2024 Top FCMs

One of our most popular blog posts: a list of the top FCMs (based on customer funds held in segregation) has been updated with end of 2023 numbers. When doing research in selecting a futures commission merchant, or FCM, (i.e. custodian) to house your managed futures portfolio, it can be…

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Don’t Put Your Eggs in One Basket: CTA Edition

“Don’t put your eggs in one basket” is a common phrase opined to investors.  Quickly followed by the mantra of “diversify, diversify, diversify.”  The same principle can also apply to commodity trading advisors as it pertains to their assets under management (not the markets they trade).  Having a diversified group…

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Top 10 Commodity Trading Advisors of 2022

2022 was a good year for managed futures.  CTA indices all reported positive results, with Barclay’s CTA index posting a ~+7% return for the year, and the SG CTA index posting a return of ~+20%. Trend following strategies, which had been looked over the last decade, came back into favor…

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