Maybe, but the real problem with long term trend following is the multi year drawdowns, not many people can get through those and continue to pull the trigger. At some point they decide that they are better off trading something else.
Yes, agreed. Paradoxically of course the one thing we all rely on for our pensions is "trend" but without the market timing element.
And of course this is "buy and hold". The tendency of stock markets for the last few hundred years to trend upwards over time.
Covel just wanted a quick buck. To sell something which people wanted: impossible dreams. Presumably that is what he is still doing but I have long since ceased to pay the fellow any attention.