Fundamental and Technical Research for Traders at CTR High-quality Fundamental and Technical research information for global commodities is hard to find and in high demand by CTAs, global traders, and market participants (buyers, sellers, midstream, and hedgers of commodities).…
The CTA Challenge and Managed Futures -- How Rankings are Calculated The CTA Challenge is an alternative investment product research and ranking campaign specifically focused on asset managers that trade managed futures investment programs. Given the unique characteristics of…
The CTA Challenge -- What are Managed Futures? The CTA Challenge is an alternative investment product research and ranking campaign, specifically focused on asset managers that trade managed futures investment programs. But what exactly are "Managed futures"? Managed futures…
2020 CTA Challenge -- Bonus Rankings Winners by Strategy Type For the first time since we began the CTA Challenge in 2013, Coquest is now compiling annual rankings for independent strategy types in addition to the overall rankings. We…
2020 CTA Challenge -- Winner Announcement! Congratulations to AG Capital Investments! AG's Discretionary Global Macro Program secures the #1 spot in the 2020 CTA Challenge, beating out the other 114 participating Commodity Trading Advisor (CTA) programs for the year.…
2021 CTA Challenge: Participants Announced For the 2021 CTA Challenge, we are tracking 114 liquid alternative investment programs. The asset managers, officially referred to as Commodity Trading Advisors (CTAs) trade exclusively in futures markets. All provide Coquest access to…
2020 CTA Challenge Concludes Final Evaluations Begin for 2020 Participants The 2020 CTA Challenge ends after the close of business tonight. Results will be advertised once the full annual evaluation is completed. Thank you to all of our Sponsors…
2020 CTA Challenge - Home Stretch The 2020 CTA Challenge is in its final month of evaluation. From January 1 until the end of November, the rankings have seen quite a few changes; there is still a chance for almost…
Happy Holidays From Coquest Inc. Happy Holidays and a Festive New Year to you and your family! Wishing everyone a safe and enjoyable season. Registration is Open For The 2021 CTA Challenge! Commodity Trading Advisors (CTAs) who are interested in…
The 2020 CTA Challenge has two months left before the annual competition comes to an end. We have seen quite a bit of performance activity so far this year and some big changes to the rankings as time progressed. With…
Registration is Open For The 2021 CTA Challenge! Commodity Trading Advisors (CTAs) interested in participating in the 2021 CTA Challenge should contact Coquest now to get your program registered. The registration period closes December 4, 2020. There is no cost…
Registration is Open For The 2021 CTA Challenge! Registration is now open! Commodity Trading Advisors (CTAs) interested in participating in the 2021 CTA Challenge should contact Coquest now to get your program registered. The registration period closes December 4, 2020. Click…
Where Real Research Is Done: Daily Data Analysis Gathering daily performance, position, risk and margin data for the CTA Challenge is precisely what makes our analysis better. Almost all other managed futures performance ranking databases rely solely on monthly performance…
What Is A "Discretionary Commodities" Investment? I am so glad that you asked. There are many types of investment programs in the liquid alternatives space, each using their own combination of data inputs, human skill and computer assistance to trade…
Luck vs Skill: Guiding Investors Through The Noise The CTA Challenge, by design, seeks to separate liquid alternative investment programs into multiple categories. The most relevant of which identifies investment programs that win by luck versus those that win by…
Managed Futures Performance - Big Moves In July We are only a few weeks into July and already see some big performance moves for the month. Multiple programs in the CTA Challenge have positive returns up double digits so far…
CTA Challenge - Halfway Through 2020 After we finished out June, I took a pause to fully evaluate the good, the bad and the ugly for the first half of 2020. I was pleasantly surprised to find there was a…
Energy Markets Make Headlines In the last newsletter, I discussed how March 2020 was a wild ride in the Equity Index and Volatility Index markets...and then in April the Energy futures markets stepped in with the proverbial "if you thought…
2020 CTA Challenge - Initial Rankings Are Here! Initial year-to-date rankings for 2020 are here and AG Capital is off to an early lead, as of the end of March. AG performed well in the past 2 years of the…
Liquid Alternative Investments Outpace The S&P 500 We are now navigating a new norm of investment volatility fueled by global industry disruption, geopolitical liquidity measures and investor fears. Analysts have been warning for months, or years, that the U.S. economy…
The First 10 weeks of 2020 - Volatility and the Bears It was not so long ago that US stocks were in a seemingly never-ending bull market. For the past 11 years, the stock market rewarded any and all participants…
2019 Year In Review: Pros & Cons of the Markets In Dan Collins' contributed article, we examine the major market events of last year and how they helped (or hurt) the top performers in the 2019 CTA Challenge. Interviews, perspectives…
The 2020 CTA Challenge - Starting Off Strong In the first month of tracking for 2020, we have already seen quite a range of performances among the participants of the CTA Challenge. January's monthly rate of returns (RORs) range from…
The 2019 CTA Challenge - Leaderboard Examined After the dust settled on December 31st, we put the lid on the data accumulation engine for the 2019 CTA Challenge and began the extensive process of analyzing the entire year's worth of…
The 2019 CTA Challenge Winners Are Here Congratulations to Quantica Capital AG! Quantica's Managed Futures Program secures the #1 spot in the 2019 CTA Challenge, beating out the other 89 participating Commodity Trading Advisor (CTA) programs for the year. Quantica…
The 2020 CTA Challenge Begins We've got an incredible lineup of over 100 trading programs participating in the 2020 CTA Challenge. The participants are properly registered alternative investment programs, trading solely futures contracts, that have convened from all over the…
CTA Challenge 2019 - Year End Wrap Up The top 5 ranked programs in the current CTA Challenge are neck and neck as we approach the end of 2019. We started with 90 programs this year in the CTA Challenge…
Attention CTAs! Last Days To Register For The 2020 CTA Challenge Registration and participation are FREE for CTAs in 2020! Commodity Trading Advisors (CTAs) who are interested in participating in the 2020 CTA Challenge should contact Coquest now to get your program…
The 2020 CTA Challenge Setting The New Standard For Liquid Alternative Investment Evaluation CTAs - Register Now For The 2020 CTA Challenge Registration and participation are FREE for CTAs in 2020! Commodity Trading Advisors (CTAs) who are interested in…
Attention CTAs! Register Now For The 2020 CTA Challenge Registration and participation are FREE for CTAs in 2020! Commodity Trading Advisors (CTAs) who are interested in participating in the 2020 CTA Challenge should contact Coquest now to get your program…