Tom Basso

Overview

What a privilege to have this conversation with Tom Basso on behalf of the STA. Tom has been trading for over 50 years and is one of Jack Schwager's Market Wizards, was the CEO of TrendStrat Capital Management for 28 years, has written multiple trading books and has also been retired for 20 years (which really means he simply continues to do what he's always done but just in his own retirement portfolio these days).

Topics

In this wide ranging discussion we covered a variety of topics including:

• Tom's interview with Jack Schwager and the origins of the "Mr Serenity" nickname

• Perfection versus Robustness

• Keeping things Simple

• 3 Indicator Combination: Donchian, Keltner, Bollinger

• Hedging a stock portfolio with ES futures using the indicators above

• Tom's daily routine for updating positions & orders

• Prediction versus Reaction

• Combining Multiple Strategies to create a Complementary Diversified Portfolio

• Tom's thoughts on how to trade different Market Regimes (Market Types)

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