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Dec 2018
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BO09: From Discretionary Trading to a Sy...

NIELS KAASTRUP-LARSEN
About this episode

At the very beginning of my podcasting career, I had a great conversation with Mike Dever covering many trading related topics, one of which were the different approaches to trading. And there was One segment I really liked in particular, and which I would like to share with you today.  It was a segment where Mike shared his own systematic approach to trading and as you listen to it, we need to keep in mind that Mike was not always a systematic trader. 

Listen to the full episode here. Part 1 & Part 2.

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