RT08: Two Turtles & their Mentor ft. Richard Dennis, Brian Proctor & Jerry Parker 2of2

Published: May 9, 2017, 5:02 a.m.

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On this episode my guests are Richard Dennis, creator of the Turtle program, Brian Proctor, managing director of EMC Capital Advices, and Jerry Parker, founder and president of Chesapeake Capital, for a rare conversation about the inner workings of the Turtle program, told for the first time by Richard himself.

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In This Episode, You\\u2019ll Learn:

  • The good and bad of targeting volatility
  • How Jerry and Brian used the rules they learned through the Turtle experience
  • Why the Turtle program was just \\u201canother piece of risk\\u201d Rich took on his book
  • Jerry\\u2019s experience during and after the program
  • Brian\\u2019s two biggest takeaways from the Turtle program
  • If proper trading can be a real business?
  • What Rich would do differently in 2017
  • The state of trend following today
  • If being a good trader is enough to run a successful business?
  • About other passions of the Turtles outside of trend following and trading
  • Rich\\u2019s secret \\u201ccareer\\u201d in baseball
  • If Rich has found any counter-trend strategies that work
  • Jerry\\u2019s views on changing and adapting too much
  • What academia thought of trend following 40 years ago

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