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Garrett Baldwin and Scott Dunn explore alternative investment strategies, value and momentum strategies, tail-risk analysis, and behavioral finance. We take a highly quantitative approach to trading and investing and blend it with macroeconomic analysis and deep research. We also highly emphasis risk management practices. Long call/put, spread trading, value reversion, RSI/MFI reversions.
Good morning... I'm raising the Yellow Flag this morning... and I want you guys to understand why...
One of the most underappreciated risks in the market right now has nothing to do with earnings, valuations, or macro headlines. It sits inside the structure of the market itself.
Systematic strategies remain heavily long.
Trend-following CTAs, risk parity funds, and volatility control strategies collectively hold several hundred billion dollars of equity exposure. According to Bank of America, roughly $300 billion sits in CTA positioning alone, with another $400 billion split between risk parity and volatility targeting strategies. These positions are not discretionary. They respond to price, volatility, and trend signals.
Momentum has quietly deteriorated beneath the surface since October, even as headline indices remain near highs. When momentum fades while exposure stays elevated, downside becomes asymmetric. Small price moves can trigger large forced selling, not because investors chang