Beyond Traditional Trend: Leveraging Experience, Short Term, and Crypto with Mike Stendler

In this episode of The Derivative, Jeff Malec interviews Mike Stendler, Managing Director of O'Brien Investment Group, about his background and the evolution of O'Brien Investment Group. Mike discusses his transition from small-cap stocks to quantitative trading and managed futures, detailing O'Brien Investment Group's history, its relationship with the O'Brien family and RJ O'Brien, and their three trading strategies: quantitative global macro, short-term machine learning, and cryptocurrency trading. They explore the challenges and benefits of trend-following, the addition of machine learning models to diversify alpha sources, and the unique aspects of their crypto program, including its volatility and the use of CME futures. Mike also shares his experience during the stock market crash of 1987 and provides insights into the current market conditions and future opportunities for managed futures.