DerivativeFox

Ottawa
,
Canada
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Trend Following
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Macro Futures

He trades a globally diversified portfolio of futures markets using a systematic trend-following process. The strategy identifies emerging market trends, takes both long and short positions, and manages risk through dynamic position sizing, diversification, and disciplined exit rules.

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Why This Trader Was Seeded

What stood out was the combination of a long live track record, rigorous research process, and unusual ability to articulate the market inefficiencies that his strategy exploits. Rather than relying on a narrow edge, he built a diversified framework designed to remain effective across changing market environments while maintaining strict risk controls.

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Performance Snapshot

A systematic futures trader and long-time student of market history who has spent more than a decade refining a diversified trend-following strategy across global futures markets. His approach seeks resilient returns through disciplined risk-taking and broad diversification.

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Allocation Date
12/12/2025
8
Highest Rank
12.6y
Time Tracked
Ann. Return
28.4
%
Ann. Vol
24.1
%
FS Score
68.7
Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results.

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Trader Story

His interest in markets began during the dot-com boom, where he witnessed investor behavior firsthand. In 2001, he won Canada's TSX Investment Challenge by taking the opposite side of the speculative enthusiasm that dominated the era. He later became Chief Investment Officer at a family office, launched systematic futures programs for both the firm and his personal account, earned his CFA designation, completed a master's degree in data science, and spent years tracking his results through FundSeeder before joining the FundSeeder RISE program.

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Selection Process

RQSI first observed this strategy through years of verified performance tracking on the platform. The strategy was evaluated quantitatively for return consistency, risk-adjusted performance, diversification characteristics, and behavior across market regimes. We first interviewed him in the Fall of 2024. At that point, we decided to defer our decision and continue monitoring his trading. He then applied for FundSeeder RISE and we reconnected, eventually deciding to move forward with an allocation.

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After Seeding

After being seeded by RQSI, his strategy continued to perform strongly in the SMA, compounding capital while maintaining the same disciplined, systematic futures approach that originally stood out in review. As of June 2, 2026, his realized Sharpe ratio in our account was 1.0.

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