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- Education University of Stuttgart, Germany
- Qualifications Master in Aerospace Engineering
- Date of Birth October 06, 1968
- Job Title Director, Channel Sales
- Industry Computer Software
- Investment Experience 16 years private investing, 4 years short term equity trading
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Michael Arold
Individual Investor
Michael exploits market inefficiencies using a momentum-based trading strategy. He has a strong engineering background and currently lives in Germany.
Investment style
Rigorous top-down investment process, starting with analysis of expected market direction, investment themes and market sentiment for the coming weeks. Second step is identification of asset classes, sectors, and stocks to benefit from identified themes. Finally, Michael is deploying technical analysis for timing of entries and exits. Positions will be closed if momentum fades or predefined stop-loss is broken.
As Michael does not consider fundamental financial value, he does not trade a stock within its period of earnings results as he is at a relative disadvantage to those with deep individual understanding of the company.
How I got started
Michael has been an active investor since the mid nineties. Initially, he developed mechanical trading systems, which worked quite well in that period. In 2005, Michael started to develop his current approach. Lessons learned during the internet bubble helped to shape his strategy and drive investment decisions during the recent US Housing Crisis.
Investment models
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Technical Swing
See full details- Approach Quant/Technical
- Asset class Multi Asset Class
- Geography Global
Performance-
7.0%30 day
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20.4%365 days
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73.1%S.I.
Monthly vs S&P50019.6% 12 months
Important info
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Model commentary
An amazing parallel signaling market bottoms
26 January 2012
These three characteristics played out almost the exact same way in the last three market bottoms.
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