067: Jerry Parker – The Turtle Traders Story, Following Major Trends and Managing Investors Money

We have a very special guest on the podcast right now; Jerry Parker. For those who don’t know, Jerry is one of the original widely-recognized, Turtle Traders. The Turtles were a small (somewhat secretive) group of traders who were mentored and trained by Richard Dennis, a big time commodities trader, in the 80’s. It’s an interesting story and you’ll hear more about this in just a moment. Today, Jerry remains the founder of Chesapeake Capital, which is a commodity trading advisor, and he has well ‘n truly stuck to his roots as a die-hard trend follower. We discuss all the above at length, plus I also had a few questions for Jerry around the subject of trading other people’s money–which is something you may not have considered before. And on the other side, some of the questions you should ask a CTA (or money manager) before investing. It was a huge honor to speak with Jerry Parker, and I hope you enjoy the interview. -- Sponsored by BrokerNotes. Save yourself the hassle of manually comparing brokers, BrokerNotes free online tool will find you a best match in 2 steps and less than 30secs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices