The Trends That Would Not Hold July was not a quiet month. Markets moved. Some moved violently. Trends appeared, strengthened and, in several cases, looked as though they might finally provide trend followers with something meaningful to work with. Then...
For five straight months, trend following in 2026 had told a simple story. Trends were there, the benchmarks captured them, and the numbers went up. June broke that story in the most instructive way possible: the trend environment got measurably...
May delivered a fifth consecutive month of gains across all three major trend-following benchmarks, though by the narrowest of margins, as one of the most volatile intra-month environments of the cycle ultimately cancelled itself out. Our latest TTU Trend Following...
April delivered a fourth consecutive month of gains across all three major trend-following benchmarks, with the trailing twelve-month figures pushing into their strongest territory of the cycle. Our latest TTU Trend Following Performance Report is now available. The Headline Numbers...
February 2026 asked the toughest question in trend following: can systematic programs deliver when conditions deteriorate sharply mid-month? The answer was an emphatic yes. All three major benchmarks posted gains for a second consecutive month, with the TTU Trend Following...
January 2026 delivered what trend followers had been patiently waiting for. After a 2025 defined by selective conditions and modest gains, the new year opened with all three major trend-following benchmarks posting returns exceeding four percent, the TTU Trend Barometer...
Linus Nilsson is the founder of NilssonHedge, one of the most comprehensive and transparent hedge fund and CTA databases in the world. Based in Amsterdam, NilssonHedge tracks over 2,000 active strategies and more than 2,000 graveyard strategies, covering systematic CTAs,...
