Ep. 168: Larry Williams Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

My guest today is Larry Williams, an American author, stock and commodity trader, and politician from the state of Montana.

The topic is trading.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

• IRS and Congress
• Targeting of individuals and groups by the government
• Facing the government in a court case and negotiating with the IRS
• How Williams approached trading at the beginning, and his motivations to do so
• How growing up in Montana affected Williams personally
• How Williams came to run for Senate and his reasoning for doing so
• The importance of speculation, and the difference between speculation and gambling
• How Williams made the migration from stocks to thinking about futures
• How Williams approached the emotional and money management sides of the equation
• Risk control
• Understanding what kind of system "fits" you best
• The changing condition of markets
• Keeping it simple
• The importance of learning from injury
• How Williams came to his Libertarian mindset

Jump in!

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I'm MICHAEL COVEL, the host of TREND FOLLOWING RADIO, and I'm proud to have delivered 10+ million podcast listens since 2012. Investments, economics, psychology, politics, decision-making, human behavior, entrepreneurship and trend following are all passionately explored and debated on my show.

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