Extracting Meaning from Market Chaos
Introduction: When Noise is Not the Enemy Markets are chaotic. Every tick, every price fluctuation, and every surge of buying and selling creates a storm of randomness—a mix of signals…
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A Little Bit About East Coast Capital Management (ECCM)
Ready to see investing from a different perspective! It’s been great to see so many new faces in the East Coast Capital Management Community, so we thought we would highlight…
The Paradox of Simplicity: Why the Best Trading Rules Are Counterintuitive
Introduction: When Less is More in Trading In an era where algorithms dominate financial markets and hedge funds deploy complex quantitative models, the idea that simple trading rules can outperform…
Markets Struggle Amid Whipsaws: Trend Followers Face a Difficult Week
This week, trend-followers encountered a fragmented and volatile market landscape. Sharp reversals in key assets like coffee, cocoa, and orange juice rattled trend-following positions, while energy provided some relief. The…
Rising Stars and Trend Titans: January 2025
Introduction The world of systematic trend following continues to evolve, where seasoned expertise meets rising talent to shape the industry’s future. Rising Stars and Trend Titans is your go-to monthly…
Financial Thermodynamics: Entropy, Market Structure, and the Decay of Trends
Introduction: Markets as Energy Systems In physics, thermodynamics governs the flow of energy within a system. In trading, financial markets behave much the same way. Markets are not static—they are…
Trading as a Natural Selection Process: Survival of the Adaptable
Introduction: Adapt or Die In nature, survival isn’t about strength—it’s about adaptability. A cheetah that can’t adjust to dwindling prey starves. A species that can’t cope with climate change goes…
Navigating Market Divergence: Trend Followers Face a Tough but Improving Landscape” 14 February 2025
“Shifting Trends: A Market in Transition” This week, trend-followers saw a market environment filled with mixed signals—while equities and metals surged, energy and soft commodities remained under pressure. The TTU…
Momentum as a Universal Principle
Markets Obey the Same Laws as the Physical World If you throw a ball across a field, it doesn’t stop the moment it leaves your hand. It keeps moving—carried by…
The Hidden Costs of Certainty: Why the Best Trades Are Uncomfortable
“If it feels good, you’re probably too late. If it feels uncertain, you might be onto something.” Introduction: The Myth of Certainty in Trading Imagine standing at the edge…
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