Performance

Strategy Description

The Alder Global 10 is a fully systematic managed futures trading program, which invests in currencies only. The system seeks to benefit from medium to long-term currency trends. The returns of this program are uncorrelated with both traditional market indices and also with other alternative investments making it an ideal product to add real diversification to most investor's portfolios. The Alder Global 10 targets a 10% risk level. For those investors seeking to diversify a portfolio with a more aggressive investment strategy, the Alder Global 20 is a leveraged version of the Alder Global 10. Alder Capital is a systematic, trend-following currency fund manager. All of our trading techniques are mathematically based. Our research has identified that certain currency markets trend more often than they do not. Our trading system is designed to take advantage of these movements. The currencies which exhibit the characteristics we are looking for are, US Dollar, Euro, Japanese Yen. We are looking to capture the medium to long term market moves in these currencies. If you consider these major liquid currencies as continental shelves, shifting between each other, we at Alder seek to make gains on the continuous stream of seismic tremors sent. We use past price history and our proprietary currency forecasting system to predict what the future price of a currency will be. The interest differential and the currency appreciation are the key elements that determine this forecast. When we have a forecast for each currency, we know which are strengthening and which are weakening. We overlay this forecast with a tight risk framework using our unique proprietary developed risk management system, CALM. At Alder, the customer chooses the level of risk to be targeted. It is the level of risk chosen by the customer that drives the level of return. Alder measures market volatility to pick up signals of any change in market risk. We use this information to adjust the traded positions in line with each customer's targeted risk every day. Firstly, we review all positions from a directional perspective. Once we are happy that the direction is correct, then we adjust the size of the position in accordance with the customers risk target. Investors prefer the Alder approach to risk management because: The customer is in control of the risk level being taken. The customer's value at risk stays constant irrespective of market conditions. We can deliver a more stable return for the customer and reduced 'surprises' in the performance figures.