SI169: Buying the Dip ft. Richard Brennan

SI169: Buying the Dip ft. Richard Brennan

Richard Brennan returns today to discuss the misconception of volatility as risk, thoughts on the various measures of risk, drawdowns as an opportunity ‘buy the dip’ in Trend Following strategies, how Richard thinks about risk, the relationship between volatility and risk, and the differences between convergent and divergent traders.

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In this episode, we discuss:

  • Why volatility might not always mean that a model is risky
  • The best way to measure true risk
  • How to 'buy the dip'
  • What Richard thinks about risk
  • The relationship between volatility and risk
  • Convergent versus divergent trading

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Episode TimeStamps:

00:00 – Intro

01:58 – Announcement of very special Systematic Investor episodes over Christmas featuring Niels, Jerry, Moritz, Rob & Rich together for the first time

02:23 – A huge thank you to listeners of the show, such as Dave W, for leaving your 5-star reviews on iTunes, and feel free to share this link with 3 of your like-minded friends:

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02:57 – Macro recap from Niels

06:04 – Weekly review of performance

16:19 – Drawdowns as an opportunity ‘buy the dip’ in the Trend Following strategies

23:10 – Check out our upcoming midweek-episode with guests Cam Harvey and Rob Carver

24:25 – How Richard thinks about ‘risk’

43:41 – The relationship between volatility and risk

59:20 – Convergence versus divergence

01:06:51 Benchmark performance update

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