Quadriga Superfund - Managed Futures

Aaron · Apr 8, 2004

Thanks, Ellokn. I appreciate your kind words and good wishes. Good luck in your trading!

snooptrader · Apr 8, 2004

Quote from Maverick74:

You can do that but it's really a matter of drawdowns, B will always outperform A so its not like diversifying in stocks would certain stocks will outperform others in a certain type of environment. If you know B is always going to outperform A, why would you want to be in A? Again, the only difference is the drawdowns. If you are worried about that, put in less capital.

Actually, if you have a set amount (say $20K) that you want to dedicate to Quadriga, but you want to hedge agains a large drawdown in the B shares, it would make sense to split it between A and B.

You still get some of the benefit, but hedge your risk some.

Aaron · Apr 8, 2004

Quote from GatorTrader:

Does either Schindler or Quadriga allow IRA's? Or would I have to go through a 3rd party IRA provider?

Schindler Trading accepts IRAs. But, like you say, there has to be a 3rd party custodian. You can use whomever you like, but several of our investors have used Retirement Accounts Inc. (www.retirementaccountsinc.com). It's pretty easy to open the IRA with them and the fees are $83 per year.

Keep in mind that the Schindler Trading program is quite volatile and is only appropriate for risk capital you can afford to lose. If a large loss in your IRA is going to impair your retirement standard of living, please keep the Schindler Trading portion small or else stick with more conservative investments. The minimum investment for Schindler Trading (whether through an IRA or directly) is $20,000.

Ebo · Apr 8, 2004

Snoop:
Investing in The "A" shares in no way hedges you against a drawdown in the "B" shares. They are almost identical strategies. The "B" shares are more aggressive, both on the ups and downs! Just average into one or the other. Cash is a hedge to protect yourself from a drawdown not investing in a diluted version of what you are investing in.

ebo

ElectricSavant · Apr 8, 2004

Gator can't you read this thread? It has been discussed.

Michael B.

Quote from GatorTrader:

Does either Schindler or Quadriga allow IRA's? Or would I have to go through a 3rd party IRA provider?

snooptrader · Apr 8, 2004

Quote from Ebo:

Snoop:
Investing in The "A" shares in no way hedges you against a drawdown in the "B" shares. They are almost identical strategies. The "B" shares are more aggressive, both on the ups and downs! Just average into one or the other. Cash is a hedge to protect yourself from a drawdown not investing in a diluted version of what you are investing in.

ebo

Maybe I phrased it wrong. I was simply saying if B is the more aggressive, and you have a certain amount of dollars to commit, you can divide it between the two and take advantage of owning some B, but not have the total exposure if fully invested in B.

I realize they both are the same strategy - but, as stated previously the B is the more agressive - up and down.

Anyway, just throwing in my .02 in response to a previous post. No harm meant.

ElectricSavant · Apr 11, 2004

I got their package.....I will be interested to keep track of this one...for investment in Jan 05.

Any one else have any comments?

Michael B.

ElectricSavant · Apr 11, 2004

IRA investors may want the blend to limit drawdown....

Michael b.

Quote from snooptrader:

Maybe I phrased it wrong. I was simply saying if B is the more aggressive, and you have a certain amount of dollars to commit, you can divide it between the two and take advantage of owning some B, but not have the total exposure if fully invested in B.

I realize they both are the same strategy - but, as stated previously the B is the more agressive - up and down.

Anyway, just throwing in my .02 in response to a previous post. No harm meant.

ElectricSavant · Apr 11, 2004

This is good advice.....I hope someone posts the following months results here....or I guess I can visit the site....

Michael B.

Quote from Maverick74:

Michael,

A kind word of advice. As you know Quadriga is a trend following fund and they are currently riding all these commodities making all time highs. The fund has had a huge run the last 5 months because of this. I would be careful about entering at these levels. Now if your going to put in money every month it's not that big of a deal. But like I said, it's not uncommon for this fund to have 15% drawdowns and I'm sure we are due for one pretty soon. So just be careful if that 5k is all you intend to put in. Like I said if you have more money to add during drawdowns its not a big deal. I'm just looking out for you and I would hate to see you rush in and take a 15% hit right off the bat.

ElectricSavant · Apr 12, 2004

If you are following this fund....go to their website and subscribe to the monthly thing. I think I did this, as that would explain why Max Haller sent me an email giving me a performance update. This is great!

Quadriga is holding up during this flat month of March for the mixed bag of commodities it trades. Ok it was a low negative number for March but it is is holding up. The drawdown is to be expected after its stellar rise the last few months.

Hey, I sound like I work for them! I need commish too! Move over and make room for the Savant.

Michael B.