Trend Following

Dr. Rajeev Shuklawww.lifefunetc.com

dr_rajeevshukla@rediffmail.com Investrade group, Indore

Trend Following Hall of Fame• Bruce Kovner: Kovner is a trend following trader featured in Jack Schwager’s ‘Market

Wizards.’ He was trained by trend follower Michael Marcus. Marcus was trained by Ed Seykota. Kovner is worth over $3.5 billion.

• John W. Henry: Henry is a trend following trader featured in Trend Following. He is worth $840 million. He used his trend following gains to buy the Boston Red Sox for $700 million.

• Bill Dunn: Dunn is a trend following trader featured in Trend Following.’ Dunn made $80 million in 2008 when the rest of the world was blowing up.

• Michael Marcus: Marcus is a trend following trader featured in Jack Schwager’s Market Wizards. He turned an initial $30,000 into $80 million.

• David Harding: Harding is a trend following trader featured in Trend Following. He is worth over $670 million.

• Ed Seykota: Seykota is a trend following trader featured in Trend Following. He turned $5,000 into $15 million over 12 years in his model account (an actual client account).

• Kenneth Tropin: Trend following trader Tropin made $120 million in 2008 as buy and hold collapsed. Earlier in his career he led John W. Henry’s firm.

• Larry Hite’s trend following firm ISAM has analyzed trend following back 800 years.

• 3 trend following systems will be discussed in exhaustive detail.