Barclay CTA Index starts the year in negative territory

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  1. dealmaker

    dealmaker

    Barclay CTA Index starts the year in negative territory
    Wed, 20/02/2019 - 21:05

    Managed futures stumbled out of the gate to start 2019, with the Barclay CTA Index, compiled by BarclayHedge, down 0.43 per cent for the month.

    All but two of the Barclay Managed Futures indices were in negative territory for January, as CTA funds were generally unable to build on their modest gains of the final two months of 2018.

    “After precipitous price declines in December, most CTAs found themselves on the wrong side of the street in January as energy and equity prices unexpectedly rose from the ashes of the previous month and rebounded sharply,” says Sol Waksman, president of BarclayHedge.

    January’s lone bright spots were the Discretionary Traders Index with a 0.25 per cent return and the Agricultural Traders Index, up 0.09 per cent for the month.

    The Cryptocurrency Traders Index was January’s biggest loser, falling 5.72 per cent for the month. The MPI Barclay Elite Systematic Traders Index lost 1.66 per cent, while the Diversified Traders Index was down 1.13 per cent.

    Posting smaller monthly losses were the Systematic Traders Index, down 0.87 per cent and the Currency Traders Index with a 0.04 per cent loss. Meanwhile, the Financial & Metals Traders Index, ended the month at 0.00 per cent.

    https://www.hedgeweek.com/2019/02/20/273282/barclay-cta-index-starts-year-negative-territory?utm_source=MailingList&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Hedgewire+21/02/19
     
  2. dozu888

    dozu888

    and these blood suckers want to charge 2/20.
     
  3. RedDuke

    RedDuke

    Any given month is really nothing. And you need to be really good to ask and get 2/20 these days.
     
  4. apdxyk

    apdxyk

    Counting other people's money is what Socialists excel in. No one forces any one to give them anything, and their cost of doing business is also a big factor nowadays.
    I trade for myself only and don't want you to know how much I make even for 20/20