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Top Traders Unplugged

TTU09: 40+ Years of Trading & Still Making NEW Highs ft. Marty Bergin of DUNN Capital Management – 1of2

Top Traders Unplugged

Niels Kaastrup-Larsen

Business, Business News, Investing, News

4.8670 Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2014

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

”My comment to him [Bill Dunn] was that I had a really good thing going so I wasn’t sure that that would really be the right move to make, and his response to me was, 'that’s fine, I’m not sure you can really handle it.'” Our next guest is a partner in a firm that has enjoyed 40 years of trading success with a 30 year continues track record of their WMA program. The track record of the organization, Dunn Capital Management, is world-class. The legendary Bill Dunn offered partnership to our next guest and he replied, "I'm happy with where I am." Bill's response will make you laugh. We're grateful to have your ears for episode 009 with, Marty Bergin. In This Episode, You'll Learn: The Story of Dunn Capital and the Evolution of Dunn Capital Management How Marty began working with the firm and how he became a partner The company culture of Dunn Capital and why it's so important to their success An overview of the WMA program "It's only one number in the system, but I think, going forward, it's going to be significant in our returns" How the Value At Risk (VAR) approach separates Dunn Capital from other CTAs Why Dunn Capital manages all tasks in-house About the 30 year+ track record of Dunn Capital "We didn't make a lot of changes to the system for a number of years, and I think we kind of got behind" The big research upgrades taking place in 2006 About the change to using two separate "Algo Classes" About the adaptive risk profile (ARP) Dunn's approach to diversification across sectors (for example; 23% in agriculture and 13% currency allocation) "Basic trend following, you've got 2 parameters. Time and noise. Instead of taking one time variable and one noise variable for each market, now we're looking at hundreds of time frames and noise variables." Resources & Links Mentioned in this Episode: Learn about Dunn Capital's methodologies and awards. Q&A with Bill Dunn "When we look at the adaptive risk profile, what we're looking at is: is this a good environment for trend following or is it not. The better the environment the higher the targeting mechanism is, the lower that we determine the trendiness of the market to be, the lower we adjust our target." Sponsored by Swiss Financial Services and Saxo Bank: Connect with Dunn Capital Management: Visit the Website: www.dunncapital.com Phone: +1 772 286 4777 E-Mail: [email protected] "The whole concept is that everything is 100% statistical. We don't use any fundamental data in decision-making. It's all purely based on price data because there is no subjective knowledge in price data."

Transcript

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0:00.0

You're listening to Top Traders on Plot, episode number zero zero nine, with Marty Bergen, president of Don Capital Management.

0:09.1

This episode is sponsored by Saxo Bank and Swiss Financial Services.

0:14.2

Imagine spending an hour with the world's greatest traders.

0:17.8

Imagine learning from their experiences, their successes, and their failures. Imagine no more.

0:23.6

Welcome to Top Traders Unplugged, the place where you can learn from the best hedge fund managers in the world,

0:29.6

so you can take your manager due diligence or investment career to the next level.

0:34.6

Here's your host, veteran hedge fund manager, Niels Kastrop Larson.

0:46.1

Welcome to another episode of Top Traders Unplocked.

0:49.3

Thanks so much for tuning in today.

0:51.4

I really do appreciate it.

0:53.4

On today's show, I'm talking to Marty Bergen,

0:56.6

the president of Don Capital Management. Dun Capital is one of the oldest and most successful

1:02.9

systematic managers in the world, and Marty shares his insight on the evolution of Don and talks

1:09.4

about some of the key research discoveries

1:11.7

that has led them to stay on top of the CTA industry

1:15.4

through the last four decades.

1:18.2

For those of you who are new to the show,

1:20.2

I just want to let you know that you can find all of the show notes,

1:23.7

including a full transcript of today's episode

1:26.7

on the top traders on plucked.com website.

1:31.2

Now let's get started with part one of my conversation. I hope you will enjoy it.

1:42.3

Marty, thank you so much for being with us today. I really appreciate it.

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