A short YouTube conversation (Adrian Reid with an interviewer) about Reid's transition to systematic trading driven by mounting frustration with conflicting market advice and strategies encountered via podcasts and other sources. The clip centers on the catalyst for his shift toward systematic approaches.
So you said that you've flicked a switch to systematic training. What was that switch? Was there, like a catalyst that caused you to switch into systematic.
Yes. Well, frustration building, I guess, is the key point, because, like, everyone, you come into the markets and you listen to podcasts, like, you listen to your podcast, and there's so many great episodes. Everyone should listen to all of them.
Thank you.
But the problem is there's so many different approaches. It's like, oh, this guy does this. That's cool. Oh, go and investigate. Oh, this person does this. Oh, this girl does that. Before you know it, you're massively overwhel. You have no idea what works. Everyone has conflicting information, and you kind of don't know where to turn. And it was all frustrating for different reasons. So that frustration, for me, frustration is a trigger to drive curiosity. And I think that's really, really key. So I had all of that frustration, and so I got curious, like, okay, why are these things not making money? Why am I having trouble with these different techniques? And somewhere on the bookshelf back there, But I read market wizards. I read it with curiosity. What are these people doing? And which of those approaches resonate with me? And so I went through that book and I basically just crossed out, not going to do anything. Not going to follow that approach. Not going to follow that approach. That won't work for me. I can't do that. This is my approach. Systematic trend following was the approach I was just like, for me, that's just perfect.
