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Description of Trend Following

Discover the investment strategy that works in any market. The one strategy that works in up and down markets, good times and bad. *'Trend Following' has become the classic trading book -- accepted by the great pro traders as their standard. Learn how Trend Followers delivered fantastic returns while everyone else was losing their shirts.* Simple charts and instructions help you use Trend Following no matter where the market goes next. * Includes new profiles of top Trend Followers who've kept right on profiting through the toughest markets.

Title Information

ISBN:

9780137020188

Pages:

464 pages

Format:

Paperback

Product Code:

395226

Publisher:

Pearson Education (US)

Published:

15/02/2009

Edition:

Updated ed Edition

Press and Industry Reviews

"Michael Covel's Trend Following: Essential."
- Ed Seykota, trend follower for 35 years and original Market Wizard

"A mandatory reference for anyone serious about alternative investments."
- Jon Sundt, president and CEO, Altergris

"Michael Covel does an excellent job of educating his readers about the little-known opportunities available to them through one of the proven best hedge fund strategies. This book is like gold to any smart investor."
- Christian Baha, founder and owner, Superfund

"Covel has created a very rare thing - a well documented and thoroughly researched book on trend following that is also well written and easy to read. This is one book that traders at all levels will find of real value."
- John Mauldin, Thoughts from the Frontline The Investment Strategy That Keeps on Making Money While Everyone Else Is Losing It: How Trend Followers Made a Fortune During the 2008 Stock Market Crash

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About Michael W. Covel

Michael Covel is a highly respected author, director, and entrepreneur who founded the internationally known website TurtleTrader.com in 1996. Covel's first book was Trend Following: How Great Traders Make Millions in Up or Down Markets (FT Press). The book profiles great trend following traders who have won billions in the market and has been translated into 10 languages so far. Covel's second book The Complete TurtleTrader: The Legend, the Lessons, the Results is the definitive inside look at the legendary trader Richard Dennis and his student traders, 'The Turtles.' The book has received wide acclaim from the Turtles themselves. Translated into 6 languages so far. Covel also wrote, directed, and produced a theatrical release documentary titled Broke: The New American Dream, built around the subject of behavioral finance, specifically investigating the 2007--2009 market crisis and crash. Michael Covel can be reached directly at www.michaelcovel.com

Contents of Trend Following

Henry to Ed Seykota Foreword by Larry Hite
Preface

Part I
1 Trend Following
2 Great Trend Followers

Part II
3 Performance Data
4 Big Events, Crashes, and Panics
5 Baseball: Thinking Outside the Batter's Box

Part III
6 Human Behavior
7 Decision Making
8 Science of Trading
9 Holy Grails

Part IV
10 Trading Systems
11 The Game

Afterword
Foreword to the First Edition by Charles Faulkner

Appendices
Introduction to Appendices
A. Trend Following for Stocks
B. Performance Guide
C. Short-Term Trading
D. Personality Traits of Successful Traders
E. Trend Following Models
F. Trading System Example from Mechanica
G. Critical Questions for Trading Systems

Resources
Endnotes
Bibliography
Index