# Ep. 1394: Michael Melissinos Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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Podcast: [Michael Covel's Trend Following](https://stenobird.com/podcast/michael-covel-s-trend-following-532790)
Published: 2026-06-15T02:00:00+00:00
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Duration seconds: 2758

## Resource

My guest today is Michael Melissinos. He is the founder of Melissinos Trading and a trend following trader influenced by legendary traders Ed Seykota and Jerry Parker. A former college baseball player and Bear Stearns employee, he is known for his disciplined, rules-based approach to trading. The topic is Trend Following. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: AI automation, productivity, creativity and authenticity Trend following vs market prediction Lessons from Bear Stearns and financial market psychology Discipline, process, and long-term trading success Jump in! --- I'm MICHAEL COVEL, the host of TREND FOLLOWING RADIO, and I'm proud to have delivered 10+ million podcast listens since 2012. Investments, economics, psychology, politics, decision-making, human behavior, entrepreneurship and trend following are all passionately explored and debated on my show. To start? I'd like to give you a great piece of advice you can use in your life and trading journey… cut your losses! You will find much more about that philosophy here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/trend/ You can watch a free video here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/video/ Can't get enough of this episode? You can choose from my thousand plus episodes here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/podcast My social media platforms: Twitter: @covel Facebook: @trendfollowing LinkedIn: @covel Instagram: @mikecovel Hope you enjoy my never-ending podcast conversation!

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