110 The Opportunity of Volatility with Alan Sheen of Dalton Street Capital – 1of2

110 The Opportunity of Volatility with Alan Sheen of Dalton Street Capital – 1of2

Today on Top Traders Unplugged, I’m speaking with Alan Sheen, Founder and CIO of Dalton Street Capital. Alan has an interesting background in science and engineering, and also spent time in the military, which allowed him to later thrive in rules-based investing. He’s also the first Australian manager to be on the podcast. Listen in to today’s episode to learn about Alan’s journey from the Australian military to starting his own investment firm, why investors should look at volatility not as risk but as […]

110 The Opportunity of Volatility with Alan Sheen of Dalton Street Capital – 1of22020-11-26T11:06:49-05:00

54 The Systematic Investor Series – September 22nd, 2019

54 The Systematic Investor Series – September 22nd, 2019

In this episode, we discuss Howard Mark’s comments regarding not losing money being more important than missing opportunities, how solid Trend Following performance can often stay on the edge of randomness, recent opposing comments from the AHL founders on the effectiveness of Trend Following in today’s markets, why complexity and complication might actually be different from one another, and we also touch on a white paper which points out an increased inaccuracy with backtests the more […]

54 The Systematic Investor Series – September 22nd, 20192020-11-26T10:58:03-05:00

27 Top Traders Round Table with Daniel Crosby – 2of2

27 Top Traders Round Table with Daniel Crosby – 2of2

Welcome to Top Traders Round Table, a podcast series on managed futures brought to you by CME Group. On today’s episode, host Niels Kaastrup-Larsen continues his conversation with Dr. Daniel Crosby, Chief Behavior Officer of Brinker Capital, and the host of The Standard Deviation Podcast. Niels and Daniel discuss how emotion affects investment decision-making, the problem with financial media, and what investors can do to correct their bad investment behavior.

27 Top Traders Round Table with Daniel Crosby – 2of22020-11-26T10:55:03-05:00

53 The Systematic Investor Series – September 16th, 2019

53 The Systematic Investor Series – September 16th, 2019

In today’s episode, we discuss if it’s possible to successfully blur the lines between Discretionary & Systematic Trading, why most of the largest Hedge Funds in the world are Systematic, results of the rolling 10-year returns of Trend Following versus the S&P 500, how diversification can prevent long drawdown periods, why forming an opinion on your stock position can negatively affect how you manage the trade, and we also explain some of the differences between Cash […]

53 The Systematic Investor Series – September 16th, 20192020-11-26T10:50:23-05:00

MacroVoices Spotlight – Niels Kaastrup-Larsen: Algorithmic Trading & Trend Following

MacroVoices Spotlight – Niels Kaastrup-Larsen: Algorithmic Trading & Trend Following

The tables have turned! In this episode, Niels Kaastrup-Larsen becomes the first featured guest on Erik Townsend’s newest podcast – MacroVoices Spotlight! In this epsiode, Niels and Erik discuss Trend Following, the history of the Turtle Traders, Benefits of de-correlation and conditional correlation, how CTAs have been performing, and much more.

Erik Townsend is a software entrepreneur turned successful hedge fund manage who currently hosts the MacroVoices podcast. If you enjoyed this episode, you can visit macrovoices.com to find many more episodes on […]

MacroVoices Spotlight – Niels Kaastrup-Larsen: Algorithmic Trading & Trend Following2020-11-26T10:47:11-05:00
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