[Music] welcome to the algorithmic advantage we're here to expand the toolkit of the Quant trading community and introduce investors to the many advantages of systematic trading our goal is to educate and Inspire as we embark on a captivating journey into the vast knowledge and experience of leading portfolio managers and other experts in the field we hope you enjoy the show and if you do please subscribe leave us a review or even buy us a coffee via the link on the algorithmic advantage.com we really appreciate it [Music] ladies and gents welcome to the show my name
is Simon Mansell and this the algorithmic advantage podcast is basically a product of my own desire to to learn to meet others in the community and promote the quantitative space in general like a lot of you Traders I've absolutely loved the market Wizards books as well as the podcast sort of interviewed great Traders and fund managers that are already out there I just wanted more in fact I enjoy learning from Market practitioners across the the trading and investing Spectrum there are just so many ways to approach this field it's a tough game no matter what
your style philosophy or Market I think there's some something to be learned from everyone in the markets I really do so why start another podcast and how will it be different first I'll be joined by my co-host Richard Brennan you may know him from the top Traders unplugged podcast where he features regularly this is really going to make things interesting not only will we have twice the brain power at work but hopefully our very different approaches generate some interesting discussions possibly arguments as we really challenge one another and essentially we are going to leave no
stone unturned on our quest for better strategies Rich has a love for physics and Science in general he is the pure Trend guy he does the typical Trend following stuff across the Commodities indices Futures space he also trades cfds we'll get into that he does also trade single stocks he's probably got a slightly longer time frame in his trading and investing than than I do a little bit different to him while I do like Trend and momentum I also have a strong focus on mean reversion my attention has been on equities particularly U.S equities so
together over the years I think rich and I have covered every Market every every instrument every style every time frame a bunch of software applications data providers Brokers Regulatory and compliance issues and so on so with all of that we do think there's going to be a super practical application or super practical aspect to all of this I spend way more time than I should on Trading but I do also love my surfing rock climbing mountain biking and so on so for me it's all about work-life balance and that's partly why I'm in this game
so rich and I both really trade I mean it's an obsession right I think that's going to make all the difference here we don't presume we can cross swords with with the big fish or those PhD quants not by any stretch but the School of Hard Knocks has hopefully taught us enough to survive and even thrive in an environment that to my mind doesn't really favor any one kind of individual it's a pretty unique set of skills personality traits and damn hard work that come together to make a good Trader we're looking forward to digging
into all of that kind of stuff as well with our guests on that front we really have some top guests lined up and ultimately it's a never-ending learning game right we are constantly adapting so the key here is to learn from the best hopefully we can strike a balance between being technical enough to really make a practical difference to your trading and investing and Broad enough to suit a wide range of Traders as I mentioned I'm interested in a very broad spectrum of trading and investing um we we do want to generate practical and actionable
ideas we may even do some miniseries on on on particular topics where we can really deep dive say Trend following with cfds or mean reversion on equities and really get into the nuts and bolts of these of these things right essentially we hope we'll be able to help whether you're just starting out or you're a seasoned Institutional Investor we'll be we're sure to really focus in on the Practical aspects of things like system creation and validation risk management what actually works and what doesn't idea generation protecting wealth in adverse uh and inflationary environments will have
important advice on Brokers software data and and so on forgive us if this is a bit raw we're just a couple of guys with mics and cameras our Focus isn't really on that sort of thing we just like to offer something genuine in a market where there's a lot of sales people however small our contribution might be um okay so that's the the introduction I can't wait to to get into this the first two episodes will give you a chance to get to know us rich and myself Rich will interview me I'll interview rich and
from there we'll hand it over to the real experts and it's going to be a fantastic Journey meanwhile to connect with us or to see the viewing or listening options head over to the algorithmicadvantage.com and we'll see you on the next one we should remind you that the conversations on this show are informal and for entertainment purposes only certainly any general advice you may hear is obviously not specific to your needs goals or objectives so nothing discussed on the show should be considered as investment advice if you want that you'll need to actually do your
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