Turbo Charged Trend Following: Why Capturing the Market’s Biggest Trends Means Embracing High Volatility | Moritz Seibert & Moritz Heiden | Takahe Capital – Monetary Matters with Jack Farley
Turbo Charged Trend Following: Why Capturing the Market’s Biggest Trends Means Embracing High Volatility | Moritz Seibert & Moritz Heiden | Takahe Capital
Bullish and bearish opinions expressed in this episode, paired with supporting transcript quotes. The quote confirms what was said—not whether the opinion is correct.
Bullish
$GLD— Currently long gold and silver with strong trends that have been working well, particularly at the beginning of the year. Gold has been a major driver of trend following performance.
$EQUITIES— Long equity markets globally with few exceptions, representing a broad bullish stance on equities as a trending asset class.
$BNO— Long petroleum markets including Brent, WTI, heating oil and gas oil, benefiting from trends related to geopolitical events.
$SOYB— Long soybean oil which has had a massive run higher and remains a significant position despite some giveback.
$COPPER— Currently long copper as part of their commodity trend following positions.
$COTTON— Still long cotton after a massive run to the upside, though the position has given back some profits recently.
Bearish
$BTC— Short Bitcoin and Ethereum as the crypto markets are not trading well currently.
$NIB— Short cocoa after it reversed from highs of $13,000 per ton, representing a successful trend reversal trade.
$UNG— Short natural gas in the US as the market continues declining in price.
$JO— Short coffee as part of their current commodity positioning.