Demystify Managed Futures If you search “managed futures” in Google, you get definitions and news articles.  Wikipedia actually gives a decent general description right off the bat: A managed futures account (MFA) or managed futures fund is a type of alternative investment in the US in which trading in the…

We recently spoke with Kyle Schultz, founder of Ravinia Investment Management (Ravinia) regarding his Volatility Alpha Program and this is what he shared… Ravinia is a Commodity Trading Advisor (CTA) which trades long and short positions in volatility futures, equity index futures and options on equity index futures, typically through spread…

Options traders are a booming business in the CTA space, at least that is the recent trend. It seems like every day we meet a new manager who incorporates some type of option selling or volatility trading. When measured by assets, most CTAs in the industry use some type of…

With Bitcoin’s accelerating attention over the past couple of months and entrance into the futures market, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued a Customer Advisory to inform the public of possible risks associated with investing or speculating in virtual currencies or recently launched Bitcoin futures and options. We have…

This month we are diving deeper into two NEW programs from Buckingham Global Advisors! You may remember our spotlight on Buckingham’s EMini Program from March. Since then, they have had added two NEW members to their family! Charles Dai, Principal, and CIO of Buckingham shared the following on: All-Season Program (ASP) and Metis…