Ep. 57: Dr. Alexander Elder Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

My guest today is Dr. Alexander Elder, a trader, educator and author. Dr. Elder's unique and inspiring story starts with his dissatisfaction with the system in his home country of Estonia. At 23, while working as a ship's doctor, he jumped a Soviet Union ship in Africa and received political asylum in the United States; he also ended up on the KGB's wanted list. Dr. Elder worked as a psychiatrist in New York City and taught at Columbia University. The topic is his book Trading for a Living: Psychology, Trading Tactics, Money Management. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: Experience as a psychiatrist provided him with a unique insight into trading Psychology of trading How a high degree of education can sometimes be a hindrance The most dangerous personality traits to have as a trader The stages of trader development The importance of money management The importance of keeping records and diaries of your trades The notion of exiting long positions and shorting weakness The similarities and differences between traders in different geographic locations How financial markets can be like manic depressive patients 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!