Volatility Trading Program
Executive Summary
The Volatility Trading Program is designed to exclusively trade VIX futures. The Advisor considers the current market environment in a broad sense and then looks to opportunistically place spread positions along the futures curve according to their relative value as determined by the Advisor's proprietary method. From time to time the Advisor may place a simple "long" or "short" position along the VIX futures curve to shift the portfolio's exposure and/or sensitivities. There are no trading restrictions or limitations placed on the Advisor and the Advisor reserves the right to trade in other futures markets, such as the E-mini S&P 500 and U.S Treasury futures, in times of market stress or illiquidity in order to hedge the portfolio's macro exposures.
The Advisor focuses on the following factors with respect to positioning the portfolio:
- Level of the Volatility Surface;
- Steepness of the Volatility Surface;
- Curvature of the Volatility Surface;
- Beta of Portfolio to Spot Volatility;
- Excess Capital Remaining in Stressed Market Scenarios.
The Advisor believes that risk management is critical to generating long-term wealth-building returns and that expected returns vary over time. Therefore, the Advisor takes a pro-active approach to risk management by varying the portfolio's exposures during different market environments with the goal of reducing drawdowns and capturing favorable risk/return probabilities as they are presented. The Advisor recommends that clients do not try to time the strategy, but instead consider the offered program to be part of a diversified investment portfolio to be held for many years.
The recommended minimum account size is $100,000 so that clients can fully participate in the program; however, the Advisor will accept accounts as small as $25,000 provided that the client acknowledges that their account performance may vary substantially from the composite program performance.
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