, comparing Bitcoin futures to commodity futures, and the extent of simplicity a good trading system should have.

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Episode TimeStamps:

00:00 - Intro

01:29 - Macro recap from Niels

08:01 - Weekly review of returns and the narrative change around Bitcoin

19:01 - Q1; Omar: What books do you recommend for Trend Following educational material?

27:52 - Q2; Jacob & Sam: Can Bitcoin futures be traded safely even though you can’t trade them over the weekend?

35:40 - Q3; Mark: Could Chesapeake and Dunn Capital trade as an ETF to allow more people exposure to their strategies?

44:22 - Q4; Vinicius: What are your thoughts about Trend Following on single stocks?

50:08 - Q5; Antonio: Should we be less diversified and more concentrated with our trades?

01:03:39 - Why having rules isn’t enough to justify a robust trading system

01:15:24 - Thoughts on measuring skew

01:19:05 - Benchmark performance update

Transcript

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0:00.0	You're about to join Jerry Parker, Maritz Siebert, and Neil's 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.
0:22.4	Welcome and welcome back to this week's edition of the Systematic Investor Series
0:26.0	with Jerry Parker and me, Niels Kasper Larsen, where each week we take the pulse of the global
0:30.3	market through the lens of a rules-based investor.
0:33.6	For those of you who are regular listeners, our conversations are intended to help you learn and grow as rules-based investors.
0:40.0	And if you're new to the show, we hope that today's episode will trigger your curiosity to check out the back catalog and listen to past episodes that you may have missed.
0:48.9	Like last week's episode, with the Krittenden, where we got into some deep issues relating to the acceptance of trend
0:56.2	following by investors and how reframing trend following can actually make a huge different
1:01.1	and make it easier for financial advisors to include trend following in their client portfolios.
1:06.2	And a lot more, of course, which I have a feeling that we might go back on some of the topics
1:10.8	today.
1:11.5	But first off, Jerry, always great to be back with you.
1:14.7	How are things where you are in Florida?
1:17.7	Yes, they're great.
1:18.5	Thanks for having me.
1:19.4	It's good to be back as well.
1:20.7	Good to see you and be back on the podcast.
1:23.7	It's great.
1:24.2	It's warm.
1:25.1	Florida's nice.
1:26.2	And maybe to go north here pretty soon to get some cooler weather.
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