SI76: Can trading too many markets prevent you from achieving above average returns?

Top Traders Unplugged

Niels Kaastrup-Larsen

Business, Business News, Investing, News

4.8 • 670 Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2020

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

In today’s episode, we discuss whether attempting to trade every market at the same time may hinder any conviction necessary for above-average returns, as well as debate the difference between a portfolio with plenty of trades across lots of different markets versus one with less positions among fewer markets. We also cover the Hedge Fund Journal’s recent interview with Harold De Boer of Transtrend, the amount of truly uncorrelated markets available to trade, how much discretion should be used during the design & implementation of a systematic trading strategy, and if the accusation is true that CTAs are the main catalyst behind price shocks.

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01:13 – Macro recap from Niels

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47:36 – Michael; Question 1: Who inspired you into Trend Following trading?

59:16 – Performance recap

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0:00.0	You're about to join Jerry Parker, Maritz Seabert, and Nealz Kostrup Larson on their raw and honest
0:07.3	journey into the world of systematic investing and learn about the most dependable and consistent
0:12.4	yet often overlooked investment strategy.
0:15.4	Welcome to the Systematic Investor Podcast series.
0:26.4	Welcome and welcome back to this week's edition of the Systematic Investor series with Jerry Parker, Moritz Siebert and I in Yels Castro-Blasen, where each week we take the
0:30.4	pulse of the global market through the lens of a rules-based investor.
0:34.2	For long-time listeners, our conversations are intended to keep you focused and inspired to continue your trend-following journey.
0:41.1	And if you're newer to the show, our hope is that today's episode will trigger your curiosity to check out the back catalog and all of the past episodes that you may have missed.
0:51.6	Jerry Moritz, good morning, good afternoon. How are things on your side?
0:55.1	Pretty good morning, good afternoon guys, sunny day, surprisingly sunny for a February winter period,
1:02.5	but it's good. It's surprisingly cold here in Florida, 45 degrees, but it's going to get warmer,
1:08.7	so don't feel sorry for me. Well, we can't always have it the way we want, right?
1:13.5	But anyways, quick roundup of this week.
1:16.0	I mean, I guess there are two main things that I took away from last week.
1:19.8	One, we had seven straight sessions of gains for gold,
1:23.4	which sent gold prices to a seven-year high on Friday.
1:27.1	I guess as investors continue to search for safety,
1:31.1	for somewhere to place their cash.
1:34.4	But it wasn't the only asset that set a record this week.
1:38.7	Intraday, we saw the 30-year bond in the US set a historic record.
1:43.6	It reached a yield of as little as 1.89%
1:48.4	of course supported by other maturities.
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