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Managed Futures, How To Choose a Commodity Trading Advisor
An overview of managed futures investments as well as tips and resources for picking a good Commodity Trading Advisor.
Keywords: Dean Hoffman, Futures, Commodities, Investing, Managed Futures, Commodity Trading Advisor

The 'Hot' Trading Systems Trap
I was recently scanning some performance databases of various trading systems and CTAs and noticed that almost all the tracking services have some form of a 'hot list'. These were usually a list of the best performing systems or CTAs over a given period. The typical time frames for measuring performance were usually 30 days, 90 days and a year.
Keywords: Mark Soltys, trading systems, CTA

The Small Futures Account Conundrum
I recently scanned a Commodity Trading Advisor Data base to look at minimum account sizes for managed accounts. I found minimum account sizes ranging from $25,000 to $5,000,000.
Keywords: Mark Soltys, Managed Futures, Commodity Trading Advisor, Trading Systems

Notionally Funding a Trading Systems or Managed Futures Account
When an investor looks at the performance of a trading system or Commodity Trading Advisor, one of the most significant statistics is what the required minimum account size is.
Keywords: Mark Soltys, Managed Futures, commodity trading advisor, trading systems

A Trading Systems Worst Case Analysis
Somebody once asked me 'if there were only one performance report I could look at to decide about a trading system what would it be?' My first reaction was that this was a silly question.
Keywords: Mark Soltys, trading systems, trading system

Robust Trading Systems
With computers as powerful as they are today it is easy to optimize a trading system causing it to look exceptional, but an optimized system is not a reliable system.
Keywords: Mark Soltys, trading systems, trading system, Commodity Trading Advisor

Day Trading Systems
I am often asked about day trading systems. Usually what I'm referring to are stock index systems (E-minis and SandPs etc).
Keywords: Mark Soltys, trading systems, trading system, Commodity Trading Advisor, Commodity Trading, DH Trading Systems

Choosing a Managed Futures Investment
Over the last seven years, investment in professionally managed futures has more than quintupled. According to hedge fund tracking firm Barclays, assets under management rose from approximately 41 billion dollars in 2001
Keywords: Mark Soltys, Commodity Trading Advisor, managed futures

A Trading Systems Start Trade Report
Somebody once asked me, 'If you had to decide about a trading system by only looking at one performance report, which report would you choose?' My first reaction was that this was a silly question.
Keywords: Mark Soltys, trading systems, trading system

The Conundrum of Small Managed Futures Accounts
I recently scanned a Commodity Trading Advisor database to look at the typical minimum account sizes for managed futures accounts. I found minimum account sizes ranging from as low as $25,000 to as much as $25 million.
Keywords: Mark Soltys, Commodity Trading Advisor, managed futures

The Critical Role Of Position Sizing In Trading
An overview of the critically important yet often overlooked role of position sizing in trading.
Keywords: DP Hoffman, trading systems, trading system, finances, investing, position sizing

Forget Returns!
A short article that explains the importance of not relying on investment returns alone and instead emphasizes using risk adjusted returns.
Keywords: DP Hoffman, investment, finance, investing, stocks, commodities, futures

The Relativity Trading System
A short article summarizing the Relativity Trading System from award winning software developer Dean Hoffman.
Keywords: DP Hoffman, investing, finance

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