Trend Following Research

[Gabfly1]

Quote from marketsurfer:

...Wonder what Mr. Gabfly has done to help traders or the financial community?

Touché. Your current ES trade is certainly helping the financial community at this moment, and I have no doubt that the beneficiary on the other side of that trade is grateful for your philanthropic efforts.

 

[Gabfly1]

Quote from Rodney King:

Well, he flames a long-established, highly-respected trading journal 10 times a day. Maybe he thinks that somehow adds value...

Shouldn't you get back to oiling marketsurfer's machine?

http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=3111626#post3111626

As an aside, I think my posts in surf's journal actually do add value. Evidently, however, my attempt to impart some elementary logic didn't quite take.

 

[Trend Following]

Quote from Gabfly1:

But I would hope that none of the traders you will be presenting are also vendors.

What does that mean? Not an ET jargon insider...so the term vendor to me means anyone who makes a dollar in this world. Everyone is vending something (or started out that way) and some do it better than others.

 

[ArbitRAGE]

Btw, does James simon trade on trend following?

Nobody really knows what exactly goes on behind the walls of Rentech, but he is rumored that they use Statistical Arbitrage systems.

 

[Trend Following]

Quote from ArbitRAGE:

Nobody really knows what exactly goes on behind the walls of Rentech, but he is rumored that they use Statistical Arbitrage systems.

Can't promise his full arsenal of weapons, but guaranteed pieces of it are systematic trend following.

 

[Gabfly1]

Quote from Trend Following:

What does that mean? Not an ET jargon insider...so the term vendor to me means anyone who makes a dollar in this world. Everyone is vending something (or started out that way) and some do it better than others.

If you are interviewing a "trader" who is also a vendor in the trading sphere, then I expect it will have certain infomercial qualities that would cheapen the value of your book. This would not be the case if the guy didn't also just happen to potentially have something to sell to the reader. I'm sure you understand. That's why the Market Wizard books were so good at least insofar as the trader interviews were concerned.

I gather by your response that your book will comprise or include such trader/vendor interviewees?

 

[marketsurfer]

Quote from Gabfly1:

If you are interviewing a "trader" who is also a vendor in the trading sphere, then I expect it will have certain infomercial qualities that would not be present if this guy didn't potentially have something to sell to the reader. I'm sure you understand. That's why the Market Wizard books were so good at least insofar as the trader interviews are concerned.

I gather by your response that your book will comprise or include such trader/vendor interviewees?

I don't believe Covel has ever published an interview with a "vendor" as defined on ET. You mean guys that sell pretty charts claiming to have cracked the market code, right? Unless you call hedge fund managers "vendors".

 

[Gabfly1]

Quote from marketsurfer:

I don't believe Covel has ever published an interviewed a "vendor" as defined on ET. Unless you call hedge fund managers "vendors".

No, I do not regard hedge fund managers as vendors for the purposes of this discussion. Trading seminar and course vendors, "mentors" who charge for their services, and subscription newsletter writers would fall under the vendor category in the context of this discussion.

 

[marketsurfer]

Quote from Gabfly1:

No, I do not regard hedge fund managers as vendors for the purposes of this discussion.

Ok, then based on my reading, I have not seen Covel publish an interview with a vendor. I highly doubt the new books will discuss vendors, unless its to expose them....Chris Hanson style.

 

[Rodney King]

Quote from Gabfly1:

my posts in surf's journal actually do add value

The 10 criticisms a day you post on Surf's journal are just an effort to freeload on the reputation, goodwill and name-recognition he has accumulated over the years. If you had constructive trade ideas of your own, you'd create your own journal. Then, if you drew the level of readership Surf does, you'd be a somebody -- rather than a nobody pressing his nose against the window looking in on Surf.