Trading Volatility -- Euan Sinclair

Guest:

Euan Sinclair
Partner & Head of Research & Strategy Development at Talton Capital Management
Record Date: 2/27/18

Topics:

1. Thoughts what happened in XIV & VXX
2. Pricing of VIX Futures vs other Futures
3. Executing Mean Reversion Strategies in VIX Futures
4. Trend Following the VIX Futures
5. Bond VIX
6. Bitcoin VIX

Rapid Fire:

Q. What Trader has influenced your life the most and why?
A. Donald Poretti “Snoop”

Q. What was one of the hardest things you’ve had to overcome in trading?
A. Letting profits run

Q. How has your trading evolved over the years?
A. It became simpler

Q. 1 source you spend your time on?
A. www.ssrn.com/en/

Q. Favorite Book About Trading:
A. Market Wizards

Q. Favorite Movie About Trading:
A. Wolf of Wall Street

Q. Best Advice Ever Received About Trading:
A. Be yourself. Don’t try to be someone else

Q. Advice to Give to Others About Trading:
A. You can’t learn everything, but theres a lot you can learn. If you can learn it, then you should. Don’t ever give up and think you’ve learned everything.

Q. If you weren’t a trader you’d be what?
A. Physics Professor

Guest Resources:

• Website: taltoncm.blogspot.com/
• Twitter: twitter.com/SinclairEuan
• Books: www.Amazon.com/Euan-Sinclair/e/B001ILM86Y



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