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Two links that may help: https://www.trendfollowing.com/trend-following-legends-podcast/ https://www.trendfollowing.com/behavior/

You many enjoy my podcast: trendfollowing.com/podcast

In the case of Acceleration Capital (Faith's firm) it was not until after a performance crash and an employee embezzling client money did the government investigation reveal the trading method being used (Donchian). So Acceleration Capital was raising client money off the Turtle name (Faith's)...

Duke, if I was in your position, not with much of an argument, I guess I would act out too. For readers who may not be familiar with my work here are some links that they can check out: 1. My Book #1: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/013702018X/trendfollowin-20 2. My Book #2...

Duke you forgot to mention a few things about Faith: http://www.turtletrader.com/curtis-faith-performance.html You were aware that his recent money management firm ended in a CFTC investigation whereby the firm was permanently barred? The investigation revealed that Faith's firm was managing...

The Complete TurtleTrader Thanks for the overall feedback, but for clarification the above comment is an oversimplification: 1. The Complete TurtleTrader chapters 4 and 5 are the "Turtle" philosophy and rules. 2. The Complete TurtleTrader is the only book that names the names and lists the...

Cheers! Mike

My first book was "Trend Following" (new edition Feb 09). My second book was "The Complete TurtleTrader". I am not sure if you have the order mixed up, but I have yet to see anyone state that my second book "The Complete TurtleTrader" was a rehash of "Trend Following"! "The Complete...

Fair enough, but it is probably important for readers to know that it did not work that way for the original Turtles -- and there are reasons why that is.

The "free" rules floating on the net were authored by CF. My post probably makes more sense now.

In researching my book other Turtles stated that Faith was either using or allowed to use other rules not privy to other Turtles. Here is an excerpt from my book "The Complete TurtleTrader": When readers read chapters 7, 12 and the Afterword of my book on the Turtles there are very clear...

In researching my book other Turtles stated that Faith was either using or allowed to use other rules not privy to other Turtles. Here is an excerpt from my book "The Complete TurtleTrader": When readers read chapters 7, 12 and the Afterword of my book on the Turtles there are very clear...

Thanks for the feedback. Fair enough. I do disagree with you that the "mental" side is as simple as you state. In the case of the Turtles there were many behavioral circumstances, occurring over many years, that directly affected performance. To not properly analyze those issues, and fall into...