TTU101: Should You Trust The Short-Term Over The Long-Term? ft. Nigol Koulajian of Quest Partners – 1of2
Nigol Koulajian is the Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Quest Partners LLC, and has been designing and trading short-term and long-term technical systems for over 22 years. Coming from Columbia business school, many of Nigol’s general practices seem counter-intuitive but have consistently yielded results. This interview will help get you deeper into the trading and management philosophy that has made Quest Partners such a successful firm.
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In This Episode, You’ll Learn:
- How Nigol got started with trading systems
- How Quest Partners grew to where it is today
- What Nigol has learned from his unique path into managed futures
- Why clearly defining your process is value added to your product
- Why Nigol is okay with always being in a state of failure
- How developing nuance in his intuitive process has become Nigol’s greatest asset
- What role meditation has played in Nigol’s career
- What factors played into Quest’s success
- Why Quest takes tail risk into account while normalizing returns
- Why Nigol puts more trust in short-term over the long-term
- Some of Nigol’s short-term trading strategies
- What Nigol is studying right now
- How writing white papers has helped Nigol’s relationships with his clients
- Why focusing on your investors can be hurting your long-term growth
- How Quest Partners has changed to fit the post-2010 financial climate
- The problem with smart beta
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