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This week, Richard Brennan joins us to discuss whether there are any similarities between Trend Following and other investment approaches, the benefits of \\u2018forward-testing\\u2019 a system, the art of \\u2018hunting outliers\\u2019, what the optimum level of leverage could be, how much total portfolio \\u2018risk-to-stop\\u2019 to aim for, some thoughts on margin requirements, and which other strategy complements Trend Following the best. We also took a deep dive into backtesting, touching on topics such as: how much we can safely derive from a backtest, why a backtest with a smooth equity curve should raise alarm bells, a good checklist to use when creating a backtest, and whether some level of curve-fitting may actually be required for a good backtest.
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Episode TimeStamps:
00:00 \\u2013 Intro
03:25 \\u2013 A massive thank you to listeners of the show for leaving your 5-star reviews on iTunes
03:47 \\u2013 Macro recap from Niels
05:57 \\u2013 Weekly review of performance
10:59 \\u2013 Trend Followers as hunters of outliers
13:34 \\u2013 Q1; Louis: Do...'