134 Systematic Investor Series ft Jerry Parker – April 4th, 2021

Jerry Parker is on the show with us today to discuss why short positions are beneficial to a profitable trading strategy, the importance of not over-tweaking an already good system, the case for Trend Following as the dominant strategy in an investment portfolio, the amount of volatility that can be regarded as too risky, and Jerry calls out Niels for a future debate regarding the possible uses of multi-timeframe analysis. If you would like to leave us a voicemail to play on the show, you can do so here. Check out our Global Macro series here. Learn more about the Trend Barometer here. IT's TRUE 👀 - most CIO's read 50+ books each year - get your copy of the Ultimate Guide to the Best Investment Books ever written here. And you can get a free copy of my latest book "The Many Flavors of Trend Following" here. Send your questions to [email protected] Follow Niels & Jerry on Twitter: @TopTradersLive  & @RJParkerJr09 And please share this episode with a like-minded friend and leave an honest rating & review on iTunes so more people can discover the podcast. Top Traders Unplugged wins award for ‘Best Trading Podcast’ and features among the ‘Top 20 Best Investing Podcasts in 2020’ by The Investors Podcast 🏆 Episode Summary 0:00 - Intro 1:46 - Macro recap from Niels 4:34 - Weekly review of returns 46:37 - Q1; Marcus: What is Jerry’s approach to shorting stocks? 49:50 - Q2 & Q3; Nathaniel: Do you have any suggestions for reliable ‘predictors of return’?  Do you recommend trading futures that are in backwardation? 57:16 - Q4; Nick:  Are there advantages to trading markets that are unusually volatile? 1:00:07 - Performance recap 1:01:00 - Recommended listening or reading this week: Michael Covel's interview with Donald Wieczorek, Roy Niederhoffer on the RCM Derivatives Podcast & be sure to join us on Clubhouse! Subscribe on: