In this episode, we discuss the recent article from AQR Capital's Cliff Asness on the difficulty of sticking to a strategy through volatile periods, why we may never know if a particular system is broken, the differences between different Trading timeframes, and we give an update on the upcoming live event in New York in October.  We also answer some questions such as:  Is there a ‘Holy Grail’ of Stop Losses?  What is a good way to backtest a Trading system?  Is there a point where too much Diversification begins to negatively affect the return profile in a portfolio?  What are the possible causes that would move a person to Trade a longer timeframe?

(**Please note that there was a technical issue with Jerry’s audio this week, and therefore he is only on the show for the first 20 minutes)

You can download your free guide to Systematic Investing, and subscribe to our mailing list by visiting TopTradersUnplugged.com

Get a free copy of my latest book "The Many Flavors of Trend Following" here.

Send your questions to [email protected]

Follow Niels, Jerry & Moritz on Twitter:

@TopTradersLive, @RJparkerjr09 and @MoritzSeibert

And please share this episode with a like-minded friend and leave an honest rating & review on iTunes so more people can discover the podcast.

Episode Summary

0:00 - Intro/Macro recap from Niels

2:45 - Weekly review of returns

11:30 - Top tweets

AQR Paper Reference: Quant Cassandra

20:30 - Question 1: James; Where can one find more information on stop losses/risk mgmt?

Basso Research: How This Random Entry Method Beat The Market

Book 1: Van Tharp’s Definitive Guide to Position Sizing Strategies

Book 2: Van Tharp’s Trade Your Way to Financial Freedom

28:00 - Question 2: Brian; What software do you recommend for backtesting?

31:50 - Question 3: Paul; Discussion of the multiple facets of diversification

38:00 - Question 4: James; Can there be too much diversification?

Article Reference: Wes Gray- Trend Following A Decade of Underperformance & The Epitome of No Pain, No Gain

51:15 - Question 5: Sam; What made Jerry decide to shift to longer-term trading?

55:20 - Performance recap

56:30 - Live event update 10/26/19-10/27/19

Subscribe on: