My guest today is Christopher Cruden, Cruden has been in the trend following space for over 25 years. In 1988 he became a Director of Adam, Harding and Lueck Asset Management Ltd (AHL) in London, a famed trend following shop. He is currently the head of Insch Capital Management.

The topic is Trend Following.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

Why price is an unimpeachable fact
Early "lightbulb" moments that brought Cruden to the style of trading he practices today
The notion of going currency only
Why Cruden's program is akin to a raincoat in bad weather
Riding increased volatility and increased directional trending
Getting clients to understand that you cannot force a system to make money
Benchmark selection and time period selection
Why the S&P 500 is a trading system; performance drivers
The duration of trades
Why if you can't measure it, you can't manage it
How Cruden's strategy would change if Europe reverted back to before the introduction of the Euro
How markets teach humility
Why Cruden only trades once a day

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