Michael Covel speaks with Mike Melissinos and Glenn Graham on today’s “emerging trend following trader” episode. In 2011, Melissinos started Melissinos Trading in his parents’ house in New Jersey. Covel and Melissinos discuss Melissinos’ career and beginnings; his history with Bear Sterns; Melissinos’ introduction to trend following; “find trends, align with trends, and manage risks”; the similarities between crude oil, copper, sugar, the Euro, and wheat; and trading based purely on price. For more information on Mike Melissinos, visit melissinostrading.com. Glenn Graham’s firm is Golden Point Capital. Graham has had extensive experience in quantitative trading strategy development in the futures space. He holds the designation of Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA), a designation focusing on the alternative asset classes. Graham and Covel discuss Graham’s early trading track record; niche markets and hedging; Graham’s early trading experiences and his history at a high frequency trading firm; early influences in trend style trading; the parallels between trading and backgammon; the importance of the size of your winners over winning percentage; and style drift. For more information on Glenn Graham, visit goldenpointcap.com. For a free DVD: trendfollowing.com/win.