MERCENARY TRADER: You don’t use the original trend following system as devised by Richard Dennis and the turtles – why not. NATHAN O: First, let me say that I owe so much to that original system and ...

The SPDR S&P 500 ETF closed above the 200-day moving average this week. This is a widely followed indicator, and for good reasons. Making investment decisions based on trend-following can ...

Trend following has become a popular allocation in many investment portfolios, and is one of the largest alternative strategies with over $300 billion in assets under management. The trend following ...

Tesla has long been known for its high volatility, so much so that it's often considered one of the hottest stocks of recent years. Over the course of its recent history, it has delivered some ...

I recently described a simple trend-following trading system that works across most trending markets. Today I am going to revisit that system. Why? Because we have recently had a couple of "buy" ...

In this week's Currency Corner, I want to come back to the US dollar, arguably the most important price in the world. The reason I want to come back to it is that my simple trend-following system has ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Welcome to the inaugural article from my “Investment Thoughts from the Road” series. Use ...

What if the system follows all 6 of these rules but uses random entries to enter a trade? Can such a method possibly be profitable? If random entries can produce a profit then it ought to give ...

That being said, I did initially and continued to struggle with, the drawdowns and equity swings that are common to trend following systems. Through extensive back testing (manually) and real time ...