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Justice for Jitesh: Special Sauce is Never Shared

by John Lothian | Oct 24, 2019

I worked with traders and systems developers for many years when I was a futures broker. During the time I worked with them, they never shared with me their “special sauce,” the intellectual property that made their trading systems tick. There...

Brand New: Hehmeyer Moves Into Managed Futures & More

by Jim Kharouf | Jan 25, 2017

Sometimes it's time to diversify. Chris Hehmeyer formed a new firm called Hehmeyer Trading & Investments LLC that will expand into the managed futures and introducing broker space. The renamed company comes from his prior firm, HTG Capital Partners, which acquired...

Germination And Emergence: Allison Yacker on Emerging Manager Seeding Arrangements

by JLN Staff | Feb 15, 2016

In the trading space, much like the rest of the world, some of the best ideas and strategies come from emerging managers, or the "new kids on the block." The trick is finding the right right win-win partnership to help get them on their way. Today, it is the large...

NFA Election – Ernest Jaffarian reply to statements of James Koutoulas and John Roe

by John Lothian | Jan 3, 2016

From Ernest Jaffarian:I find it necessary to speak to a number of mischaracterizations regarding the service of Doug Bry and myself on the NFA Board.It was Doug Bry who originally suggested to me in 2011 that I pursue election to the NFA Board. He did so out of a...

Internal Affairs: NFA CEO Dan Roth Highlights Changes in the Wake of MF Global and Peregrine Bankruptcies

by JLN Staff | Feb 19, 2015

**Editor's Note: As news content and technology continue to change, so do we at John Lothian News. Please take a look at our interview with Dan Roth of the NFA, and click on the embedded video sidebar, at the 1:09 or 3:40 minute, marks to see more of our interview....

Open Spaces: Coquest Looks to Expand in Managed Futures

by Jim Kharouf | Feb 17, 2015

Coquest is making a bigger push into the managed futures space. The firm, which announced the addition of Max Eagye as managing director last week to further expand its managed futures business, sees an opportunity to grow within the space with individual investors,...

Unfinished Business: John Roe Asks for Two More Years on the NFA Board of Directors

by JLN Staff | Dec 30, 2014

This year's elections for the board of directors of the National Futures Association is underway. John Lothian News spoke with several of the candidates, including commodity trading advisor and Commodity Customer Coalition co-founder John Roe, first elected to the...

Which Direxion for 40 Act Funds

by Jim Kharouf | Oct 1, 2014

The question for many in the managed futures industry at the CTA Expo in Chicago last month was where the next opportunity will come from. Several years now into the next big thing - managed futures mutual funds or 40 Act Funds - there is great hope and great...

JLN Managed Futures: Managed futures enjoy rare strong performance; Barclay CTA Index Gains 1.63% in August; Why managed futures aren't getting the job done

by Jim Kharouf | Oct 1, 2014

Observations/Commentary Which Direxion for 40 Act Funds Jim Kharouf, John Lothian News The question for many in the managed futures industry at the CTA Expo in Chicago last month was where the next opportunity will come from. Several years now into the next big thing...

Managed Futures Gets Bloomberged, 3.0: Starting Over From the Beginning

by John Lothian | Oct 14, 2013

One way to start a CTA business is by writing a newsletter and giving away your trading ideas and signals. Once you build a large enough audience, you start to charge a monthly fee for your service. Once you get enough people willing to pay for your service, you...

JLN Managed Futures: Is the great correlation over?; Billions of dollars wasted on investment advice; CTAs head for third year of losses

by JLN Staff | Oct 1, 2013

Strategists at a recent conference in Chicago declare an end to “the great correlation.” Pension funds are apparently wasting billions of dollars a year on “worthless advice” according to a story in the Financial Times. And the bad news keeps coming for the managed...

Thomas Rollinger of Red Rock Capital Explains the Trouble with Trend Following and Why He Likes Sortino Ratios

by JLN Staff | Sep 30, 2013

Thomas Rollinger has a unique perspective on the markets. As the managing partner and chief investment officer of Red Rock Capital, Rollinger joined the managed futures firm in March after being a long-time customer of the firm. But Rollinger also has an interesting...

JLN Managed Futures: Bond-King Pimco Plans to Push 'Alternative Funds'; Moore Capital settles platinum, palladium lawsuit; High-frequency trading does not raise futures volatility

by JLN Staff | Sep 3, 2013

Observations - Statistics - Commentary The bond-bigwigs at Pimco are apparently coming to the managed futures world, according to the Wall Street Journal. This despite the fact that 2013 has been another disappointing year thus far. Moore Capital paid $48 million to...

Leigh Faber Discusses Family Offices and Allocating to Managed Futures

by JLN Staff | Sep 3, 2013

As alternative investments continue the march toward mainstream, and as institutional investors continue to increase allocations to the alternative space, more high-net-worth investors are opening their eyes to non-traditional asset classes. However, there is no...