SI100: How to filter your trades and staying unemotional ft. Jerry Parker

Published: Aug. 9, 2020, 10:35 p.m.

In this special anniversary edition of the Systematic Investor podcast, Jerry Parker joins us on the show to discuss why removing as many filters as possible may be beneficial to your trading system, why we could actually be living in the most \u2018certain\u2019 times in history, the importance of laser-like focus and unemotional trading during the best & worst periods, Jerry\u2019s incredible story of despair to eventual victory as a Trading Turtle under Richard Dennis, the fallacy of aiming for the \u2018perfect\u2019 system, Cliff Asness\u2019s quotes on Corey Hoffstein\u2019s Flirting With Models podcast, the deep history of Trend Following, and a lot more!\nThanks to Seth for submitting your voicemail to the show. If any listeners would like to leave a message, you can do so here.\nLearn more about the Trend Barometer here.\nIT's TRUE \U0001f440 - most CIO's read 50+ books each year - get your copy of the Ultimate Guide to the Best Investment Books ever written here.\nAnd you can get a free copy of my latest book "The Many Flavors of Trend Following" here.\nSend your questions to info@toptradersunplugged.com\nFollow Niels, Moritz, & Jerry on Twitter:\n@TopTradersLive, @MoritzSeibert, & @RJParkerjr09\nAnd please share this episode with a like-minded friend and leave an honest rating & review on iTunes so more people can discover the podcast.\n\t\n\t\nEpisode Summary\n \n0:00 - Introduction\n3:13 - Macro recap from Niels\n8:16 - Weekly review of returns\n13:54 - The benefits of keeping it simple\n17:20 - Why you should take every trade & follow your rules\n26:16 - Jerry\u2019s incredible story from his journey with Richard Dennis\u2019s \u2018Trading Turtles\u2019\n27:30 - Some more thoughts on Volatility Targeting\n48:19 - The best performing sectors historically among Trend Followers\n50:24 - The deep history of Trend Following investors\n51:31 - Cliff Asness quotes from the Flirting With Models podcast\n1:00:41 - Performance recap\n1:31:00 - Some personal highlights, on our 100th episode\n\tSubscribe on: