CTA Reports reveals pertinent information that can reduce or sometimes prevent unforeseen loss and excessive capital waste. Free PDF reports ordered at this site can increase objectivity, optimize the initial advisor selection process and compliment traditional methods of risk analysis.
SafeMoneyMetrics® (SMM®) is a managed futures risk management and research service. It is a direct approach to identifying, evaluating and monitoring investment cost, trading talent and capital at risk relative to realized return and volatility under current market conditions. When information revealed by SafeMoneyMetrics® is integrated into any other analytical process, the positive potential of using high leveraged investments is optimized. SMM evolved from principles successfully used in hedging for over 150 years. Read Why use SMM to understand the causes of unforeseen losses.
Anyone can search the Reports data base free. Enter through the risk disclosure page. With simple registration, download an unlimited number of free CTA reports into your personal account or save them to your computer. Qualifying for QEP status on the registration form, allows you to include QEP advisors. Download a demo report and select advisors to use with the SafeMoneyMetrics® analysis service.
Remember: Always use high leveraged investments within a composite portfolio strategy because they are high risk. Only use capital that you can comfortably live without and your downside risk is fundamentally managed!
Any advisor not listed or missing information can be added, then request your free report.**** Many reports may look incomplete. This is because of short track records. On page 2 of each report, the number of available data points used is listed. SMM® was originally designed as a custom service. Then it was applied to a data base of advisors. When customized, all reports are complete.
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To improve your SafeMoneyMetrics® experience, download our top 300 risk management rankings. The latest, 3, 6, 12, 24 and 36 month, rankings are updated the first week of every month. Subscribers are notified by email. The excel format allows you to sort by account size, market sector and track-record length. The rankings provide a foundation for acquiring reports from this site. Please note that PDF reports for new advisors are ineffective because of short track records.
Another idea is to get traditional managed futures reports and come back to this site for reports on the same advisors. A few traditional sites are www.starkresearch.com, www.iasg.com, www.cta-info.com, www.cta-index.com, www.autumngold.com, www.lind-waldock.com, www.absolutereturns.com, and www.ma-research.com. These listings are not endorsements, only sites that offer reports.
REMEMBER When evaluating advisor performance consider how the track record was calculated. USA and NON-USA advisors may have different requirements. Regulation allows for a more efficient comparison of advisors. Many advisors are exempt from regulation. Use CTA-Reports and other on-line services with the initial advisor selection process.
Except for all minimum funding levels and default values, data provided is calculated using information submitted to Barclay by each advisor. Such information has not been independently reviewed or audited by Barclay, or SafeMoneyMetrics®. therefore we make no representation as to accuracy of data underlying SMM statistics at this web site.
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1. Many advisors do not use notional funding. The report will graph the net ratio (NR) returns relative to traditional returns. Funding level returns ( FLR) are not available.
2. Many advisors did not respond to a request "do you use notional funding." We use default values. PDF reports inform you when default values are used. Values are standard: Minimum Funding Level 75%, Margin/Equity 25%, RT/Mil 1200.
**** You can select custom default values when using advisor analysis.
3. When advisors have short track records, reports are kind of useless. However, custom reports can be created using daily or weekly data.
4. Reports use past rate of return data. Remember that the past is gone and this is a tool used to facilitate a higher quality decision. Read Why Use SMM
We will create complimentary reports on any advisors not currently in the data base. Contact admin@safemoneymetrics.com
5. When registered and searching for advisors, some advisors have no GET PDF button. Those advisors are in the data base, you can view the details online, however they have no pdf report to get. We will custom create when you ask.