G7 - Currencies
G7-Currencies model consists in the trading of options with one week to one month tenors having as an objetive to obtain an anual return over 50%
with a 95% capital protection. The system focus on two main currencies EUR/USD and USD/JPY and performs a rigourous risk cont rol covering all
spots and forward trades; the system does not sell naked options. The model only increases the position sizing and the potential risk once it has
enough profits to protect the initial investment capital.
Monthly Performance (%) Net of Fees
Year
Jan
2012
2013
2014
12.80%
0.00%
Feb
Mar
-11.46%
0.00%
Apr
16.81%
0.00%
1.24%
1.06%
May
0.50%
7.80%
Jun
-16.26%
0.00%
Jul
8.04%
0.00%
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Year
2.57%
2.47%
0.49%
0.39%
-0.87%
0.00%
-0.38%
0.00%
2.07%
-0.83%
1.98%
-0.34%
18.30%
10.46%
*Drawdowns must not be considered over the initial investment capital (see "Important Risk Information").
** All returns are live and are available upon request.
Executive Biography
Matias Ferrari received a MBA from Boston University in 1993 and participated in the Option Course of Professor Cox among other courses he attended at
MIT. He also took derivatives courses by John Hull in New York and he was a teaching assistant at the Sloan Program at MIT.
Matias has being the Head of Latin America for Super-Derivatives from 2004 until 2012, where he was responsible for developing the presence and sales
distribution of the company´s risk management platform in the region. He also advised key players in the region for hedging and prop trading objectives l ike
Techint, Banco de Chile, Standard Bank, BBVA. He has provided more than 20 Derivatives Seminars in the last 10 years.
Prior to joining Super-Derivatives, Matias was a Vice President at Citibank from 2002 to 2004, where he developed the fixed income derivatives market for the
International Private Bank.
Before Citibank, Matias worked at Bear Stearns where he traded major LATAM currencies as a prop trader in the forward and option market. He introduced an
innovative intervention and collateral program to the Government of Argentina and structured products to US and Latin America n clients.
Prior to Bear Stears, he worked for two years at Goldman Sachs where he structured assets and liability products for government institutions, cental banks,
corporations and high net worth individuals in Latin America and in US.
Important Risk Information
Maximum Draw Down
The only draw down the system had based
Year
2012
2013
2014
The model never risks more than 95% of the notional investment. The drawdowns
on the initial investment capital, was of Draw down
-0.83%
are based on the profits accumulated. The cushion that we build over time allow us
0.83% on December 2012 and it was full
recovered on January 2013.
to increase the exposure in search for higher returns, but without risking more than
Live trades sample
5% of the initial investment .
The table on the right shows the DD over the notional investment or the first capital
invested.
Statistical Analysis
G7 Currencies
HFRX Macro
Currency
Index
HFRX Global
Hedge Fund
EUR Index
Returns
Annualized Return
Cumulative Return
Cumulative VAMI ($1000)
MAR (Annualized / Max DD)
Best Month
Worst Month (For G7 Currencies based on initial investment)
Positive Months (%)
Negative Months (%)
Standard Deviation
11.09%
24.49%
$1,245
13.36
16.81%
-0.83%
52.00%
20.00%
21.92%
1.47%
3.08%
$1,031
0.36
1.55%
-0.86%
52.0%
44.0%
4.74%
3.86%
8.21%
$1,082
1.08
1.87%
-1.35%
68.00%
32.00%
6.00%
-0.83%
1
0.00%
0
7.80%
16.32%
-4.11%
16
-1.44%
3
0.10%
-2.07%
-3.59%
17
-1.35%
1 (Active)
0.41%
3.01%
Risk
Largest Drawdown (For G7 Currencies based on inital investment)
Length of Drawdown
2nd Largest Drawdown
Length of Drawdown
Last 3 Months
Last Year
Service Providers
Bank:
Prime Broker:
Firm AUM:
UBS Geneva / Credit-Suisse
UBS Geneva electronic platform / Credit-Suisse electronic platform
USD 500 K
Annual Returns
Returns During Weak Markets
G7 vs HFRX Funds
G7-Currencies
$ 1,250.00
$ 1,200.00
$ 1,150.00
$ 1,100.00
$ 1,050.00
$ 1,000.00
$ 950.00
$ 900.00
Aug 12 Oct 12 Dec 12 Feb 13 Apr 13
Jun 13 Aug 13 Oct 13 Dec 13 Feb 14 Apr 14
Contact Info
Matias Ferrari
Santiago Martín de Lavallaz
Laurens Bensdorp
- Email : [email protected]
- Email : [email protected]
- Email : [email protected]
Jun 14 Aug 14
HFRX Global HF Eur
HFRX Macro Currency Index
S&P 500
$ 1,300.00
G7-Currencies
3.00%
2.00%
1.00%
0.00%
-1.00%
-2.00%
-3.00%
-4.00%
Jan 14
Aug 13
Oct 12
Jun 13
Jul 14
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