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Re: Trading: The letter of the Law vs. the Spirit of the Law



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Most of my work is trend following.  The most important thing to remember is
that trend following systems don't work when the security you're trying to
trade or invest in isn't in a trend (sounds like an obvious point - but a
lot of people don't pay attention to it).  So - if you're trying to follow
trends - you have to spend a fair amount of time identifying whether or not
the security in question is in fact trending.  Robyn

Charles Wright wrote:

> Maybe I'd like to add that system trading requires a great deal of
> capitalization to weather the drawdowns associated with the cycles of
> favor/disfavor that occur.  In my tests, trend following systems have
> marvelous long term track records...and gigantic drawdowns...