SI79: A historical volatile week put into perspective ft. Robert Carver

Published: March 15, 2020, 6:53 a.m.

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We\\u2019re joined on the show today by special guest Robert Carver, to discuss another historically volatile week in the markets, the differences between today\\u2019s bear market and 2008, how Robert defines portfolio diversification, how many markets a profitable Trend Following system should trade, the different types of strategies that Robert currently uses, the amount of truly uncorrelated assets available, and volatility scaling as a part of risk management.  Questions answered this week include: What causes you to modify your system over time, and how do you go about this?  What have you learnt from trading through previous crisis periods?  What are your thoughts on AI technology?

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Episode TimeStamps:

00:00 \\u2013 Intro

01:09 \\u2013 Macro recap from Niels

04:03 \\u2013 Weekly review of performance

08:09 \\u2013 Niels: How have you dealt with the recent volatility?

19:44 \\u2013 Niels: What does diversification mean to you?

28:35 \\u2013 Niels: How many markets can be considered too many for a diversified Trend Following system to trade?

41:10 \\u2013 Moritz: What type of different strategies do you currently trade?

46:27 \\u2013 Niels: What has helped you to do well during recently, especially during the recent market turmoil?

51:17 \\u2013 Niels: Why have you chosen to trade different markets differently, rather than treating all markets the same?

01:03:18 \\u2013 Seth; Question 1: How do you incorporate correlations into building a Trend Following...'