Trend Following With Michael Covel

My guest today is Mark Minervini, a technical analyst, acclaimed author, instructor, and independent trader. He has over 30 years of experience in finance, and was featured in Jack Schwager's Stock Market Wizards; Conversations with America's Top Stock Traders. The topic is his book Trade Like a Stock Market Wizard: How to Achieve Super Performance in Stocks in Any Market. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: Importance of influences outside of the finance world Minervini's atypical background in music and how he got to where he is today Capturing 'super performance' and the trend The importance of cutting your losers short How Minervini spends his day Richard Love and 'super performance' stocks Why Minervini is not a fan of diversification beyond the minimum amount that you can get away with Richard Donchian, Jesse Livermore and their influence on Minervini Timeless strategies Paul Tudor Jones and 'losers average losers' The importance of not just trading what you know 'New high ground' and