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When your hard-earned
dollars are on the line, investing and trading can
be a very nerve-racking endeavor.
Experienced traders know that the best way to
control risk, as well as handle the emotional highs
and lows of trading, is to follow a disciplined set
of trading rules. That’s why 1st Futures Broker /
Trade Angle offer an automated, computerized
(non-emotional) system based on a proven set of
trading rules. Our sophisticated rules-based system
automatically enters and exits the market during the
day, searching for the highest percentage
opportunities for profit.
The success of 1st Futures Broker / Trade Angle
Strategies was built on these four cornerstones:
1) The principles of 1st Futures Broker / Trade Angle are
active participants, not merely observers, of the, markets. They have over
50 years of “in-the trenches” trading experience in a variety of markets
from GOLD to GRAINS to INDEX Markets. Because of this reputation and
experience, many Commodity Trading Advisors rely upon these automated
strategies on a daily basis.2) With graduate degrees in
Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science and
accomplishments in several other analytical
disciplines they have the skills necessary to
understand the complex inter-workings of the
markets.
3) With a deep background in economics we can provide
insight into how the different markets relate to each other as well as how
they are impacted by rapidly changing daily news. In turn, this translates
into the ability to analyze and understand the technical reactions that
happens as a result of these factors.
4) Our in-house programming experience allows for the
creation and utilization of several proprietary trading programs. These
sophisticated computer programs are critical in tying together, in
real-time, all the decision making processes and applying these processes in
an automated fashion.
Today, a variety of academic evidence demonstrates the
potential benefit of using managed futures to create a better balance for a
stock and bond portfolio.As an asset class, commodities
offer strong opportunities to fine-tune a
portfolio’s risk and return characteristics.
Although any investment involves risk, common sense
suggests that qualified investors should consider
including the Commodity Asset Class as a reasonable
portion of a well-balanced portfolio.
Why invest in commodities? Two of the most
compelling reasons to add commodities to a
traditional portfolio are their ability to provide
both diversification and low correlation (low
volatility). Diversification and low correlation are
fundamental principles of Modern Portfolio Theory,
which won Markowitz the Noble Peace Prize in
Economics.Because commodities
have historically low correlations to financial
assets such as stocks and bonds, adding commodities
actually reduces the risk (volatility) in your
portfolio – and can also significantly improve
portfolio performance.
Here are what a few Industry Leaders have to say about
using commodities to better balance your trading portfolio.
“By allocating only 10% of a securities portfolio
to commodities, investors can vastly improve their
performance.” – Study by Goldman Sachs, covering a
25 year period
“In addition to impressive historical returns,
commodities provide positive returns when they
were needed most.” Strategic Asset Allocation and
Commodities, Ibbotson & Associates, 2006
“Combined portfolios of stocks (or stocks and
bonds), after including judicious investments in
managed [commodity] futures accounts, show
substantially less risk at every possible level of
expected return than portfolios of stocks (or
stocks and bonds) alone” – The Potential Role of
Managed Commodity Financial Futures Accounts, a
landmark study by Dr John Lintner, Harvard
University
“Portfolios with as much as 20% of assets in
managed futures yield up to 50% more than a
portfolio of stocks and bonds.” – Study conducted
by the Chicago Mercantile Exchange
At 1st Futures Broker / Trade Angle, we have found
that our sophisticated auto systems, coupled with
human experience and oversight, can potentially
yield positive, consistent and realistic results.
Not everyone will qualify for these types of
investments.
Please contact us
today so one of our experienced brokers can help
you evaluate your trading portfolio. Perhaps a
managed trading system account trading commodities
would be a good fit for you and the
diversification of your portfolio.
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