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Michael Covel

My guest today is Brad Rathe, a trader, and programmer. Rathe allocates funds to other traders, as well as operates his own global macro fund. Rathe has worked at such firms as EMC (original Turtle), Northbourne, and Rotella. Rathe moved to Chicago the day he graduated college and immersed himself in the pits of the Chicago Board of Trade, initially working in the "meats" pit (pork bellies, live cattle, live hogs, and feeder cattle). The topic is Trend Following. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:  Practical/physical factors involved in the futures pit in the late 80's/early 90's The move to screen-based exchanges (computer trading) replacing floor trading Working at Globex How the CTA business grew under the Turtles The importance of programming Tweaking and changing your trend following system MF Global, Madoff, Wasendorf and other cheaters The importance of being unemotional during a big blowup  Jump in! --- I’m MICHAEL COVEL, the host of TREND FOLLOWING RADIO, and I’m proud to have delivered 10+ million podcast listens since 2012. Investments, economics, psychology, politics, decision-making, human behavior, entrepreneurship and trend following are all passionately explored and debated on my show. To start? I’d like to give you a great piece of advice you can use in your life and trading journey… cut your losses! You will find much more about that philosophy here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/trend/ You can watch a free video here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/video/ Can’t get enough of this episode? You can choose from my thousand plus episodes here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/podcast My social media platforms: Twitter: @covel Facebook: @trendfollowing LinkedIn: @covel Instagram: @mikecovel Hope you enjoy my never-ending podcast conversation!

My guest today is Brad Rathe, a trader, and programmer. Rathe allocates funds to other traders, as well as operates his own global macro fund. Rathe has worked at such firms as EMC (original Turtle), Northbourne, and Rotella. Rathe moved to Chicago the day he graduated college and immersed himself in the pits of the Chicago Board of Trade, initially working in the "meats" pit (pork bellies, live cattle, live hogs, and feeder cattle). The topic is Trend Following. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: <ul> <li>Practical/physical factors involved in the futures pit in the late 80's/early 90's</li> <li>The move to screen-based exchanges (computer trading) replacing floor trading</li> <li>Working at Globex</li> <li>How the CTA business grew under the Turtles</li> <li>The importance of programming</li> <li>Tweaking and changing your trend following system</li> <li>MF Global, Madoff, Wasendorf and other cheaters</li> <li>The importance of being unemotional during a big blowup</li> </ul> Jump in! --- I’m MICHAEL COVEL, the host of TREND FOLLOWING RADIO, and I’m proud to have delivered 10+ million podcast listens since 2012. Investments, economics, psychology, politics, decision-making, human behavior, entrepreneurship and trend following are all passionately explored and debated on my show. To start? I’d like to give you a great piece of advice you can use in your life and trading journey… cut your losses! You will find much more about that philosophy here: <a href="https://www.trendfollowing.com/trend/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.trendfollowing.com/trend/</a> You can watch a free video here: <a href="https://www.trendfollowing.com/video/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.trendfollowing.com/video/</a> Can’t get enough of this episode? You can choose from my thousand plus episodes here: <a href="https://www.trendfollowing.com/podcast" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.trendfollowing.com/podcast</a> My social media platforms: Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/covel" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">@covel</a> Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/trendfollowing/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">@trendfollowing</a> LinkedIn: <a href="https://linkedin.com/in/covel/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">@covel</a> Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/mikecovel/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">@mikecovel</a> Hope you enjoy my never-ending podcast conversation!

Ep. 38: Brad Rathe Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio