Commodity Trading Advisors Last 3 years returns

Organization / Fund 2007 2008 2009 3 year
Max DD Lifetime
Max DD Minimum
Abraham Trading1
19.20% 28.81% -5.56% 7.24% 27.19% 10 M
Aspect Capital2
8.18% 25.42% -11.25% 21.53% 21.53% 500 K
Chesapeake Capital3
2.33% 15.38% 0.40% 23.36% 23.36% 5 M
Clarke Capital4
35.24% 79.90% -29.78% 31.19% 31.19% 50 K
Drury Capital5
5.00% 75.64% 9.02% 13.43% 32.51% 5 M
Dunn Capital6
7.60% 51.45% -0.57% 36.36% 60.26% 10 M
Eckhardt Trading7
34.12% 13.15% -4.80% 8.03% 27.11% 10 M
EMC Capital8
17.32% 46.30% -14.35% 16.54% 45.16% 2 M
Hawksbill Capital9
20.24% 96.22% -15.32% 24.67% 61.78% 5 M
Hyman Beck & Co.10
-5.85% 49.78% 3.96% 15.31% 29.27% 1 M
JWH & Co.11
18.61% 90.63% -24.06% 30.49% 30.50% 20 M
Man AHL Diversified12
19.61% 33.23% -16.95% 17.90% 17.90% 30 K
Millburn Ridgefield13
12.85% 20.61% -7.33% 16.16% 26.89% 150 K
Rabar Market Research14
15.12% 18.22% 6.99% 8.61% 29.84% 2.5 M
Saxon Investment15
21.20% 20.90% 10.37% 5.93% 41.49% 2 M
Superfund16
-0.92% 30.00% -29.46% 32.54% 32.54% 5 K
Transtrend17
14.46% 18.99% -8.36% 8.51% 8.51% 10 M
Winton Capital18
16.13% 21.02% -4.63% 10.26% 25.73% 10 M

Notes:

1. Abraham Trading was founded by Salem Abraham,. Introduced to managed futures and trend following by Jerry Parker (see#3). Salem Abraham is considered a 2nd generation turtle.
2. The four founders of Aspect (Eugene Lambert, Anthony Todd, Michael Adam and Martin Lueck) were significant members of one of the most successful funds in managed futures - AHL (Adam, Harding and Lueck)
3. Chesapeake Capital was founded by Jerry Parker, a former Turtle. Diversified Program
4. Clarke Capital was founded by Michael Clarke in 1993. Global Basic Program.
5. Drury Capital, Inc., was founded in Illinois in 1992 by Mr. Bernard Drury. Diversified Trend Following Prog.
6. Dunn Capital was founded by Bill Dunn. World Monetary and Agriculture (WMA).
7. Eckhardt Trading is the firm managed by William Eckhardt, who co-led the Turtle experiment with Richard Dennis. Standard Program.
8. EMC Capital was founded by Liz Cheval, a former Turtle. Classic Program
9. Hawksbill Capital was founded by Tom Shanks, a former Turtle. Global Diversified Program
10. Hyman Beck & Co. main principals are Alexander Hyman and Carl Beck. Global Portfolio.
11. JWH & Co. was founded by John W. Henry, Owner of the Boston Red Sox. JWH Global Analytics Program
12. Originally ED & F Man. Became a successful CTA under Larry Hite and went on to form part of The Man Group plc, which subsequently bought AHL to form the Man AHL: the systematic trading division of the Man group.
13. Millburn Ridgefield have been trading Trend Following models since the early 1970’s. Millburn Ridgefield Principals: Harvey Beker, George E. Crapple, Mark Fitzsimmons, Barry Alan Goodman, Kenneth P. Pearlman and Grant Norman Smith.
14. Rabar Market Research is the company of Paul Rabar, a former Turtle. Diversified Program
15. Saxon Investment was founded by Howard Seidler, a former Turtle. Diversified Program.
16. Superfund founder and CEO: Christian Baha. Superfund Q-AG
17. Transtrend is a Trend follower CTA based in Netherlands. Standard Risk Diversified Trend Program
18. Winton Capital is a London-based CTA founded by Dave Harding (also co-founder of AHL).