Welcome back to the second part of our interview with Scot Billington of Covenant Capital Management.
In this episode, Scot delves into the practice of trend following and why it is a great model to follow. He also discusses tips for beginning traders and investors, and advice for those who wants to start a firm.
If you missed PART 1 of this interview, you can check it out right here: https://youtu.be/MQutNC6HzWw
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You can check out the all of the notes and full transcript of this episode right here:
http://www.toptradersunplugged.com/scot-billington-covenant-capital-trend-following/
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In This Episode, You’ll Learn:
The advantages of trend-following and why the media reports that “Trend Following is Dead” every few years.
The story of Scot’s childhood obsession with mathematically based, but unknown future outcomes.
The discipline required to follow a mathematical model.
How every sector in the market is highly correlated.
Getting comfortable with taking risks: they exist and it is impossible to avoid them.
The Barbell strategy: have very little money at risk, but the money that is at risk is in the most aggressive things that it can be.
Advice for managers wanting to start firms today.
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