We have a special end-of-year episode for you today, featuring all of us together for the first time, to discuss why we are so passionate about Trend Following, the case for being a Trend Following purist, how to stay perfectly diversified, the art & perils of hunting outliers, the outlook for Trend Following performance, when and how to manually override a trading system, how to stay prepared for unexpected volatility events, and how to know if adjustments to a trading system are going to result in improved performance.

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In this episode, we discuss:

Some of the reasons for being a systematic investor
The case for Trend Following as the only strategy in your portfolio
Tips for effective diversification
Why you should be Hunting Outliers
How Trend Following performance might look like in the future
If and when you should override your trading rules
Staying ready for unexpected shocks in the markets
Gauging the effectiveness of adjustments to a system

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Episode TimeStamps:

00:00 - Intro

02:42 - ‘Has classical Trend Following returned to peak performance’?

05:16 - How do you see the longer-term performance of Trend Following heading?

08:02 - Why not Trend Following as the main, or perhaps only, component of a portfolio?

28:01 - When should you manually override your trading system?

46:56 - How to setup a system to deal with unexpected volatility

01:03:49 - How to know if your research changes are actually improvements

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