My Latest Cover Letter (Part 6)

Through a series of blog posts (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4), I feel I have done a pretty good job of describing what I seek, what I have done, and what I offer to a prospective financial firm. Organizing and putting all this into words has been a herculean effort for me. One thing that remains quite understated is the content presented in this blog.

In Part 5, I started to bring my writing to the fore with a sampling of blog posts.

To say this blog is extensive would be a vast understatement:

• What it Takes to Trade Full Time (2012)
• optionScam.com (2012)
• Walking it Forward with System Validation (Part 1) (2013)
• Is Independent Trading Success Possible? (Part 1) (2013)
• Portfolio Considerations of a Trading Strategy (Part 1) (2014)
• Can We Scientifically Understand the Financial Markets? (Part 1) (2014)
• The Myth of Unusual Option Activity (Part 1) (2015)
• Correlation Confound (Part 1) (2015)
• Israelsen on Diversification (Part 1) (2016)
• Am I Worthy of Self-Promotion? (Part 1) (2016)
• Professional Performance (Part 1) (2017)
• My Take on Asset Managers (2017)
• Incremental Value (Part 1) (2018)
• Automated Backtester Research Plan (Part 1) (2018)
• Testing the Noise (Part 1) (2019)
• Investment Newsletter Scam (2019)
• Black Swan Trading Systems (2020)
• What Percentage of New Traders Fail? (Part 1) (2020)
• An Insider’s View on Jobs in the Financial Industry (Part 1) (2021)
• Debunking the Williams Hedge (Part 1) (2021)

With the exception of time, this blog really is my job interview. Its entirety makes me the most transparent of candidates you will ever see with regard to motivation and any ulterior motives I could possibly have.

The current mini-series is my best attempt thus far to encapsulate everything I am in the domain of finance: trader, backtester, analyst, commentator, writer, defender, and scientist (in any order you well please).