SI170: 'Don’t Try This At Home' ft. Rob Carver

We’re joined today by Rob Carver to discuss how to approach position-sizing and risk-per-trade, mean reversion trading strategies, how to invest in globally diversified systematic Trend Following CTAs, ‘buying the dip’ in the S&P 500, static and dynamic optimisation when trading smaller accounts, and the inclusion of more obscure markets into a Trend Following system.

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In this episode, we discuss:

• How to effectively approach position-sizing
• Some methods for investing in Trend Following CTAs
• If 'buying the dip' in the S&P 500 is a good strategy
• Portfolio optimisation
• Trading lesser-known markets

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Episode TimeStamps:

00:00 - Intro

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02:23 - Macro recap from Niels

04:24 - Weekly review of returns

09:12 - How do you approach position-sizing and risk-per-trade?

18:42 - Check out my new blog post: How to Invest with the Best

20:01 - Q1 &...