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Richard Brennan joins us today to discuss the current global risk factors that could cause a large liquidity event, what the term \u2018outlier\u2019 really means from a Trend Follower\u2019s perspective, the role of currencies in a Trend Following portfolio, the point at which diversification can end up diluting returns, whether different asset classes should be traded on different timeframes, some thoughts on pyramiding, and defining \u2018non-linearity\u2019 when discussing Trend Following models.

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In this episode, we discuss:

• The increasing global risks that could cause large market selloffs
• How a Trend Following trader thinks about 'outliers'
• The role of currency pairs in a Trend Following system
• Diversification versus 'Di-worse-ification'
• Whether to use different timeframes for different asset classes
• Thoughts on 'pyramiding' in and out of positions
• Rich's explanation of the term 'non-linearity squared'

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Episode TimeStamps:

00:00 \u2013 Intro

02:09 \u2013 A huge thank you to listeners of the show for leaving your 5-star reviews on iTunes

02:31 \u2013 Macro recap from Niels

11:17 \u2013 Weekly review of performance

17:10  \u2013 Q1; Adam: At what point does diversification become dilution?

22:32  \u2013 Q2; Mathew: Have there ever been any years where currencies were your top performers?

32:09 \u2013 What the term \u2018outlier\u2019 really means from a Trend Follower\u2019s