• Trend Following, 5th Edition

  • How to Make a Fortune in Bull, Bear and Black Swan Markets
  • By: Michael W. Covel
  • Narrated by: Joel Richards, Michael Covel
  • Length: 34 hrs and 18 mins
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (218 ratings)

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Trend Following, 5th Edition

By: Michael W. Covel
Narrated by: Joel Richards, Michael Covel
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Want to take the financial journey to a new investing philosophy that might very well affect the rest of your moneymaking life? No one can guarantee the yellow brick road, but Michael Covel promises the red pill will leave you wide awake. Trend Following reveals the truth about a trading strategy that makes money in up, down, and surprise markets. By applying straightforward and repeatable rules, anyone can learn to make money in the markets - whether bull, bear, or black swan - by following the trend to the end when it bends. In this timely reboot of his best-selling classic, Michael Covel dives head first into trend following strategy to examine the risks, benefits, people, and systems. You'll hear from traders who have made millions, and learn from their successes and mistakes - insights you'll only find here. You'll learn the trend philosophy and how it has performed in booms, bubbles, panics, and crashes. Using incontrovertible data and overwhelming supporting evidence, with a direct connection to the foundations of behavioral finance, Covel takes you inside the core principles of trend following and shows everyone, from brand new trader to professional, how alpha gets pulled from the market. His newest edition has been revised and extended, with seven brand new interviews and research proof from his one-of-a-kind network. This is trend following for today's generation. If you're looking to go beyond passive index funds and trusting the Fed, this cutting-edge classic holds the keys to a weatherproof portfolio.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your My Library section along with the audio.

©2017 Michael W. Covel (P)2017 Michael W. Covel

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Absolute disappointment and a total treasure all in one

I have so much to criticize about this book, yet I would recommend it to absolutely anyone who’s trying to become a trader, or a better trader. I’ll start with the criticisms but please, please read through to the compliments as well, because there are plenty.

1. The biggest disappointment for me was that the title is very misleading; after reading this book you will not be able to go to your laptop and start trading a trend trading strategy.

2. The book is excessively long and becomes very repetitive in the middle.

3. As much as he’s an absolutely great guy and backs up his beliefs thoroughly, Mr Covel is very critical of those who might disagree with him.

And now... The Compliments🍾🎉🎉🎉

A. The academic rigor of this book is absolutely outstanding! Although I got no strategy from this book, I got absolutely excellent questions to ask along the way, questions that should help me develop a robust trading system and know how what to do before I can trust it.

B. Towards the end, he adds on some interviews with great traders such as Tom Basso, from which you get insights that you could never get from any one else! He also interviews experts, including a Nobel Prize winner, in critical areas such as Game Theory, Deliberate Practice, NLP and Psychology of Thinking

This is a book that will definitely help you become a better trader, but even more than that, it will help you become a better person if you endure and listen right until its end.

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Buy the earlier addition

This audiobook was insanely too long 39 hours is crazy. Cut out all of the famous quotes and learn to be more concise. I can’t believe your publisher and editor let you keep all that fluff in the book. this was a huge waste of time and whatever the point was It was lost. Now I need to buy another book that actually explains trend following and more in importantly how to do it as this book does not.

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24 hour book that could have been 10 minutes

"Trend following works", blah blah, literally 20+ minutes of random quotes with no analysis, blah blah, listen to author's podcast. Literally no actionable information in the book.

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Definitely not a "how to" book

After listening to the first 11 chapters, and finding out that the remainder of the book was merely more interviews and research notes, I realized that this is another typical book from Michael Covel. I have listened to three of his books. They are all entertaining, but not informative. This one is no exception. It is not a how-to book. If you are looking for a book to show you how to do Trend Trading, look elsewhere. If you are looking for a book that entertains you about Trend Traders and their successes, read all of the books by Jack Schwager instead. They are much more entertaining, and they don't pretend to try and position themselves as instructive.

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Boring!

it's a waste of time if you want to learn something. It's just an advertising for trend following with no real content.

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Lots of content, but...

There is a lot of time in this audiobook but not much depth. Half the book is also repeated as audio interviews. Its good general info but don’t expect to get any specifics from this book.

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80/20

This book follows the 80/20 rule, just take in trend following and trader stories and everything else is mostly amateurish statistics and psychology blabber, still good though

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title is misleading. no actual trading system

this was terrible. vast majority of the book was spent on defensive mode talking about how trend following is good, and very little on actual system. does not actually teach 'how'. instead focuses a lot on self promotion. I've read blogs or articles that teach more techniques

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Fantastic!

A must read for anyone interested in Trend Following!! Covel again knocks it out of the park with his latest edition! The audiobook is awesome too, especially the added interviews at the end! You will not want to stop listening to this masterpiece!!

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Seminal trend following tome

Excellent overview of trend following practitioners and hours of interviews with the subjects in the book at the end.

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