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...“we have a disciplined system which guides us to open positions and to close them.  We have trained ourselves to be sufficiently alert and nimble to attempt to cover them for profits and roll them for additional profits when there are new and better opportunities. The ability to be nimble is also critical when trying to avoid being overwhelmed by unexpected market moves.

...we care about our clients. Not just because we know that clients are the bedrock of our existence but also because we learn and grow by listening to their questions and their suggestions. We believe that companies that do not listen to their clients are most likely not growing in line with their potential.

...we've been trading futures for some time. Our principal, Mr. Chang, has been trading elements of our flagship strategy, the Stock Index Premium Collection, for over a decade (the last 7 years of which were tracked and recorded for our Disclosure Document submissions.) We do not claim to have "seen all and know all", but we believe experience can help when you continuously re-test your assumptions and make strategic adjustments accordingly. **For detailed performance data and rankings, please refer to the links on the left side banner of this page.

...we do not operate our trading from a "black box" but our process is totally disciplined. We rely on the statistical probabilities of selected indicators but will override them on occasions when money management and risk control become the dominant trading issues.

...we believe that we have demonstrated that we can perform in all kinds of markets, those trending up or down or consolidating; as well as in periods of high volatility or low. Volatility is essential to our strategies and generally a benefit, but not in the extreme. In conditions of extreme volatility, we balance our positions when that is most appropriate or, we exit the positions until the volatility becomes more manageable.

...we have both the confidence to take appropriate risks on behalf of clients when the time is right as well as the humility to know always that the market can be an all powerful adversary, capable of crushing us if we give it the chance. We aim not to give the market that chance.

...we are lifelong students of risk and risk management and feel confident in our ability to keep draw downs shallow and relatively short. We believe that our published record supports this confidence. In addition we have learned from experience that, especially when dealing with options, physical stops and certain hedges, no matter how good they may sound, can be ineffective as well as overly inefficient. Please take into consideration that past performance is not indicative of future results. The risk of loss inherent in an options writing program is substantial. An investor could potentially lose more than the initial investment. Investors must read the current disclosure document before they invest.

For example, Dr. John Lintner of Harvard University concluded, in what is considered a landmark study in 1983, that "the combined portfolios of stocks after including judicious investments in managed futures accounts, show substantially less risk, at every possible level of expected return, than portfolios of stocks (or stocks and bonds) alone". Click for more information. Earlier, Professor Harry Markowitz of the University of Chicago and the "father" of Modern Portfolio Theory (for which he shared a Nobel Prize in 1990) demonstrated in an article in the Journal of Finance in 1952, that investors failed to account correctly for the high correlation among security returns. Holding securities that tend to move in concert with each other does not lower your risk. A diversified portfolio, he concluded, comprised of non-correlated asset classes can provide the highest returns with the least amount of volatility. Click for more information.

With practically a zero correlation with stocks, one of the most attractive features of managed futures is it's ability to add profound diversification to an overall investment portfolio. Jack Meyer, the chief executive of Harvard University's endowment fund, regularly includes commodities, and financial futures-related instruments in the endowment portfolio. He has explained that, "Holding commodities offers protection against the ups and downs of stocks and bonds: they're the most diversifying asset in the portfolio. The benefits of diversification are indisputable: diversification rules. It's powerful and our portfolio is a good deal less risky [with commodities] than with only the S&P 500." Click for more information.

PLEASE TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THAT PAST PERFORMANCE IS NOT INDICATIVE OF FUTURE RESULTS. THE RISK OF LOSS INHERENT IN AN OPTIONS WRITING PROGRAM IS SUBSTANTIAL. AN INVESTOR COULD POTENTIALLY LOSE MORE THAN THE INITIAL INVESTMENT. INVESTORS MUST READ THE CURRENT DISCLOSURE DOCUMENT BEFORE THEY INVEST. THIS MATERIAL MENTIONS SERVICES WHICH RANK THE PERFORMANCE OF COMMODITY TRADING ADVISORS. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE RANKINGS REFERRED TO APPLY ONLY TO THOSE CTAs WHO SUBMIT THEIR TRADING RESULTS. THE RANKINGS IN NO WAY PURPORT TO BE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE OF COMMODITY TRADING ADVISORS. THE MATERIAL IN NO WAY IMPLIES THAT THESE RESULTS ARE OFFICIALLY SANCTIONED RESULTS OF THE COMMODITY INDUSTRY. PAST PERFORMANCE IS NOT INDICATIVE OF FUTURE RESULTS. THERE IS A RISK OF LOSS IN FUTURES TRADING.