Chris Dover: If Kobe Bryant Was a Trader
This week’s guest, Chris Dover (HMFIC at Pollinate trading) discusses his journey into trading and the differences between discretionary and systematic trading. He emphasizes the importance of accumulating experience and knowledge before diving into discretionary trading. Chris also introduces the concept of market regimes and explains how to identify and analyze different market environments. He highlights the significance of understanding the underlying incentives of the markets being traded and the role of statistical tools in evaluating trading systems. Chris also shares insights on trading crypto, emphasizing the importance of technical analysis in and how it can be more effective due to the higher proportion of retail traders in the crypto space. He also explains the significance of predictable and repeatable patterns in trading and the need for realistic expectations. Chris encourages traders to focus on their own risk management and practice backtesting to improve their skills. He concludes by discussing the discipline and edge required in trading and his bullish outlook for the market.
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About Chris:
Chris is a former US Marine, High Threat protection for US State Department personnel in Iraq and the President of Haiti.
A self-taught programmer, Chris has traded since 1999 and implemented discretionary and algorithmic trading as a prop trader and running Pollinate Capital, a crypto hedge fund which returned +6400% in it’s 4 month life before returning profits to the partners.
Chris trades multi asset, multi strategy algorithms in Equities, Futures, Currencies and Crypto markets.
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