Michael Covel's Trend Following
1,363 episodes - English - Latest episode: 30 days ago - ★★★★★ - 567 ratingsBestselling author Michael Covel is the host of Trend Following Radio with 15+ million listens. Investments, economics, psychology, politics, decision-making, human behavior, entrepreneurship and trading -- all passionately explored and debated. Guests include Nobel Prize winners: Robert Aumann, Angus Deaton, Daniel Kahneman, Oliver Hart, Harry Markowitz & Vernon Smith. More guests: Jack Canfield, Howard Marks, James Altucher, Dan Ariely, Jean-Philippe Bouchaud, Kathleen Eisenhardt, Marc Faber, Tim Ferriss, Jason Fried, Gerd Gigerenzer, Larry Hite, Sally Hogshead, Ryan Holiday, Jack Horner, Ewan Kirk, Steven Kotler, Michael Mauboussin, Tucker Max, Barry Ritholtz, Jim Rogers, Jack Schwager, Ed Seykota, Philip Tetlock & Walter Williams. 1200+ episodes.
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Ep. 90: Richard Weissman Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
December 21, 2012 03:16 - 52 minutes - 48.2 MBMy guest today is Richard Weissman, a professional trader with over 25 years of experience and an author. Weissman considers himself a "swing trader". He is one of the world’s foremost authorities and thought leaders in the fields of derivatives, risk management and technical analysis. The topic is his book Trade Like a Casino: Find Your Edge, Manage Risk, and Win Like the House. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: Weissman's path from how he started trading with his fa...
Ep. 89: Tadas Viskanta Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
December 14, 2012 00:17 - 59 minutes - 54.4 MBMy guest today is Tadas Viskanta, the founder and editor of the Abnormal Returns blog and a private investor with 20-plus years of experience. Viskanta calls his blog a "forecast free investment blog". The topic is his book Abnormal Returns: Winning Strategies from the Frontlines of the Investment Blogosphere. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: Investment philosophies and strategies to the challenges authors and bloggers face in the world today Disadvantage given to ...
Ep. 88: Jonathan Davis Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
December 12, 2012 00:37 - 49 minutes - 46 MBMy guest today is Jonathan Davis, one of the UK's leading writers on investing. Davis has written 3 books, is a regular writer for the Financial Times, and is the director for three investment companies. Davis has been following the markets for over thirty years, first as a journalist, and has had quite a history. He was fortunate enough to spend some time at MIT studying and writing a thesis about Warren Buffet, whom he met on several occasions. The topic is his book Professional Investor...
Ep. 87: Money Is The Root Of All Evil with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
December 07, 2012 03:30 - 21 minutes - 20.2 MBPlease enjoy my monologue Money Is The Root Of All Evil with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio. This episode may also include great outside guests from my archive. --- I’m MICHAEL COVEL, the host of TREND FOLLOWING RADIO, and I’m proud to have delivered 10+ million podcast listens since 2012. Investments, economics, psychology, politics, decision-making, human behavior, entrepreneurship and trend following are all passionately explored and debated on my show. To start? I’d like to...
Ep. 86: The Unexpected Is Life with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
December 04, 2012 22:54 - 25 minutes - 23.8 MBPlease enjoy my monologue The Unexpected Is Life with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio. This episode may also include great outside guests from my archive. --- I’m MICHAEL COVEL, the host of TREND FOLLOWING RADIO, and I’m proud to have delivered 10+ million podcast listens since 2012. Investments, economics, psychology, politics, decision-making, human behavior, entrepreneurship and trend following are all passionately explored and debated on my show. To start? I’d like to give y...
Ep. 85: Barry Ritholtz Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
November 29, 2012 22:14 - 55 minutes - 51 MBMy guest today is Barry Ritholtz, an author, newspaper columnist, blogger, equities analyst, television commentator, and CEO of Fusion IQ. Ritholtz is deep down a quant guy, but brings strong views and opinions. However, he won't sit around and "fight the tape". The topic is his book Bailout Nation: How Greed and Easy Money Corrupted Wall Street and Shook the World Economy. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: The price of paying attention and why you should be selective...
Ep. 84: The Incessant Search For The New New Thing with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
November 28, 2012 21:31 - 19 minutes - 18.2 MBPlease enjoy my monologue The Incessant Search For The New New Thing with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio. This episode may also include great outside guests from my archive. --- I’m MICHAEL COVEL, the host of TREND FOLLOWING RADIO, and I’m proud to have delivered 10+ million podcast listens since 2012. Investments, economics, psychology, politics, decision-making, human behavior, entrepreneurship and trend following are all passionately explored and debated on my show. To start...
Ep. 83: Tom Basso Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
November 28, 2012 03:21 - 4 hours - 247 MBMy guest today is Tom Basso, the trend following trader famously featured in Jack Schwager's "New Market Wizards". Basso is a hedge fund manager. He was president and founder of Trendstat Capital Management. Trendstat was closed in 2003 when assets under management fell to $65M. He is the author of two books, Panic-Proof Investing and the self-published The Frustrated Investor. In 1998, he was elected to the board of the National Futures Association. He currently runs enjoytheride.world, a w...
Ep. 83: Tom Basso Interview #2 with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
November 28, 2012 03:21 - 4 hours - 247 MBMy guest today is Tom Basso, the trend following trader famously featured in Jack Schwager's "New Market Wizards". Basso is a hedge fund manager. He was president and founder of Trendstat Capital Management. Trendstat was closed in 2003 when assets under management fell to $65M. He is the author of two books, Panic-Proof Investing and the self-published The Frustrated Investor. In 1998, he was elected to the board of the National Futures Association. He currently runs enjoytheride.world, a w...
Ep. 82: What If Money Was No Object with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
November 21, 2012 02:34 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBPlease enjoy my monologue What If Money Was No Object with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio. This episode may also include great outside guests from my archive. --- I’m MICHAEL COVEL, the host of TREND FOLLOWING RADIO, and I’m proud to have delivered 10+ million podcast listens since 2012. Investments, economics, psychology, politics, decision-making, human behavior, entrepreneurship and trend following are all passionately explored and debated on my show. To start? I’d like to g...
Ep. 81: A Trend Following View of Hugh Hendry with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
November 16, 2012 02:56 - 32 minutes - 30.4 MBPlease enjoy my monologue A Trend Following View of Hugh Hendry with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio. This episode may also include great outside guests from my archive. --- I’m MICHAEL COVEL, the host of TREND FOLLOWING RADIO, and I’m proud to have delivered 10+ million podcast listens since 2012. Investments, economics, psychology, politics, decision-making, human behavior, entrepreneurship and trend following are all passionately explored and debated on my show. To start? I’d...
Ep. 80: Robert Greene Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
November 12, 2012 16:34 - 52 minutes - 48 MBMy guest today is Robert Greene, the bestselling author of the classic book, "The 48 Laws of Power", in addition to other bestsellers such as "The Art of Seduction", "The 33 Strategies of War", and "The 50th Law" with musician and entrepreneur, 50 Cent. The topic is his book Mastery. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: The influence "The 48 Laws of Power" had on Covel's own writing Using the 48 Laws as a defense strategy rather than as a cutthroat offense Some of Gr...
Ep. 79: It Was A Very Good Year with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
November 12, 2012 01:53 - 25 minutes - 23.3 MBPlease enjoy my monologue It Was A Very Good Year with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio. This episode may also include great outside guests from my archive. --- I’m MICHAEL COVEL, the host of TREND FOLLOWING RADIO, and I’m proud to have delivered 10+ million podcast listens since 2012. Investments, economics, psychology, politics, decision-making, human behavior, entrepreneurship and trend following are all passionately explored and debated on my show. To start? I’d like to give ...
Ep. 78: Trend Following Style, Prechter, Godin, and Gawande with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
November 11, 2012 23:45 - 22 minutes - 20.4 MBPlease enjoy my monologue Trend Following Style, Prechter, Godin, and Gawande with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio. This episode may also include great outside guests from my archive. --- I’m MICHAEL COVEL, the host of TREND FOLLOWING RADIO, and I’m proud to have delivered 10+ million podcast listens since 2012. Investments, economics, psychology, politics, decision-making, human behavior, entrepreneurship and trend following are all passionately explored and debated on my show. ...
Ep. 77: Michael Mauboussin Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
November 07, 2012 21:37 - 47 minutes - 43.9 MBMy guest today is Michael Mauboussin, an author ("More Than You Know", "Think Twice: Harnessing the Power of Counterintuition"), investment strategist in the financial services industry, professor at the Columbia Graduate School of Business, and board of trustees at the Santa Fe Institute (an independent, nonprofit theoretical research institute). The topic is his book The Success Equation: Untangling Skill and Luck in Business, Sports, and Investing. In this episode of Trend Following ...
Ep. 76: Jack Schwager Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
November 06, 2012 23:20 - 55 minutes - 50.6 MBMy guest today is Jack Schwager, a recognized industry expert in futures and hedge funds and the author of a number of widely acclaimed financial books. Schwager is one of the founders of Fund Seeder, a platform designed to find undiscovered trading talent worldwide and connect unknown successful traders with sources of investment capital. Previously, Schwager was a partner in the Fortune Group (2001-2010), a London-based hedge fund advisory firm. The topic is his book Market Sense and No...
Ep. 76: Jack Schwager Interview #2 with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
November 06, 2012 23:20 - 55 minutes - 50.7 MBMy guest today is Jack Schwager, a recognized industry expert in futures and hedge funds and the author of a number of widely acclaimed financial books. Schwager is one of the founders of Fund Seeder, a platform designed to find undiscovered trading talent worldwide and connect unknown successful traders with sources of investment capital. Previously, Schwager was a partner in the Fortune Group (2001-2010), a London-based hedge fund advisory firm. The topic is his book Market Sense and No...
Ep. 75: Understanding David Harding with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
November 02, 2012 00:05 - 51 minutes - 47.2 MBPlease enjoy my monologue Understanding David Harding with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio. This episode may also include great outside guests from my archive. --- I’m MICHAEL COVEL, the host of TREND FOLLOWING RADIO, and I’m proud to have delivered 10+ million podcast listens since 2012. Investments, economics, psychology, politics, decision-making, human behavior, entrepreneurship and trend following are all passionately explored and debated on my show. To start? I’d like to g...
Ep. 74: Dancing With Yourself with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
October 30, 2012 21:39 - 30 minutes - 27.7 MBPlease enjoy my monologue Dancing With Yourself with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio. This episode may also include great outside guests from my archive. --- I’m MICHAEL COVEL, the host of TREND FOLLOWING RADIO, and I’m proud to have delivered 10+ million podcast listens since 2012. Investments, economics, psychology, politics, decision-making, human behavior, entrepreneurship and trend following are all passionately explored and debated on my show. To start? I’d like to give yo...
Ep. 73: Peter Brandt Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
October 25, 2012 22:34 - 54 minutes - 50.5 MBMy guest today is Peter Brandt, a trader who has been in the commodity trading space since 1976. He's traded his own proprietary account from the late 1970s until today and is currently entering the hedge fund world by running a multi-CTA fund-of-funds. Brandt got his start in Chicago trading commodities and working at the Chicago Board of Trade for Continental Grain Company. The topic is his book Diary of a Professional Commodity Trader: Lessons from 21 Weeks of Real Trading. In this ep...
Ep. 72: Price Is Easy with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
October 25, 2012 09:16 - 26 minutes - 24.9 MBPlease enjoy my monologue Price Is Easy with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio. This episode may also include great outside guests from my archive. --- I’m MICHAEL COVEL, the host of TREND FOLLOWING RADIO, and I’m proud to have delivered 10+ million podcast listens since 2012. Investments, economics, psychology, politics, decision-making, human behavior, entrepreneurship and trend following are all passionately explored and debated on my show. To start? I’d like to give you a grea...
Ep. 71: The Lunatic Is On The Grass with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
October 19, 2012 02:45 - 19 minutes - 26.8 MBPlease enjoy my monologue The Lunatic Is On The Grass with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio. This episode may also include great outside guests from my archive. --- I’m MICHAEL COVEL, the host of TREND FOLLOWING RADIO, and I’m proud to have delivered 10+ million podcast listens since 2012. Investments, economics, psychology, politics, decision-making, human behavior, entrepreneurship and trend following are all passionately explored and debated on my show. To start? I’d like to g...
Ep. 70: Watching the Wheels with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
October 17, 2012 00:18 - 38 minutes - 35.7 MBPlease enjoy my monologue Watching the Wheels with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio. This episode may also include great outside guests from my archive. --- I’m MICHAEL COVEL, the host of TREND FOLLOWING RADIO, and I’m proud to have delivered 10+ million podcast listens since 2012. Investments, economics, psychology, politics, decision-making, human behavior, entrepreneurship and trend following are all passionately explored and debated on my show. To start? I’d like to give you ...
Ep. 69: Frank Curzio Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
October 14, 2012 00:09 - 56 minutes - 51.9 MBMy guest today is Frank Curzio, a recognized expert in the small cap sector, the voice behind S&A Investor Radio, as well as the editor of the Small Stock Specialist. Curzio has been featured on numerous radio and television programs, and wrote a newsletter for TheStreet.com before joining Stansberry. The topic is markets and investments. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: Curzio's background coming up in New York, the influence of his father, and his introduction into...
Ep. 68: Mark Shore Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
October 09, 2012 23:46 - 1 hour - 56.9 MBMy guest today is Mark Shore, a trader and educator whose main area of expertise is managed futures. Shore has an MBA from the University of Chicago, was the former head of risk at Octane Research (over a billion AUM), was the former COO of VK Capital (a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley), and now is an adjunct professor at DePaul University teaching the only accredited course on managed futures in the country. The topic is his paper Decoding The Myths of Managed Futures. In this episode of ...
Ep. 67: Rich Thoughts & Poor Thoughts with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
October 09, 2012 01:21 - 24 minutes - 22.3 MBPlease enjoy my monologue Rich Thoughts & Poor Thoughts with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio. This episode may also include great outside guests from my archive. --- I’m MICHAEL COVEL, the host of TREND FOLLOWING RADIO, and I’m proud to have delivered 10+ million podcast listens since 2012. Investments, economics, psychology, politics, decision-making, human behavior, entrepreneurship and trend following are all passionately explored and debated on my show. To start? I’d like to...
Ep. 66: Mark Melin Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
October 08, 2012 22:53 - 35 minutes - 32.8 MBMy guest today is Mark Melin, managed futures expert, editor/writer for Opalesque, and author. Melin has his fingers on the pulse of the nasty things going behind the scenes; specifically, over-the-counter ("OTC") markets and the MF Global scandal. The topic is managed futures. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: Possible solutions If politicians can actually be held accountable if there are no repercussions beyond not being reelected How the average American can di...
Ep. 66: Mark Melin Interview #2 with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
October 08, 2012 22:53 - 35 minutes - 32.8 MBMy guest today is Mark Melin, managed futures expert, editor/writer for Opalesque, and author. Melin has his fingers on the pulse of the nasty things going behind the scenes; specifically, over-the-counter ("OTC") markets and the MF Global scandal. The topic is managed futures. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: Possible solutions If politicians can actually be held accountable if there are no repercussions beyond not being reelected How the average American can di...
Ep. 65: The Wishing/Doing Gap with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
October 05, 2012 00:32 - 30 minutes - 28.6 MBPlease enjoy my monologue The Wishing/Doing Gap with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio. This episode may also include great outside guests from my archive. --- I’m MICHAEL COVEL, the host of TREND FOLLOWING RADIO, and I’m proud to have delivered 10+ million podcast listens since 2012. Investments, economics, psychology, politics, decision-making, human behavior, entrepreneurship and trend following are all passionately explored and debated on my show. To start? I’d like to give yo...
Ep. 64: The Pleasure Is To Play with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
October 03, 2012 00:03 - 38 minutes - 35.4 MBPlease enjoy my monologue The Pleasure Is To Play with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio. This episode may also include great outside guests from my archive. --- I’m MICHAEL COVEL, the host of TREND FOLLOWING RADIO, and I’m proud to have delivered 10+ million podcast listens since 2012. Investments, economics, psychology, politics, decision-making, human behavior, entrepreneurship and trend following are all passionately explored and debated on my show. To start? I’d like to give ...
Ep. 63: Darren Kottle Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
September 27, 2012 23:21 - 58 minutes - 53.9 MBMy guest today is Darren Kottle, the Chief Investment Officer of Caddo Capital Management LLC, and sub-advisor to an alternative/hedged strategy at Catalyst Funds. The topic is hedge fund. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: Kottle's early experiences in the market, starting off in a discount stock brokerage His experiences working with a Nobel laureate Kenneth Arrow at Stanford The sources of trend following profit George Soros' concept of reflexivity The impor...
Ep. 62: It Takes Two with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
September 27, 2012 23:15 - 17 minutes - 16.4 MBPlease enjoy my monologue It Takes Two with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio. This episode may also include great outside guests from my archive. --- I’m MICHAEL COVEL, the host of TREND FOLLOWING RADIO, and I’m proud to have delivered 10+ million podcast listens since 2012. Investments, economics, psychology, politics, decision-making, human behavior, entrepreneurship and trend following are all passionately explored and debated on my show. To start? I’d like to give you a great...
Ep. 61: Your First Loss Is Your Best Loss with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
September 26, 2012 00:00 - 37 minutes - 34.1 MBPlease enjoy my monologue Your First Loss Is Your Best Loss with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio. This episode may also include great outside guests from my archive. --- I’m MICHAEL COVEL, the host of TREND FOLLOWING RADIO, and I’m proud to have delivered 10+ million podcast listens since 2012. Investments, economics, psychology, politics, decision-making, human behavior, entrepreneurship and trend following are all passionately explored and debated on my show. To start? I’d lik...
Ep. 60: Persistence, Patton and Reincarnation with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
September 20, 2012 22:57 - 30 minutes - 28.1 MBPlease enjoy my monologue Persistence, Patton and Reincarnation with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio. This episode may also include great outside guests from my archive. --- I’m MICHAEL COVEL, the host of TREND FOLLOWING RADIO, and I’m proud to have delivered 10+ million podcast listens since 2012. Investments, economics, psychology, politics, decision-making, human behavior, entrepreneurship and trend following are all passionately explored and debated on my show. To start? I’d...
Ep. 59: Don't Let Them F*** You Around with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
September 18, 2012 23:38 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MBPlease enjoy my monologue Don't Let Them F*** You Around with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio. This episode may also include great outside guests from my archive. --- I’m MICHAEL COVEL, the host of TREND FOLLOWING RADIO, and I’m proud to have delivered 10+ million podcast listens since 2012. Investments, economics, psychology, politics, decision-making, human behavior, entrepreneurship and trend following are all passionately explored and debated on my show. To start? I’d like t...
Ep. 58: Dirt Off Your Shoulder with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
September 13, 2012 07:37 - 27 minutes - 25.2 MBPlease enjoy my monologue Dirt Off Your Shoulder with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio. This episode may also include great outside guests from my archive. --- I’m MICHAEL COVEL, the host of TREND FOLLOWING RADIO, and I’m proud to have delivered 10+ million podcast listens since 2012. Investments, economics, psychology, politics, decision-making, human behavior, entrepreneurship and trend following are all passionately explored and debated on my show. To start? I’d like to give y...
Ep. 57: Dr. Alexander Elder Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
September 12, 2012 22:39 - 53 minutes - 49.2 MBMy guest today is Dr. Alexander Elder, a trader, educator and author. Dr. Elder's unique and inspiring story starts with his dissatisfaction with the system in his home country of Estonia. At 23, while working as a ship's doctor, he jumped a Soviet Union ship in Africa and received political asylum in the United States; he also ended up on the KGB's wanted list. Dr. Elder worked as a psychiatrist in New York City and taught at Columbia University. The topic is his book Trading for a Living...
Ep. 56: Steve Brechtel Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
September 07, 2012 22:14 - 1 hour - 58 MBMy guest today is Steve Brechtel. Over the past 20 years Brechtel has worked as a trader for three of the top 100 hedge funds in the world: Trout Trading (now Tewksbury Capital) in Chicago and Bermuda, Crabel Capital in Milwaukee, and now Two Sigma in NYC (a $10 billion fund) -- all short-term systematic funds. The topic is trading. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: Brechtel's history, from his beginnings roughing it as a Pizza Hut manager while working an insurance j...
Ep. 55: The Human Marionette with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
September 07, 2012 00:25 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MBPlease enjoy my monologue The Human Marionette with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio. This episode may also include great outside guests from my archive. --- I’m MICHAEL COVEL, the host of TREND FOLLOWING RADIO, and I’m proud to have delivered 10+ million podcast listens since 2012. Investments, economics, psychology, politics, decision-making, human behavior, entrepreneurship and trend following are all passionately explored and debated on my show. To start? I’d like to give you...
Ep. 54: Steve Burns Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
September 05, 2012 01:37 - 59 minutes - 54.9 MBMy guest today is Steve Burns. Burns has been investing and trading in the stock market successfully for many years. He is the author of seventeen books about the stock market. He is one of this site's top reviewers for books about trading and investing having read and reviewed several hundred books. The topic is his book New Trader, Rich Trader: How to Make Money in the Stock Market. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: Tech bubble of the late 1990s Chapter titles in ...
Ep. 53: Catching The Frisbee with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
September 04, 2012 00:12 - 25 minutes - 24 MBPlease enjoy my monologue Catching The Frisbee with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio. This episode may also include great outside guests from my archive. --- I’m MICHAEL COVEL, the host of TREND FOLLOWING RADIO, and I’m proud to have delivered 10+ million podcast listens since 2012. Investments, economics, psychology, politics, decision-making, human behavior, entrepreneurship and trend following are all passionately explored and debated on my show. To start? I’d like to give you...
Ep. 52: Courtney Smith Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
August 31, 2012 00:25 - 1 hour - 56.8 MBMy guest today is Courtney Smith, a trader, author, money manager, educator, and speaker. Smith has been trading for forty-plus years. He's written seven books and is a frequent commentator on television. The topic is trading. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: Smith's start, and his experiences with trend trading and Richard Donchian's systems (and the experience of testing these systems on computers in the mid-70s) Today's climate for trading, and how it compares t...
Ep. 51: Charles Faulkner Interview #2 with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
August 29, 2012 00:09 - 1 hour - 58.2 MBMy guest today is Charles Faulkner, a trader, mentor and author who has been featured in Jack Schwager's "Market Wizards" series. Faulkner is an international expert on modeling the knowledge and performance of exceptional individuals, teams and organizations, and applying the latest research in cognitive neuroscience and linguistics. The topic is his book Higher Level Trading: The Five Stages to Trader and Investor Mastery. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: Faulkner'...
Ep. 51: Charles Faulkner Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
August 29, 2012 00:09 - 1 hour - 58.1 MBMy guest today is Charles Faulkner, a trader, mentor and author who has been featured in Jack Schwager's "Market Wizards" series. Faulkner is an international expert on modeling the knowledge and performance of exceptional individuals, teams and organizations, and applying the latest research in cognitive neuroscience and linguistics. The topic is his book Higher Level Trading: The Five Stages to Trader and Investor Mastery. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: Faulkner'...
Ep. 50: James Altucher Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
August 25, 2012 21:01 - 50 minutes - 46.1 MBMy guest today is James Altucher. From hedge fund manager, to author, to blogger to angel investor, Altucher has a wide and varied career bringing a very honest perspective to life, the cerebral side of the equation, health, and happiness. You can have all the systems in the world, but if you don't have the six inches between your ears figured out, it's all for nothing. The topics are yoga and trading. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: Transparency The connection be...
Ep. 49: David Cheval Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
August 22, 2012 22:25 - 41 minutes - 37.8 MBMy guest today is David Cheval. Cheval was an inside witness to Richard Dennis and Bill Eckhardt's famed Turtle experiment. Through the involvement of his former wife, famed original TurtleTrader Liz Cheval, David Cheval's history and background for the Turtle story comes from a unique vantage point. The topic is Turtle Trading. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: Events surrounding the Turtle experiment, including his own interesting part in alerting his former wife to...
Ep. 48: Michael Gibbons Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
August 21, 2012 22:11 - 57 minutes - 53.2 MBMy guest today is Michael Gibbons, a market timer (otherwise known as a trend following trader) who runs a firm called Gibbons Trading. Gibbons started as an economics major and quickly realized that much of what he was taught in academia didn't add up. He has been trading since 1971, and was one of the first to discover what is now known as stock index arbitrage. He was one of the first to use computerized trading and currently provides his proprietary research primarily to large traders an...
Ep. 47: Consistency In Your Thought Process with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
August 18, 2012 22:55 - 28 minutes - 26.7 MBPlease enjoy my monologue Consistency In Your Thought Process with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio. This episode may also include great outside guests from my archive. --- I’m MICHAEL COVEL, the host of TREND FOLLOWING RADIO, and I’m proud to have delivered 10+ million podcast listens since 2012. Investments, economics, psychology, politics, decision-making, human behavior, entrepreneurship and trend following are all passionately explored and debated on my show. To start? I’d l...
Ep. 46: Ralph Vince Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
August 16, 2012 22:39 - 58 minutes - 53.5 MBMy guest today is Ralph Vince. Vince is by profession a computer programmer writing analytical programs for funds, large traders and professional gamblers. He is the author of five books on investing in his field of expertise, portfolio management and portfolio/trade optimization. The topic is trading. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: Optimal bet sizes Whether Ed Thorp's work and the Kelly criteria had any effect on Vince's work The importance of knowing the opti...
Ep. 45: Howard Getson Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
August 14, 2012 23:42 - 1 hour - 61 MBMy guest today is Howard Getson, an entrepreneur and president & CEO of Capitalogix. Getson is an associate of Stendahl. Getson has a degree in psychology and philosophy from Duke University, an MBA and law degree from Northwestern, and has practiced corporate law. Getson is running a hedge fund today as well as a quant research shop, and he's in the business of systematically finding edges through all sorts of different approaches - not only trend following. Getson started his first busines...