aiSource is often approached by many different types of investors on the benefits or drawbacks in investing with emerging CTAs. Some aggressive investors are looking for the next best CTA/strategy and willing to take on more risk, whereas a more conservative investor looks for a more established or proven CTA/strategy.…
For investors new to managed futures, it can be confusing how everything works. First and foremost, it’s is crucial to understand what commodity trading advisors are, you can read a detailed explanation of what CTA’s are by clicking here. In short, investors give CTA’s the authority to trade an account…
As we have previously discussed in our articles, there are many ways to analyze whether or not a commodity trading advisor (CTA) is worth investing with. From analyzing the underlying core of the strategy to various risk statistics, the list can go on and on. In past articles we have…
At aiSource, we believe that monthly rate of returns reported by CTAs only tell half the story. By looking at monthly returns, you’re only reviewing a small data set of numbers; for example, a three year track record has only thirty six monthly returns (i.e. 36 data points). Since investing…