Trend Following systems are methods that aim to buy securities that are rising and sell securities that are declining. Trend following is directional – it focuses on the direction of prices. Not all measures of Relative Strength are directional, but the one I used is. I simply ranked the sectors based on their price change over 3 months. That is an absolute ranking, but also a relative ranking. I may require the price change to be positive to enter a position. Some Relative Strength methods are only relative, so they don’t require a positive trend. They may enter the sectors that have the better price change over the period even if it’s negative.

Systematic Trend Following is having a plan and system for identifying and confirming the directional movement of price, then keeps capital positioned in that direction by buying and selling.

For an example of systematic trend-following visit ASYMMETRY® at Shell Capital Management, LLC