Clarke Capital Management : FX Plus

Summary

The FXF-Plus program currently trades 27 domestic & international commodity interests, 13 of which are either long or short interest rate contracts reflecting interest rates in the US, EMU, the UK, Japan and Australia. Also followed are the major currency markets, and eight equity index markets from Europe & Asia. The program uses 23 models. CCM reserves the right to use these models in any of its programs or pools that it manages or will manage in the future. Ten of the models are intermediate time-frame focus with similar characteristics to those in the Global Basic and Global Magnum programs. Ten are long-term and 7 are ultra-long term. It should be noted that the FXF-Plus program is less diversified than most of CCM’s other programs as only Currency, Interest Rate and Equity Index products are followed. There will be times when there is significant correlation among these products possibly in an adverse direction to positions held in a client's account. Clients of the FXF-Plus program should be aware that this factor alone, although there are others, will lead to periods of extreme volatility and possibly very large drawdowns in a client's equity.

Investment Strategy

Primarily trend-following with some counter-trend models.

Risk Management

Uses initial and trailing stops.