SI157: How to Make Money & Survive in the Markets ft. Jerry Parker
Top Traders Unplugged
Niels Kaastrup-Larsen
4.8 • 712 Ratings
🗓️ 12 September 2021
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
Today we are joined by Jerry Parker to discuss how shorter-term systems can be more susceptible to market noise, the importance of sticking with your system during different market environments, how major investment firms have consistently performed well by keeping Trend Following in their portfolios, some insights into Jerry’s approach to backtesting, the drawbacks of being labelled as a CTA, Jerry’s bold prediction that Trend Following firms will be the most popular type of investment fund in the future, how trading smaller during bad periods can set you up for success during favourable conditions, ensuring protection against cyber attacks, and why past correlations can’t always be relied upon.
Also check out my interview with Turtle Trading legendary mentor Richard Dennis here.
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In this episode, we discuss:
- The case for longer-term strategies
- Not over-optimising strategies to adapt to every market condition
- How adding Trend Following to a portfolio increases its robustness
- Why Trend Following firms will be the number one choice among investors in the future
- How to prevent cyber attacks
- Why you can't always rely on past correlations to continue
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Episode TimeStamps:
00:00 - Intro
01:32 - A big thank you to our listeners for leaving 5-star reviews in iTunes
02:26 - Macro recap from Niels
04:43 - Weekly review of returns
15:55 - An insight into Jerry Parker’s approach to backtesting
23:06 - Jerry Parker’s thoughts on the challenges of starting a CTA business today and how to overcome them
32:35 - Thoughts on effective succession planning for CTAs, as well as some thoughts on staying safe from cyber attacks
37:41 - Q1; Sebastien: How do you approach currency hedging?
41:17 - How one simple rule can be more powerful than a group of complex rules
44:48 - How shorter-term systems can be susceptible to noise
47:54 - Why past correlations can’t always be relied upon
49:32 - Discussion on a recent TransTrend article on how to respond to extreme volatility in the markets, such as during the COVID-19 pandemic
56:34 - Jerry’s thoughts on system diversification
01:01:59 - Benchmark performance update
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | You're about to join Jerry Parker, Maritz Siebert, and Neil's Kostrup Larson on their |
| 0:06.3 | raw and honest journey into the world of systematic investing and learn about the most dependable |
| 0:11.6 | and consistent yet often overlooked investment strategy. Welcome to the Systematic Investor |
| 0:16.8 | podcast series. |
| 0:26.0 | Welcome and welcome back to this week's edition of the Systematic Investor Series with Jerry Parker and me, Niels Kastro Larsen, where each week we take the pulse of the global |
| 0:30.1 | market through the lens of a rules-based investor. For those of you who are regular listeners, |
| 0:35.1 | our conversations are intended to learn and grow as rules-based investors. |
| 0:40.2 | 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 some of the past episodes that you may have missed, like last week's episode with Moritz, |
| 0:51.5 | where we discuss the benefits of system diversification, |
| 0:55.4 | a topic that we may return to today to get Jerry's view. |
| 0:59.8 | Anyways, Jerry, always fantastic to be with you. |
| 1:03.5 | How are you doing this week? |
| 1:04.8 | What's going on? |
| 1:05.9 | Doing well, Niels. |
| 1:07.2 | Thank you for having me, and it's fun to be here. |
| 1:09.2 | I listen to the podcast with your other guest. |
| 1:13.6 | As soon as they come out, I'm often very impatient. |
| 1:16.6 | And then I've started listening to him more than once |
| 1:19.6 | and watching on YouTube so I get the transcript. |
| 1:22.6 | So I'm really paying a lot of attention to what you say on a weekly basis. |
| 1:28.5 | So that's very kind. We will with your help, of course. |
| 1:32.2 | Now, at this point, I would normally give a shout out to those of you who left the rating |
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