Top Traders Unplugged6 Jul 2014

TTU11: Lessons From a Highly Educated Founder & Fund Manager ft. Mathias Bucher of AllMountainCapital – 1of2

Our next show provides you with the opportunity to learn from a highly educated founder and fund manager.

He Studied Economics at the Luzon Universidad de Carlos III de Madrid. He went on to earn a PhD in Quantitative Finance in Evolutionary Finance at University of Zurich. Upon graduating he agreed to a research position with Zurich Capital Bank.

Horizon21 made an offer to have Mathias and his business partner Dr. Tilman Keese build a systematic trading program. In 2010 they left Horizon21 to go out as entrepreneurs with AllMountainCapital.

Please give a warm welcome to, Dr. Mathias Bucher.

In This Episode, You’ll Learn:

The story of founding AllMountainCapital and how much AUM they currently manage
How they outsource all non-core aspects of the business so they can focus on Research, Trading & Client services
On the changes in the CTA industry from 2007 to the presentWhy central bank actions are correlated with a drop in volatility since 2009
The nature of the AllMountain trading model and how it has coped during challenging times
About the Modules that make up the AllMountain trading program
Sectors and markets that AllMountain trade
How their different system works and why they use it the way they do
How they quantify trend strength in a market

Resources & Links Mentioned in this Episode:

Larry Hite and ISAM
Watch another interview with Dr. Mathias Bucher on Opalesque TV

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