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Managed futures are simply accounts where professional futures traders manage accounts for clients by placing trades in the futures and options markets. These registered professionals are Commodity Trading Advisors (CTAs) and have their own specific strategies for trading the markets. An overview of their strategies are provided in their Disclosure Documents and Tear Sheets, along with their track records of past performance.

CTA Index Up 7.64 Percent YTD but Agriculture CTAs Struggle

Commodity Trading Advisors (CTAs) have been performing fairly well as a whole thus far in 2019 with Autumn Gold CTA index (non-investable) reporting 5.79% YTD. The Barclay CTA Index is up about 7.61 percent as...

Gaining Leverage with Notional Funding in Managed Futures

Notional funding is simply an agreement a client has with a Commodity Trading Advisor (CTA) to trade his or her managed futures account at a level beyond the amount of cash deposited. The amount...
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