Guest:

Jerry Parker

CEO Chesapeake Capital

Record Date: 1/23/17

Dear Traders,

Today I spoke with one of the most successful Turtle traders who began his career by calling a wall street journal ad in 1983.  From that ad he went on to meet & learn how to trade from two trading icons, Richard Dennis & Bill Eckhardt.  His name is Jerry Parker, the CEO of Chesapeake Capital.

Jerry and I had a great discussion about Trend Following and dealing with the ebb’s and flows of learning how to trade.  Jerry tells us how trend following should be a part of your portfolio.  We discussed managed futures, and why we both believe that those who give them a bad rap are wrong.  We chatted about discretionary vs. systematic trading styles & why system trading is winning.  (more…)