Trend following in commodities offers true diversification—small losses most days, big gains when trends emerge. Here’s how to make it work, even with a small account.

Trend-following indicators are technical tools that measure the direction and strength of trends in the chosen time frame. Some trend-following indicators are placed directly on the price panel, ...

Trend following has become a popular allocation in many investment portfolios, and is one of the largest alternative strategies with over $300 billion in assets under management.

Trend following has started 2024 strongly with the SocGen Trend Index up 7.64% at the time of writing. Looking back over the lifetime of the asset class, ...

Market Extra Trend-following hedge funds are off to a strong start in 2024. Does the strategy deserve a spot in your portfolio? They have more than doubled the gains of the S&P 500 this year ...

Firms using trend-following algorithms to trade futures suffered a reversal this year from their stellar performance in 2022, according to Bridgeton Research Group Bridgeton, which runs m ...

Firms that use trend-following algorithms to trade futures had a tough first half of the year, according to Bridgeton Research Group. The trend followers have been hurt by a general lack of trends ...

The rolling 12-month return for trend following strategies, after a challenging year where risky assets were whipsawed by the initiation of trade war hostilities, was -18.6% through the end of April.

AQR Capital Management’s trend-following strategies are notching big gains this year as quants across the industry surf relentless inflation-driven price trends in almost every asset class.. The ...