Top Traders Unplugged

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March 02, 2015TTU75: Competing in the Short Term Space ft. Barnaby Cardwell of Cardwell Investment Technologies – 1of2
Our next guest is a fund manager in the short-term space, and thus is distinct from many of the guests on this podcast. He discusses how he got into the financial markets from a young age, and why he decided to trade in the short term space in order to separate himself from the competition. Listen in for details into his program and how he started his hedge fund.
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50 YEARS OF TREND FOLLOWING BOOK AND BEHIND-THE-SCENES VIDEO FOR ACCREDITED INVESTORS - CLICK HERE
In This Episode, You’ll Learn:
How Barnaby grew up and what got him interested in the financial markets.
Why he left being a broker and went in to a more systematic approach.
How he met his future business partner.
How they started his fund in late 2008.
What it was about the Market Wizards books that captured his imagination.
What he does to compete outside of trading.
His first mentor and what he taught Barnaby.
Why he decided to go short term.
How automation has changed his industry.
How he gets through the hard times in the market.
An overview of the program that his company runs.
How he set up his company and attracted investors.
The challenges that let to auto-execution of trades.
How he builds a strong culture in an organization.
How he wants people to look at his track record.
Why he uses time-based stops.
The details of the short term models he uses.
How he creates a strategy.

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Resources & Links Mentioned in this Episode:
Learn more about Market Wizards and Jack Schwager.
Check out information on Toby Crabel and his book.
Follow Niels on Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube or via the TTU website.
IT’s TRUE ? – most CIO’s read 50+ books each year – get your FREE copy of the Ultimate Guide to the Best Investment Books ever written here.
And you can get a free copy of my latest book “Ten Reasons to Add Trend Following to Your Portfolio” here.
Learn more about the Trend Barometer here.
Send your questions to [email protected]
And please share this episode with a like-minded friend and leave an honest Rating & Review on iTunes or Spotify so more people can discover the podcast.
Follow Barnaby Cardwell on Linkedin.
Copyright © 2025 – CMC AG – All Rights Reserved
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PLUS: Whenever you're ready... here are 3 ways I can help you in your investment Journey:
1. eBooks that cover key topics that you need to know about
In my eBooks, I put together some key discoveries and things I have learnt during the more than 3 decades I have worked in the Trend Following industry, which I hope you will find useful. Click Here
2. Daily Trend Barometer and Market Score
One of the things I’m really proud of, is the fact that I have managed to published the Trend Barometer and Market Score each day for more than a decade...as these tools are really good at describing the environment for trend following managers as well as giving insights into the general positioning of a trend following strategy! Click Here
3. Other Resources that can help you
And if you are hungry for more useful resources from the trend following world...check out some precious resources that I have found over the years to be really valuable. Click Here
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58 min
February 26, 2015 74 2015 Predictions for Currencies, Gold, Oil and More with Mahendra Sharma of Financial Astrology – 2of2
“When disappointment rises drastically and excitement rises drastically, that’s what we call a volatile time.” – Mahendra Sharma (Tweet) In this second episode with Mahendra, he dives into his predictions for 2015 and the next few years, detailing his thoughts on markets from currencies, gold and silver to oil and real estate markets. He discusses…
1 hr 8 min
February 26, 2015TTU74: 2015 Predictions for Currencies, Gold, Oil and More ft. Mahendra Sharma of Financial Astrology – 2of2
In this second episode with Mahendra, he dives into his predictions for 2015 and the next few years, detailing his thoughts on markets from currencies, gold and silver to oil and real estate markets. He discusses how he sees key geo-political events resolving or worsening in the years to come. You may gain advice and insight that will change how you trade and what you trade in the financial markets!
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50 YEARS OF TREND FOLLOWING BOOK AND BEHIND-THE-SCENES VIDEO FOR ACCREDITED INVESTORS - CLICK HERE
In This Episode, You’ll Learn:
The drastic rise in volatility Mahendra is expecting for this year and next.
What he thinks about where Oil is going to go.
What happens when his predictions come true very quickly.
His predictions and success with the gold market and the 52-year era for gold.
What he thinks about Copper and Silver.
What he sees for the major currencies going forward.
How Mahendra sees the future of the European Union and their currency.
What he predicts that does not pertain to the financial markets.
Why he stopped predicting events that were not in the financial market.
What he thinks about the real estate markets for the coming years.
The problems he sees coming from 2017 onwards.
What he predicts for the banking stocks in 2015.
How nature influences humans.

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Follow Niels on Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube or via the TTU website.
IT’s TRUE ? – most CIO’s read 50+ books each year – get your FREE copy of the Ultimate Guide to the Best Investment Books ever written here.
And you can get a free copy of my latest book “Ten Reasons to Add Trend Following to Your Portfolio” here.
Learn more about the Trend Barometer here.
Send your questions to [email protected]
And please share this episode with a like-minded friend and leave an honest Rating & Review on iTunes or Spotify so more people can discover the podcast.
Follow Mahendra Sharma on Linkedin.
Copyright © 2025 – CMC AG – All Rights Reserved
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PLUS: Whenever you're ready... here are 3 ways I can help you in your investment Journey:
1. eBooks that cover key topics that you need to know about
In my eBooks, I put together some key discoveries and things I have learnt during the more than 3 decades I have worked in the Trend Following industry, which I hope you will find useful. Click Here
2. Daily Trend Barometer and Market Score
One of the things I’m really proud of, is the fact that I have managed to published the Trend Barometer and Market Score each day for more than a decade...as these tools are really good at describing the environment for trend following managers as well as giving insights into the general positioning of a trend following strategy! Click Here
3. Other Resources that can help you
And if you are hungry for more useful resources from the trend following world...check out some precious resources that I have found over the years to be really valuable. Click Here
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Disclaimer
1 hr 8 min
February 21, 2015 73 He sees Facebook stock collapse to $1 with Mahendra Sharma of Financial Astrology – 1of2
"The financial markets are all connected with cycles of time and history." - Mahendra Sharma (Tweet)
Welcome to an episode of Top Trader's Unplugged unlike any other. We take a break from interviews with hedge fund managers and invite you into the fascinating world of financial astrology. Mahendra Sharma dedicates his astrology and predictions work exclusively on the financial markets, and has had an astonishing accuracy of predicting market events. Learn about his story, including his upbringing without electricity in his home, on this episode.

Thanks for listening and please welcome Mahendra Sharma.

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In This Episode, You'll Learn:

Why Mahendra is completely different than any of the other guests that have been on the podcast.
How he got into predicting the financial markets.
"Oh wow - I want to learn how to see the future." - Mahendra Sharma (Tweet)

The story of his astrologer grandfather who lost his eyesight.
How he came out with his first predictions at the age of 20.
How he made a fortune in technology stocks based on his own predictions.
"I saw the tech bubble, before the tech bubble started." - Mahendra Sharma (Tweet)

The way he wrote his first book that came out in South Africa.
How he grew up in a home without electricity.
"Each person on this planet has a unique quality in their life." - Mahendra Sharma (Tweet)

Why he looks at planetary movement, and human behavior patterns.
When he thinks Facebook is going to be worth nothing.
"Traders and investors are experiencing very volatile times." - Mahendra Sharma (Tweet)

Why he predicts that the DOW will go to 32,000.
Why he believe in a 30 year cycle.
"I see inflation coming back in 2016 and 2017." - Mahendra Sharma (Tweet)

What he predicts for interest rates in the next few years.

Resources & Links Mentioned in this Episode:

Learn more about Mahendra here.

This episode was sponsored by Mahendra Sharma's Financial Predictions:

Connect with Financial Astrology:
Visit the Website: Mahendra Prophecy

Call Financial Astrology: +1 805 - 403 - 4781

E-Mail Financial Astrology: [email protected]

Follow Mahendra Sharma on Linkedin
"I think interest rates are going to see a very amazing trend in 2015 and 2016." - Mahendra Sharma (Tweet)
1 hr 13 min
February 21, 2015TTU73: He sees Dow Jones going to 32,000 ft. Mahendra Sharma of Financial Astrology – 1of2
Welcome to an episode of Top Trader’s Unplugged unlike any other. We take a break from interviews with hedge fund managers and invite you into the fascinating world of financial astrology. Mahendra Sharma dedicates his astrology and predictions work exclusively on the financial markets, and has had an astonishing accuracy of predicting market events. Learn about his story, including his upbringing without electricity in his home, on this episode.
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50 YEARS OF TREND FOLLOWING BOOK AND BEHIND-THE-SCENES VIDEO FOR ACCREDITED INVESTORS - CLICK HERE
In This Episode, You’ll Learn:
Why Mahendra is completely different than any of the other guests that have been on the podcast.
How he got into predicting the financial markets.
The story of his astrologer grandfather who lost his eyesight.
How he came out with his first predictions at the age of 20.
How he made a fortune in technology stocks based on his own predictions.
The way he wrote his first book that came out in South Africa.
How he grew up in a home without electricity.
Why he looks at planetary movement, and human behavior patterns.
Why he predicts that the DOW will go to 32,000.
Why he believe in a 30 year cycle.
What he predicts for interest rates in the next few years.

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Follow Niels on Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube or via the TTU website.
IT’s TRUE ? – most CIO’s read 50+ books each year – get your FREE copy of the Ultimate Guide to the Best Investment Books ever written here.
And you can get a free copy of my latest book “Ten Reasons to Add Trend Following to Your Portfolio” here.
Learn more about the Trend Barometer here.
Send your questions to [email protected]
And please share this episode with a like-minded friend and leave an honest Rating & Review on iTunes or Spotify so more people can discover the podcast.
Follow Mahendra Sharma on Linkedin.
Copyright © 2025 – CMC AG – All Rights Reserved
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PLUS: Whenever you're ready... here are 3 ways I can help you in your investment Journey:
1. eBooks that cover key topics that you need to know about
In my eBooks, I put together some key discoveries and things I have learnt during the more than 3 decades I have worked in the Trend Following industry, which I hope you will find useful. Click Here
2. Daily Trend Barometer and Market Score
One of the things I’m really proud of, is the fact that I have managed to published the Trend Barometer and Market Score each day for more than a decade...as these tools are really good at describing the environment for trend following managers as well as giving insights into the general positioning of a trend following strategy! Click Here
3. Other Resources that can help you
And if you are hungry for more useful resources from the trend following world...check out some precious resources that I have found over the years to be really valuable. Click Here
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Disclaimer
1 hr 13 min
February 12, 2015 72 He Adds Value to His System with Mike Shell of Shell Capital Management – 2of2
“Our asymmetry managed account was made for a very specific type of person. Most of them have the entirety of their portfolio with our firm.” – Mike Shell (Tweet) In the second part of our talk with Mike Shell, we delve into the specifics of his program and why most of his clients have 100%…
1 hr 12 min
February 12, 2015TTU72: Adding Value to Your System ft. Mike Shell of Shell Capital Management – 2of2
In the second part of our talk with Mike Shell, we delve into the specifics of his program and why most of his clients have 100% of their investments with his firm. He discusses backtesting, risk management, and the differences between purely systematic systems and systems with a discretionary element. Listen in for an inside look at this fascinating firm.
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50 YEARS OF TREND FOLLOWING BOOK AND BEHIND-THE-SCENES VIDEO FOR ACCREDITED INVESTORS - CLICK HERE
In This Episode, You’ll Learn:
How people should look at Mike’s 10 year track record and how his models have evolved over that time.
How much of the strategy is machine run and how much is human run.
What he does when he backtest a system.
How he started out as a chartist in the 1990s.
What is it that he can’t systematize.
The difference between a trader that is purely systematic and one that has a discretionary element, however small.
How his investors use his program.
What his approach to risk management is and how it plays out with his program.
Why he doesn’t take on much short exposure.
What’s the biggest challenge with his business right now.
How to expand the customer base to investment advisors.
What books Mike would recommend.
What he’d do differently if he had to start all over today.

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Resources & Links Mentioned in this Episode
Technical Analysis of the Financial Markets by John Murphy
Market Wizards by Jack Schwager
Trend Following by Michael Covel

Follow Niels on Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube or via the TTU website.
IT’s TRUE ? – most CIO’s read 50+ books each year – get your FREE copy of the Ultimate Guide to the Best Investment Books ever written here.
And you can get a free copy of my latest book “Ten Reasons to Add Trend Following to Your Portfolio” here.
Learn more about the Trend Barometer here.
Send your questions to [email protected]
And please share this episode with a like-minded friend and leave an honest Rating & Review on iTunes or Spotify so more people can discover the podcast.
Follow Mike Shell on Linkedin.
Copyright © 2025 – CMC AG – All Rights Reserved
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PLUS: Whenever you're ready... here are 3 ways I can help you in your investment Journey:
1. eBooks that cover key topics that you need to know about
In my eBooks, I put together some key discoveries and things I have learnt during the more than 3 decades I have worked in the Trend Following industry, which I hope you will find useful. Click Here
2. Daily Trend Barometer and Market Score
One of the things I’m really proud of, is the fact that I have managed to published the Trend Barometer and Market Score each day for more than a decade...as these tools are really good at describing the environment for trend following managers as well as giving insights into the general positioning of a trend following strategy! Click Here
3. Other Resources that can help you
And if you are hungry for more useful resources from the trend following world...check out some precious resources that I have found over the years to be really valuable. Click Here
Privacy Policy
Disclaimer
1 hr 12 min
February 09, 2015 71 Why You Don’t Want Symmetry in Investing with Mike Shell of Shell Capital Management – 1of2
"It’s not about trying to make all the trades a winner - it's about having the average win be much greater than the average loss - and that is asymmetry." - Mike Shell (Tweet)
Most trend following firms have clients that invest somewhere between 2 and 20% of their portfolio with that firm, but Mike Shell's firm is different. His strategy is tailored to a specific customer, and almost all of his clients have their entire investment portfolios with his firm. We dive into the specifics of Shell Capital Management in this episode, and how Mike grew up in the southern United States with a military background to become the owner of his own firm.

Thanks for listening and please welcome our guest Mike Shell.

Subscribe on:

In This Episode, You'll Learn:

The ways that Mike’s firm is different from other firms.
His upbringing in Tennessee.
How he started Shell Capital in 2004.
The books that influenced him in his trend following education.
What his experience was in the brokerage world.
"You have to start somewhere - even some of the greatest traders in the world started the same way." - Mike Shell (Tweet)

Why he left the brokerage world and what gave him the courage to become an entrepreneur.
His experience in the military and law enforcement.
What he does when he’s not trading.
"I create systems for everything - everything we do is some sort of system. That’s my passion." - Mike Shell (Tweet)

Why symmetry is the last thing he wants when it comes to investing.
How his asymmetry term came about.
Why he relishes uncertainty.
"Change and uncertainty, the thing that a lot of people fear, is actually what leads to happiness." - Mike Shell (Tweet)

How he structures his firm to compete in his industry.
How the firm plans to grow and what they outsource.
"We are completely and utterly focused on this one thing that we do." - Mike Shell (Tweet)

The way that people should interpret his track record.

Resources & Links Mentioned in this Episode:
"I read 'How to Make Money In Stocks' in the early 90s and that got me interested in trading." - Mike Shell (Tweet)
Books that Mike was influenced by:

How to Make Money in Stocks
Market Wizards

This episode was sponsored by Swiss Financial Services:

Connect with Shell Capital Management:
Visit the Website: www.asymmetrymanagedaccounts.com

E-Mail Shell Capital Management here.

Follow Mike Shell on Linkedin
"An algorithm is a big scary word to people, but it’s just a decision tree." - Mike Shell (Tweet)
1 hr 11 min
February 09, 2015TTU71: Why You Don’t Want Symmetry in Investing ft. Mike Shell of Shell Capital Management – 1of2
Most trend following firms have clients that invest somewhere between 2 and 20% of their portfolio with that firm, but Mike Shell’s firm is different. His strategy is tailored to a specific customer, and almost all of his clients have their entire investment portfolios with his firm. We dive into the specifics of Shell Capital Management in this episode, and how Mike grew up in the southern United States with a military background to become the owner of his own firm.
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50 YEARS OF TREND FOLLOWING BOOK AND BEHIND-THE-SCENES VIDEO FOR ACCREDITED INVESTORS - CLICK HERE
In This Episode, You’ll Learn:
The ways that Mike’s firm is different from other firms.
His upbringing in Tennessee.
How he started Shell Capital in 2004.
The books that influenced him in his trend following education.
What his experience was in the brokerage world.
Why he left the brokerage world and what gave him the courage to become an entrepreneur.
His experience in the military and law enforcement.
What he does when he’s not trading.
Why symmetry is the last thing he wants when it comes to investing.
How his asymmetry term came about.
Why he relishes uncertainty.
How he structures his firm to compete in his industry.
How the firm plans to grow and what they outsource.
The way that people should interpret his track record.

-----

Resources & Links Mentioned in this Episode:
How to Make Money in Stocks
Market Wizards

Follow Niels on Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube or via the TTU website.
IT’s TRUE ? – most CIO’s read 50+ books each year – get your FREE copy of the Ultimate Guide to the Best Investment Books ever written here.
And you can get a free copy of my latest book “Ten Reasons to Add Trend Following to Your Portfolio” here.
Learn more about the Trend Barometer here.
Send your questions to [email protected]
And please share this episode with a like-minded friend and leave an honest Rating & Review on iTunes or Spotify so more people can discover the podcast.
Follow Mike Shell on Linkedin.
Copyright © 2025 – CMC AG – All Rights Reserved
----
PLUS: Whenever you're ready... here are 3 ways I can help you in your investment Journey:
1. eBooks that cover key topics that you need to know about
In my eBooks, I put together some key discoveries and things I have learnt during the more than 3 decades I have worked in the Trend Following industry, which I hope you will find useful. Click Here
2. Daily Trend Barometer and Market Score
One of the things I’m really proud of, is the fact that I have managed to published the Trend Barometer and Market Score each day for more than a decade...as these tools are really good at describing the environment for trend following managers as well as giving insights into the general positioning of a trend following strategy! Click Here
3. Other Resources that can help you
And if you are hungry for more useful resources from the trend following world...check out some precious resources that I have found over the years to be really valuable. Click Here
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Disclaimer
1 hr 11 min
February 06, 2015 70 Intervention in The Markets: The Effect on Trend Following with Marc Malek of Conquest Capital Group
"Investors confuse trend following strategies with long volatility strategies, which is really not the case." - Marc Malek (Tweet)
In this year-end review, Marc Malek explains why intervention in the markets affects trend following, but also why trend following strategies are not long volatility strategies. He discusses 2014 from the point of view of his firm, how his program did, and why he is excited about 2015.

Thanks for listening and please welcome back Marc Malek.

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In This Episode, You'll Learn:

* How 2014 treated Conquest Capital.
* How volatility shows itself in a market like oil.
* What strategies performed well and what markets contributed to their success.
* How he prepares himself for extreme volatility and how he dealt with the Swiss Franc move.
* What intervention does to the markets.
"Correlation amongst asset classes are very different in risk seeking periods than they are in risk averse periods." - Marc Malek (Tweet)

* How his firm would plan for our react to a big market change such as the break up of the Euro overnight.
* Why people use correlation in the wrong way.

Resources & Links Mentioned in this Episode:
Listen to 2 hour-long episodes with Marc Malek on this podcast here and here.
This episode was sponsored by Swiss Financial Services:

Connect with Conquest Capital Group:
Visit the Website: www.ConquestCG.com

Call Conquest Capital Group: +01 212.759.8777

E-Mail Conquest Capital Group: [email protected]

Follow Marc Malek on Linkedin
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