Bill Dreiss has been an early adopter from the very beginning. After going to MIT and Harvard, he wanted to form a business that would allow him to be location independent and allow him to surf, his life passion. Fortunately, systems trading found him.He bought a computer before individuals owned them, started a systems trading firm before almost any of them existed, and has been in business trading his own model fro more than 25 years. You’ll gain a career’s worth of knowledge in this fantastic episode.-----EXCEPTIONAL RESOURCE: Find Out How to Build a Safer & Better Performing Portfolio using this FREE NEW Portfolio Builder ToolIn This Episode, You’ll Learn:Why Bill’s firm is so uniqueHow he went to Harvard business school and then went to work for a Think Tank in CaliforniaHow he developed his first trading system in the 1970sHow he did systematic trading by hand in the early days, without computersThe unique system that was the first system he builtThe first company that he started with a few partners in early 1975How he used to manage 180 clients before computersThe first computer he bought before individuals owned computersWhy he stopped managing outside money for a few yearsWhat made him setup his current company in 1991How he setup his first trading model with Dreiss Research CorporationWhy he was heavily influenced by Boinot MandelbrotWhy trend following is declared dead every few years, but why it is only sleepingWhy he trades longer term and only updates his system about once a weekHow he first managed to automate his system way before other people were able to do itHow the environment has changed from very few system traders to almost completely system tradersWhat differentiates Bill from a lot of other system tradersHow he deals with risk managementWhat drives him in his career and how he has kept it up for so longWhy he thinks in how much leisure time he can have rather than how much money he could makeHow marketing a firm is very importantWhy surfing is so important to himWhy being location independent was very important to him in setting up his 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:Learn more about Richard DunchianLearn more about Benoit MandelbrotFollow 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