What should we make of the recent crypto crash? A sign this is all a scam? Or just another dip in the cycle? Gather round; you’re in for an interesting chat with the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster Disciple on Twitter @LDrogen. A Long Island surfer turned quant turned crypto fund manager who shows […]
Category: Trend Following and Systematic Strategies
09
Jun
2022
Algorithmic Sports Betting, Trading Metals to Trending Commodities, & Crypto’s Future with Charlie McGarraugh of Blockchain.com
We’re taking flight and zooming over to the big bend for a cheerio chat with Charlie McGarraugh, an ex-midwesterner turned londonite. Charlie is the Chief Strategy Officer at Blockchain.com and has an impressive resume as a former mortgage-backed securities trader, head of metals at Goldman, founder of an algo sports betting company, and more. In […]
26
May
2022
Wine as an Asset Class: Demands, Dilemmas, & Distribution with Vinovest’s Anthony Zhang
You’re driving down the winding roads of Napa Valley, visiting the countless wineries, taking in the beautiful scenery, and enjoying the various pairings of meats, cheeses, and palate cleansers… But that’s not all that pairs well with wine. This week Anthony Zhang @anthony_j_zhang, an ambitious entrepreneur who created Vinovest, gives us the inside scoop on […]
16
May
2022
A Dozen Trend/CTA Resources you didn’t know you needed…until now!
We’ve been talking about trend following, commodity trading advisors (aka CTAs), and managed futures for more than a decade, leading to comments like this over on Twitter. I have to say for anyone wanting to learn more about trend-following @rcmAlts is worth a follow. So many great resources from whitepapers to infographics to a podcast. […]
12
May
2022
Setting the Risk Parity Record Straight (it’s NOT just stocks/bonds) with Resolve’s Rodrigo Gordillo and Mike Philbrick
We’re talking with the purveyors of one of the best performing mutual funds thus far in 2022, the dynamically shifting asset allocator, RDMIX (past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results). It hasn’t all been rainbows and lollipops, however, for the ReSolve Asset Management Global team of Rodrigo Gordillo @RodGordilloP and Mike Philbrick @MikePhilbrick99, […]
28
Apr
2022
Trend Following, Signal Deterioration, & Crypto Modelling With Quant Artur Sepp
This week, we’re adding another stamp to our Derivative passport and traveling to Zurich, Switzerland, as we talk to the Head of Systematic Solutions and Portfolio Construction at Sygnum Bank’s Asset Management, Artur Sepp @ArturSepp — who specializes in crypto-assets and decentralized finance. Artur has led quantitative research at systematic trend-following hedge fund Quantica Capital, focusing […]
06
Apr
2022
MF Mutual Fund Performance – March
Beware the ides of March. This past month showed madness in more than one way. Markets began to internalize the ramifications of the ongoing tragedy in Ukraine amidst the backdrop of inflation in the west. Despite much uncertainty, market volatility generally declined for the later 2/3rd of the month. Equity prices rallied hard. Commodities, which […]
17
Mar
2022
Commodity Volatility, Global Macro, and Trend Following with Alan Dunne from Archive Capital
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! The luck of the Irish is on our side as we celebrate today’s episode with Dubliner Alan Dunne, CEO and Founder of Archive Capital, a boutique multi-asset and investment research firm focused on global macro and managed futures strategies. Alan has worked in the financial markets and investment management industry for […]
28
Feb
2022
A Closer Look at the Average Historical Return for CTAs
A lot of talk on Twitter this week pointing out that CTA / managed futures/trend following has been doing quite well during this sell-off and rally in commodity markets like Oil….without much in the way of investor interest?? SG CTA Trend index is up >8% year-to-date and it feels like people still aren’t interested in […]
17
Feb
2022
Trend following. The dynamic systems & strategies that make up a modern CTA, w/ EMCs John Krautsack
From his days as a clerk in the S&P pits to becoming Chairman and CEO of EMC Capital, John Krautsack is here to tell us about his journey in the futures industry — and nothing is off limits! From his wild west pit days to working for one of the original turtle traders, the late […]
