His routine at work and why being a systematic trader makes him boring and bad at marketing, but helps him sleep at night knowing they are going to "show up" the next day.About Chris' golf playing and his ties to Scotland.Why Bob Tamiso’s best advice was to always "show up"."These were not people who represented their greatness by pretending that they knew tomorrow’s prices." - Chris Cruden ( Tweet) How Bob Tamiso was successful and the way he carried himself that made him successful.Why he started trading currencies early on.
What AHL was doing in the beginning of the company. "The belief was that the game was becoming too crowded, so we looked for another game that was not crowded." - Chris Cruden ( Tweet) Why he looked for a market that was not overcrowded and easily spooked, which was the inter-bank foreign exchange market. In 1993 he went back to New York joined with Robert M Tamiso, a mentor to him. "When signals were generated, 7am New York time, Carol would then call Pru, who was our main broker in London and speak to someone called Syd, and a Syd would give us the mid range prices, and then the trades were done." - Chris Cruden ( Tweet) After the 1988 crash he found himself back in London and joined AHL. How he came to do business with Dean Witter Reynolds and after a few years why they hired him. About his first job at Syfrets Trust bank in South Africa as a Gold analyst. His time in Africa after leaving the army - finding himself in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). How his career started off as a British Army officer. "Even in those days, the successful CTAs were or tended to be systematic trend followers." - Chris Cruden ( Tweet) About his days working for AHL in the early 90's. How Chris came to work with Dean Witter, one of the leading players in the industry back in the 1980's & 90's. 
"I don’t know if we’re a hedge fund, I don’t know if we’re a CTA - but as a currency trader we’ve always been the red-headed step child of both industries." - Chris Cruden ( Tweet) In This Episode, You'll Learn:
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