Our next guest was a British Army Officer and moved to South Africa before finding a career in the financial markets. He is now the CEO of his Managed Futures firm and has worked with some of the industry’s most influential companies and people, including Dean Witter and AHL.
The story of his career’s beginnings and the lessons he used to become a systematic trend follower are unique and insightful. You’re sure to learn a lot from this episode.
Thank you for listening and please welcome our guest Chris Cruden.
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In This Episode, You’ll Learn:
How he came to do business with Dean Witter Reynolds and after a few years why they hired him.
What AHL was doing in the beginning of the company.
Why he started trading currencies early on.
His routine at work and why being a systematic trader makes him boring and bad at marketing, but helps him sleep at night knowing they are going to “show up” the next day.
About Chris’ goal with his work and why he is happy with the size of his firm and why growth is not the prime focus.
What matters when discussing a firm’s track record and how his programs are setup.
The building blocks of their trading program and how the money they’ve made has historically come mainly from interest rate differentials.
What the environment has been like for a currency program in the last 5 years.
Why he believes the current intervention by The Fed is not so substantially different that his model won’t be able to see good returns in the future.
How he designed his program and what its objective is.
What currencies he trades and how he trades them.
Why volatility has been so low but why he sees that it is coming back and why it’s a good thing for his models.
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