In our continued conversation with Andreas Clenow, we discuss the research and work that goes into making his trading model, how he deals with risk and drawdowns, and how he explains his models to potential investors. In this episode, we will dive into how clear and explainable a trading model should be, and what questions you should ask firms before investing in them.

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In This Episode, You’ll Learn:

How Andreas does his research and what research he looks for in other firms
Why a track record matters and how it matters
How trend following has done over the last few years
How he builds his own trading strategies
What he does with position sizing and how important it is
How he allocates risk on his different models
What he does to measure the environment on trend following
What he thinks about sector allocation and diversification
The kinds of risk management that he uses in his model
Where he uses stop losses and where he doesn’t
How he talks to investors about drawdowns
What questions investors should be asking him about his trading model
How to detect if a manager’s strategy has stopped working
Why people shouldn’t be scared of asking lots of questions
What motivates him to work on his job
About the biggest failures of Andreas’ career

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