Ep. 7: Michael Shannon and Jim Byers Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

My guests today are Michael Shannon and Jim Byers.

Shannon, an original Turtle trader trained by Richard Dennis. He was featured in Michael Covel's The Complete TurtleTrader.

Byers is a trader and investor. In the 2006-2008 period, Byers started studying trend following; since then, he's started a fund with his partner, Todd Miller.

The topics are the Turtle story and Trend Following.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

• Shannon's experience in the Turtle program with Richard Dennis and William Eckhardt
• Historical insights and anecdotes regarding the legendary Turtle story
• Shannon's unlikely background
• The personalities of Dennis and Eckhardt
• Why Turtles with outsider backgrounds were generally more successful; and whether or not Dennis and Eckhardt were inspired by the film, "Trading Places"
• How trend following can still be a winning game even if you aren't right the majority of the time
• More in depth "light bulb" moments that Byers has had since taking up trend following

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