Today we welcome back Jerry Parker and Moritz Seibert onto the show to discuss the possible long-term breakout of commodity prices, trading Tesla around its inclusion into the S&P 500 index, carrying out non-system trades, Bitcoin reaching new all-time highs, the importance of staying in some of these long-awaited trends, relying on your backtest regardless of the circumstances, why long-only buy & hold funds might not deserve many plaudits this year, the perfect time to make adjustments to your system, and why it can be a good idea to avoid being too skeptical in the markets.

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Episode TimeStamps:

00:00 – Intro

01:28 – Macro recap from Niels

04:13 – Weekly review of performance

12:34 – What is risk management?

57:50 – Q1; Michael: When you trade foreign instruments, do you trade them in their native currencies?

01:00:54 – Q2; Jim: Does the need for diversification outweigh the benefits of concentrated gains?

01:14:37 – Benchmark performance update

01:08:45 – Recommended listening or reading this week: Hidden Forces podcast, Kyle Bass on the Macro Voices Podcast & Jack Schwager on the Systematic Investor Podcast

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