In this episode, Jeff Malec sits down with Rick Silva, the co-founder of Metaurus Advisors, a boutique asset manager. Rick walks us through Metaurus Advisors’ innovative approach to understanding and trading the equity risk premium using dividend futures markets. Rick Silva provides insights into the firm’s background in derivative markets and their goal of bringing […]
Category: Trend Following and Systematic Strategies
26
Feb
2025
The Art of Asymmetric Investing: When Imbalance Beats Balance
The Paradox of Symmetry While we often celebrate symmetry and balance in life – from balanced diets to symmetrical architecture – in investing, this intuitive preference can be counterproductive. For sophisticated investors, asymmetry in risk/return profiles often yields superior results. This seems logical, who doesn’t want to make more than they risk. But the reality […]
30
Jan
2025
The State of AI, and AI in Alternative Investments with Mohammad Rasouli of AIx2
In this episode, we dive deep into the current state of AI… getting to its transformative impact on the alternative investments landscape. Our guest, Mohammad Rasouli, is a renowned researcher at Stanford University and the founder and CEO of AIx2, a leading AI solutions provider for private equity, venture capital, and hedge funds. Mohammad shares […]
18
Dec
2024
Where do stocks go from here?
As Ferris Bueller famously said, “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” In that spirit, we thought we’d take a minute and look around at this impressive stock market we’re in. The stock market has been absolutely roaring. The S&P 500 is […]
07
Nov
2024
Retail to Institutional: How David Sun Scaled His ODTE Options Strategies
In this episode, Jeff Malec sits down with David Sun, an entrepreneur, trader, and fund manager with a unique journey into the world of options trading and alternative investments. David shares his unconventional path, starting as a retail trader experimenting with options strategies, particularly selling puts, before transitioning to professional fund management. He discusses the […]
06
Nov
2024
October, CTAs, and the Year of the Whipsaw
Oh, to be an investor, where the markets often seem to do something completely different than what you thought was going to happen. The old buy the rumor, sell the news axiom, perhaps? But whatever you call it, October brought the idea home hard. Here we were expecting some Q4 magic in the CTA space, […]
29
Aug
2024
Trend, Prop, and Being Allergic to Optimization with Bill Gebhardt of 10Dynamics
In todays episode, Jeff Malec (@AttainCap2) sits down with Bill Gebhardt (@BillGebhardt1) , the founder of 10dynamics, to discuss his interesting career journey and the development of his unique systematic trading approach. Bill shares his background, from working on the floor of the CBOE in the early 90s to earning a PhD in finance and […]
25
Jul
2024
Hedge Fund Quants Unlock the Power of Dispersion: Versor’s Unique Cross-Sectional Relative Value Approach
In this episode of The Derivative, host Jeff Malec sits down with DeWayne Louis and Nishant Gurnani from Versor Investments, a quantitative investment firm celebrating its 10th anniversary. The discussion delves into the personal backgrounds and journeys that led to Versor’s founding, from their work providing efficient exposure to traditional hedge fund strategies through risk […]
10
Jul
2024
Quantamental Commodity Trading 101: The What and How
Commodity trading in the futures markets has long been defined by one of two paths. 1. Discretionary Fundamental Trading 2. Systematic Trend Following But lately, we’re seeing more and more CTAs take a newer third path to commodity trading: quantamental trading. What is Quantamental Commodity Trading? Quantamental commodity trading is a portmanteau that combines the […]
20
Jun
2024
Carry On: Demystifying the Carry Trade with Rodrigo Gordillo & Adam Butler of ReSolve
We’re back! Today’s podcast features The Derivative show stoppers Rodrigo Gordillo @RodGordilloP and Adam Butler @GestaltU of ReSolve Asset Management @InvestReSolve discussing the carry trade and its applications in investment strategies. They begin by explaining what the carry trade is and discussing common misconceptions around it. They then dive into different types of carry that can […]
