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March 2018 Trend Following: DOWN -0.66% / YTD: -6.44% Below
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February 2018 Trend Following: DOWN -12.30% / YTD: -6.21% Be
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January 2018 Trend Following: UP +6.94% / YTD: +6.94% Below
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December 2017 Trend Following: DOWN -1.04% / YTD: -16.30% Th
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November 2017 Trend Following: DOWN -0.61% / YTD: -15.45% Pl
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October 2017 Trend Following: UP +7.12% / YTD: -15.39% Below
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September 2017 Trend Following: DOWN -5.31% / YTD: -21.01% T
A second consecutive positive month for the managed futures funds that we follow as part of this rep
August 2017 Trend Following: DOWN -1.61% / YTD: -16.60% Augu
Managed futures had a fairly positive month in July, with the large majority of the funds we track r
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July 2017 Trend Following: UP +1.59% / YTD: -15.56% The seco
Managed futures performance was down for the composite index of the funds we follow. Most of them re
June 2017 Trend Following: DOWN -3.44% / YTD: -16.88% The wh
The month of May was mixed, with our fund selection returning an overall positive performance, with
May 2017 Trend Following: DOWN -2.59% / YTD: -13.91% Despite
A fairly uneventful month performance-wise for the Managed Futures funds we follow in this report. N
April 2017 Trend Following: DOWN -1.35% / YTD: -11.65% April
Negative month for Managed Futures in March, but the performance is still slightly positive for the
March 2017 Trend Following: DOWN -6.56% / YTD: -10.95% More
After a mediocre start of the year on the negative side, the managed futures sector posted a good Fe
February 2017 Trend Following: DOWN -1.96% / YTD: -4.73% Feb
Managed Futures started the year mostly on the negative side, with only a few of the funds we follow
January 2017 Trend Following: DOWN -2.84% If December bucked the trend of the last
December saw an uptick in performance (+1.10%), but with trend following down in 2016, managed futur
Last year was not a good year for trend following, with many commenting that the performance for the
December 2016 Trend Following: UP +1.38% / 2016: -18.15% Dec
This month’s managed futures report is overall negative with only a handful of funds we track
A couple of months ago, we published a study on the performance of trend following after drawdowns,
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November 2016 Trend Following: DOWN -2.55% / YTD: -19.32% Ev
A lot of red in this monthly edition of the Managed Futures Round-up. All the managers we track as p
October 2016 Trend Following: DOWN -5.79% / YTD: -17.21% Ele
September was a mixed month with a slight negative average for the CTAs we follow in the report, in
September 2016 Trend Following: DOWN -5.13% / YTD: -12.37% A
All indices and funds, except one, had negative performance last month, with a relatively poor avera
Historical Performance of Trend Following Post-Drawdown August marked a local low for our Trend Foll
August 2016 Trend Following: DOWN -7.32% / YTD: -7.95% Augus
A moderate up-month in July for the collective list of managed futures we track on this website, hel
July 2016 Trend Following: UP -1.34% / YTD: -0.92% Not much
Strong month for managed futures in June, with all the funds we track in this report managing a posi
June 2016 Trend Following: UP +2.22% / YTD: +0.47% Brexit mi
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May was down for the managed futures in general and for the list of managers that we track. The YTD
May 2016 Trend Following: DOWN -7.37% / YTD: -1.71% This tim
A consecutive negative month in April, with a big chunk of the managers we follow being in the red.
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April 2016 Trend Following: DOWN -1.13% / YTD: +5.66% Anothe
A fairly unanimous “red month” for the funds and managers we follow in this monthly repo
March 2016 Trend Following: DOWN -2.84% / YTD: +6.86% The in
Some strong performance for Managed Futures last month, to consolidate the strong start of the year.
February 2016 Trend Following: UP +4.24% / YTD: +9.99% Anoth
Managed Futures started 2016 with a good overall performance. All the managers we track in this repo
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January 2016 Trend Following: UP +5.44% / YTD: +5.44% Simila
The group of managed futures we follow in this monthly report finished the year with a down month, b
December 2015 Trend Following: DOWN -2.44% / YTD: +7.29% Hap
Mid-December 2015 Trend Following: UP +0.54% / YTD: +10.57%
The penultimate month of the year takes the average CTA/Managed Futures return back into positive te
“ Cut short your losses, let your profits run on. This principle above is the central tenet of trend
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November 2015 Trend Following: UP +6.06% / YTD: +9.86% The W
The month of October was negative for nearly all of the Managed futures programs we follow here, wit
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October 2015: Trend Following DOWN -9.19% — YTD: +3.36% A strong downward move at
The YTD performance is modestly back into positive territory for managed futures as a whole, after a
September 2015: Trend Following UP +4.64% — YTD: +13.98% Third month in a row of t
A delayed report for the Managed Futures round-up. A couple of funds that we follow in the index did
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August 2015: Trend Following UP +2.36% — YTD: +8.94% The Summer bounce seen last m
A fairly strong month for the managed futures sector in July, taking the YTD performance back into p
July 2015: Trend Following UP +5.85% — YTD: +6.79% Summer bounce for our Wisdom St
Managed Futures closed the first half of the year with a strong down month in June. Only one CTA in
June 2015: Trend Following DOWN -4.16% — YTD: +0.89% After a good start to the yea
A mixed set of results for managed futures last month, leaning towards the negative side. The perfor
May 2015: Trend Following DOWN -2.67% — YTD: +4.99% The downward consolidation con
The year is still overall positive for Managed Futures, but April was a “give-back” mont
Last year was a good year for managed futures, with overall performance in the double-digit range. T
April 2015: Trend Following DOWN -2.58% — YTD: +7.77% Consolidation for the State
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March 2015: Trend Following UP +2.34% — YTD: +10.63% Last month was positive and a
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January 2015: Trend Following UP +11.20% Strong Start in 2015 for Trend Following January sta
December 2014: Trend Following UP +6.92% — YTD: +41.10% 2014: Banner Year for Tren
November 2014: Trend Following UP +11.06% — YTD: +31.97% First double-digit month
October 2014: Trend Following NEUTRAL -0.02% — YTD: +18.06% After over four months
The Wisdom State of Trend Following report — currently standing at +17.48% YTD — has sho
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September 2014: Trend Following UP +6.69% — YTD: +17.84% Another good month for tr
August 2014: Trend Following UP +2.99% — YTD: +10.05% Summer is trend following season t
July 2014: Trend Following UP +3.76% — YTD: +6.85% The month of July saw another s
June 2014: Trend Following UP +4.92% — YTD: +2.49% A strong move upwards for our T
May 2014: Trend Following NEUTRAL -0.02% — YTD: -2.81% A near-zero result for the
April 2014: Trend Following NEUTRAL +0.40%— YTD: -2.84% Our trend following index spent