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Managed Futures Article Asks Questions

Saturday, July 10, 2010

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"In regards to receiving interest income, that is all dependent on how the account structure is set up. A direct account, for instance, can be set up to provide interest income as well as benefit from the managed futures performance. There are several account structures, each with various risk and reward trade-offs."

Interesting Interview With German CTA Amplitude

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

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A classic trend trader, CTA Karsten Schroeder does an excellent job of breaking down the market environment for trend traders in 2008 and 2009. While he doesn't discuss other strategies, such as short volatility and spread trading strategies as they relate to market environment, his analysis of the four primary trades that drove trend trading success in 2008 is spot on.

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“Managed futures is one of the world’s non-correlated asset classes and should be considered in any modern portfolio. High-Performance Managed Futures shows investors how to succeed in this arena and does so in a logical and interesting format.”

— Scott Slutsky, author, Master of the Futures and The Complete Guide to Electronic Trading Futures; Managing Director, PFGBEST Global Service Division; Board of Directors, CME Group, Inc. PAC

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High Performance Managed Futures is the book for the managed futures industry, including commodity trading advisors (CTA), commodity pool operators (CPO) and other managed futures hedge funds, ETFs and managed futures mutual funds, authored by Mark H. Melin