Our guest today is a successful trader, businessman, and author. He is known for his books Following The Trend and Stocks on the Move, and after an impressive career at Reuters finance he moved on to ACIES Asset Management in Switzerland.In our conversation, we discuss trend following and the need to keep it simple, the mistakes that retail traders make, and how to start a new firm in this day and age.-----EXCEPTIONAL RESOURCE: Find Out How to Build a Safer & Better Performing Portfolio using this FREE NEW Portfolio Builder ToolIn This Episode, You’ll Learn:The many skill sets that Andreas hasHow he wrote the books that he is known forWhy he has a large degree of flexibility with his firm and the capital they manageHow he grew up in a small town in Sweden…with lots of cows!About the computer company that he startedHow he left the corporate worldHow he started at ACIESWhat Andreas does when he is not workingThe books he has written about systematic trading strategiesThe value of simplicityWhat Andreas thinks about trend followingThe issues with doing trend following on stocksHow he got the freedom to write a bookWhat retail traders will get from his booksWhy managing your own money is a bad tradeWhat he thinks about technical analysis and how to define itWhat it takes to start a firm or trading business-----ATTENTION TTU TRIBE : SIGN-UP for Rick Rule's Symposium: Once in a life-time natural resource insights from the BEST investors in the world via a first-class livestream or Live event!Resources & Links Mentioned in this Episode:Listen to our episode with Jerry Parker recapping 2014.A Definition of ATR (Average True Range).Buy Andreas’ books.Check out his website FollowingTheTrend.com.Follow Niels on Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube or via the TTU website.IT’s TRUE ? – most CIO’s read 50+ books each year – get your FREE copy of the Ultimate Guide to the Best Investment Books ever written here.And you can get a free copy of my latest book “The Many Flavors of Trend Following” here.Learn more about the Trend Barometer here.Send your