In the second part of our interview with hedge fund founder Luc Van Hof, we dive into the philosophy and creation behind his trading models. We also discuss why he is a risk averse person, what hobbies help him stay focused at work, and what investors and fund managers can do to grow their business and trade smarter.

Welcome to Part 2 of our conversation with Luc Van Hof.

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In This Episode, You’ll Learn:

How to avoid model decay and how to avoid the risk when the model may stop working in the future.
How to diversify your types of models – dynamic filtering that takes place. Automatic de-leveraging when a certain market goes down.
How Luc chooses his models and why he does:
Short term trend following
Short term mean reversion
What concepts for his models repeat themselves over and over again, pattern recognition.
About volatility risk premium strategies.
How he tests his models that have so many moving parts in short timeframes.
His views on position sizing.
What investors should look at in terms of risk management
Maximum Exposure for a trade – determines the maximum risk that a trade can generate for the total of the portfolio.
How Luc deals with drawdowns.
Why he is a risk averse person.
Why he is still researching other trading ideas when he thinks he’s found a way that mitigates risk effectively.
How he gets his ideas from math puzzles, reading about geometry and logic.
Why investors should look at the predictability of returns and how to convince investors what and how you are going to trade is something that is going to work.
Why discipline is the main characteristic that people need to be a successful fund manager.
The books that he recommends for managers starting out wanting to be successful.
How his hobbies such as nature, reading, and music help to keep him balanced in a busy financial world.

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