Trend Following Conversion
One of the most common questions I get asked is, “Will trend following work for me?” Potential clients want to know if trend following will work in their country, in their market, if they have enough...
View ArticlePodcast Praise from Canada
Awesome feedback: Michael, Great podcast. Thanks very much for all your hard work. Once I found your podcast, I immediately went back over older episodes and ordered Trend Commandments. Finally there...
View ArticleWhere Are You Placing Your Bet?
Some love risk. Others avoid it till the grave. Whether you take it head on or run in the other direction it will always catch you. Risk cannot be avoided so you better know how to put the odds in…Read...
View ArticleDon’t Focus on Account Size, Focus on Learning and Process
Feedback in: Merry Christmas, I have been listening to your podcast for a few weeks now. Great education and great guests. Listen, I am a 18 yo kid (on his way to becoming a man) from Montreal. I have...
View ArticleSpeculation: The Root of All Evil?
Is speculation the root of all evil? Consider this excerpt from my third book, Trend Commandments: The film director Oliver Stone believes that speculation is evil. That’s interesting. He has written...
View ArticlePick the Fund Manager Unique for You
Feedback in: Hello Michael, I hope I find you well. I was very pleased to see you posted my inquiry on your blog, I hope it might be of some use to other students. My purpose in this mail is…Read more ›
View ArticleThe Hunger Games of Hedge Funds?
Feedback in: Dear Mr. Covel, I’m not sure if you remember me from a while back I wrote you about speaking at Depaul. I wanted to write you for 2 reasons. 1 reason was to thank you for your books,…Read...
View ArticleGames People Play: Trend Following A Wise One
Always make sure you are a player in the game whether it be sports, business, or just life. Never let yourself be the one being played. Below is a chapter taken from Trend Commandments: You can make...
View ArticleTrend Following, Momentum, Systematic Quant? Avoid the Mental Masturbation of...
Article seen by Francois Sicart titled “Don’t Get Sidetracked by Momentum Chasing”: In an early philosophy course, to introduce the concept (and danger) of extrapolation, our professor used the example...
View ArticleHit The !@#$ Home Run!
Some companies, and individuals, stress [focus on] the short-term performance of trend followers. They look at one month’s performance, see a down month, and panic. They have complete ignorance of the...
View ArticleApproach the Market in a New Way
Feedback in: I want to thank you for writing your books. They got me to approach the market in a new way. I have dived head long into algo/quant trading through trend trading. As long as you trust the...
View ArticleWhen Will Your “A-ha” Moment Be?
Feedback in: Hi Michael, I just finished “The Little Book of Trading” and like “Trend Following” it is an extremely important work if someone has reached that point in their trading to accept there is...
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Ep. 380: Lessons from Ken Tropin with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
Ken Tropin Subscribe to Trend Following Radio on iTunes On today’s show, Michael Covel talks about how people that are ahead of the curve often find themselves isolated – even ridiculed – by those who...
View ArticleThe Trend Following Attitude
Consider this from Trend Commandments: Who will [it] reach? This book is for those kindred spirits who grasp there is no secret to trading but rather just knowledge you have not yet discovered. It is...
View ArticleCuriosity Should Take The Drivers Seat
I have written multiple books. All from a different perspective, but still all having trend following connective tissue. Consider an excerpt from the preface of my first book Trend Following: — Trend...
View ArticleQuick Trend Following Q&A: Price and Volume
Price is key when trading. Consider from, Trend Commandments: Tell me something the “market” does not know. The idea that you can know enough about Apple, oil, GE, and gold to trade them all the same...
View ArticleTwisting the Data: The Fed, Correlations and Intoxication
It is amazing how quick people are to forget how wrong one prediction is, only to move onto believing in another prediction. An excerpt from the chapter “Intoxication”, in Trend Commandments: A bipolar...
View ArticleMarket Propaganda Is a Daily Truth
Consider an excerpt from Trend Commandments: During production, my documentary film arranged for an interview with CNBC’s Maria Bartiromo. The interview was approved for months. Other interviews for...
View ArticleIntoxication with Timing the Low
Prediction is everywhere: A bipolar prediction came across my desk recently: “If the market rises over the next several weeks, today will have been a good day to buy. However, no one can know the...
View ArticleFree Audio Books for Trend Following
Two more of my books are now available as audio books: Trend Following Trend Commandments Audible.com has granted me 25 free audio “codes” for each book. Want one of the 50 free book codes? Simple....
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