136 Systematic Investor Series ft Jerry Parker – April 18th, 2021

Jerry Parker returns to the show today to discuss the how investments can often turn into religions, the recent Coinbase IPO, using historical volatility for position sizing, comparing long-term trend following to Buy & Hold, ‘trend strength’ signals, how much of a portfolio should be allocated to Trend Following strategies, mean-reversion systems versus Trend Following systems, and thoughts on finding or adding to new positions. 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 1:36 - Macro recap from Niels 4:37 - Weekly review of returns 9:37 - A question for Jerry, from Mark: If Trend Following philosophy assumes the future is unknown, why is normal to use historical price data? 24:44 - ‘Trend Strength’ signals, what they are, and if you should use them 26:52 - Whether Trend Followers do actually make market predictions 35:49 - A question for Jerry from Jim: What are your thoughts on combining a Trend Following system with a mean-reversion system? 40:27 - Meb Faber’s recent poll on how much should be allocated to Trend Following 48:31 - Q1; Danny: How do you find new positions to trade? 53:09 - Q2; Mathew: How do you define a longer-term timeframe? 1:00:44 - Performance recap 1:01:50 - Jerry asks Niels to discuss the Top Traders Unplugged Trend Barometer   Subscribe on: