System Trader

Robert Pardo is a legendary trader and long-term hedge fund manager. He worked with global firms like Goldman Sachs and Dunn Capitals Management. He’s a pioneer in algorithmic trading and inventor of Walk Forward Analysis. Using his excellent trading system and sound risk management he made 142% return in 2008 and was a Trader of the Year – Futures 2008.Today we discuss various trading topics, including the reliable testing methodology — Walk Forward Analysis.Enjoy the show!

Kevin Davey is a full-time professional algorithmic trader, specialising mostly in futures. Using his trading systems he generated annual returns of 148%, 107% and 112% in three consecutive World Cup of Futures Trading Championships.Today we discuss various trading topics, including the reliable trading system development process, so that developed systems may look good not only on the past data.I encourage you to visit my website at systemtrader.show/006, where you can find more materials related to this episode.Enjoy the show!

Tom Basso is another Market Wizard from a renowned Jack Schwager book series, which appears on my show. It is an unusual occasion to ask him how is he going after 26 years since the famous interview. How does he see the markets after such an extensive trading experience?Although he didn’t know too much about the British pound fundamentals or economy, he made a bunch of money at the same time when George Soros was shorting it. How he did it? Was it pure luck?No. My guest believes that big trends happen in the markets. And when it happens, he just needs to squeeze it like a lemon. No complex entry/exit signals. No fancy charting. He puts, however, a great focus on risk management. At the same time, he is very patient and strategic. He doesn’t have to be profitable every day, every week or even month. But all he does is carefully planned. And in the long run, his trading approach is very profitable. For decades.After all, he was featured in Jack Schwager’s Market Wizards book in 1992. For a good reason.In 2003 h

Today I have a great pleasure and honour to chat with Andrea Unger. He’s the only trader winning the World Cup Championships 4 times! Until now no one has achieved such thing except Andrea!He’s a fully systematic trader, and in this episode, he describes why he has chosen such trading approach.In this episode he talks about his procedure for building and testing mechanical systems, how to know when risking more is pointless, and many other topics.What I like especially very much in the way Andrea talks about trading, is that he’s extremely honest. He’s not promising an easy way to quickly get rich via trading, but on the other hand, he’s a great example that a passion and hard work significantly helps to be successful on the market.I hope you will enjoy the show!

Today I have a great pleasure to interview a true icon in the world of systematic trading. Ladies and gentlemen, today you can listen to my interview with Perry Kaufman!He began his career in the aerospace industry as a rocket scientist, and his work was used in the Apollo missions. He moved then to trading.His trading career began in 1971, in the futures market, and since the very beginning, he was involved in constructing algorithmic trading systems. He was working with the greatest CTAs and financial institutions.He’s an author of many highly acclaimed books. And in this episode, we talk about topics discussed in his latest work titled “A Guide to Creating A Successful Algorithmic Trading Strategy”.So, let’s start — I hope you will enjoy!

Today I have a great pleasure to interview Thomas Stridsman. He’s very well known in the industry of system trading, having over 20 years of experience. He was writing for Futures magazine in the 90s. He’s an author of two books: (1) Trading Systems That Work and (2) Trading Systems and Money Management.At the moment Thomas is running his fund at Alfakraft in Sweden, where he’s using strategies based on short-term trend following approach.In this episode, we talk about his approach to trading, the importance of position sizing, how to build a robust strategy and artificial intelligence.I hope you will enjoy the show!

Hello to everyone! Today we have an exceptional guest! Very renowned trader — Linda Bradford Raschke. Linda began her professional trading career in 1981 making markets in options, as a member of two exchanges. She became a registered CTA in 1992. Linda’s hedge fund was ranked 17th out of 4500 for best five years performance.Jack Schwager recognised her early success in his famous Market Wizards series. In this podcast, she describes her approach to trading and shares lots of tips how to become a professional trader.