CTA Challenge 2020 Participants
To learn more about each participant in the CTA Challenge, simply click on their name below.
| Manager | Program | Strategy | Minimum |
| 1512 SG Capital Management AG | Counter Trend Program *QEP* | Systematic, Diversified, Counter Trend | $300,000 |
| 97 West Capital LLC | Energy Matrix Strategy *QEP* | Systematic, Quantitative, Sector Specialist | $1,000,000 |
| Absolute Return Capital Management LLC | Diversified Momentum | Systematic, Diversified, Trend-Following | $300,000 |
| Absolute Return Capital Management LLC | Diversified Momentum Plus | Systematic, Diversified, Trend-Following | $200,000 |
| Absolute Return Capital Management LLC | Ionic Program | Systematic, Diversified, Multi-Strategy | $500,000 |
| AG Capital Investments LLC | Discretionary Macro Program | Discretionary, Diversified, Fundamental | $100,000 |
| Alpha Centauri Capital Management LLC | Tactical Opportunities *QEP* | Discretionary, Diversified, Multi-Strategy | $500,000 |
| Alternative Capital Advisors LLC | Strategic Ag *QEP* | Discretionary, Fundamental, Sector Specialist | $100,000 |
| Amapa Capital Advisors LLC | Amapa Investment Strategy | Discretionary, Fundamental, Sector Specialist | $500,000 |
| Automaton Trading LLC | Diversified Program *QEP* | Systematic, Diversified, Trend-Following | $500,000 |
| AVR Capital Advisors LLC | Diversified Program *QEP**PROP* | Systematic, Short-Term, Diversified | $300,000 |
| AVR Capital Advisors LLC | Index Program *QEP**PROP* | Systematic, Short-Term, Sector Specialist | $50,000 |
| Balorca Capital LLC | Strategic I Program *QEP* | Systematic, Quantitative, Sector Specialist | $100,000 |
| Bensboro Advisors LLC | Seasonal Spread Program *QEP* | Systematic, Diversified, Spread Trading | $500,000 |
| Blue Bar Futures Trading Management LLC | US Commodity Diversified *QEP* | Systematic, Diversified, Multi-Strategy | $100,000 |
| Bluewater Technologies Inc | Machina Program *QEP* | Systematic, Short-Term, Diversified | $200,000 |
| Breakout Funds LLC | Breakout Strategy *QEP* | Systematic, Short-Term, Diversified | $1,000,000 |
| Buckingham Global Advisors LLC | Japan Tactic Emini *PROP* | Systematic, Fundamental, Short-Term | $100,000 |
| Buckingham Global Advisors LLC | Metis Tactical ES | Systematic, Short-Term, Trend-Following | $200,000 |
| Buckingham Global Advisors LLC | WEP (ES Hedge) Program | Systematic, Fundamental, Short-Term | $200,000 |
| Caddo Capital Management LLC | Tactical Diversification Program *QEP* | Systematic, Diversified, Trend-Following | $2,000,000 |
| Caerus Group LLC | Oil Futures Trading Program | Systematic, Short-Term, Trend-Following | $200,000 |
| Camelback Futures LLC | Camelback Futures Strategy *QEP* | Discretionary, Fundamental, Sector Specialist | $1,000,000 |
| Camkay Capital Management | Crisis Alpha Intraday | Systematic, Short-Term, Sector Specialist | $100,000 |
| Cayler Capital LLC | Energy Program *QEP* | Systematic, Fundamental, Sector Specialist | $125,000 |
| Certeza Asset Management LLC | 4x Macro Vega Program | Systematic, Quantitative, Sector Specialist | $1,000,000 |
| Commodity Asset Management LLC | Futures CTA Program *QEP* | Discretionary, Fundamental, Sector Specialist | $1,000,000 |
| County Cork LLC | Acclivity Program *QEP* | Systematic, Multi-Strategy, Sector Specialist | $3,000,000 |
| County Cork LLC | Macro *QEP* | Systematic, Technical, Global Macro | $1,000,000 |
| County Cork LLC | RLA Program *QEP* | Discretionary, Fundamental, Sector Specialist | $500,000 |
| Covenant Capital Management LLC | CCM Tactical Growth | Systematic, Short-Term, Sector Specialist | $100,000 |
| Covenant Capital Management LLC | Total Volatility Program | Systematic, Quantitative, Sector Specialist | $100,000 |
| Davis Commodities LLC | Agricultural Program *QEP* | Discretionary, Fundamental, Sector Specialist | $250,000 |
| Diamond Capital Management LLC | Enhanced S&P Program | Systematic, Trend-Following, Sector Specialist | $100,000 |
| Ditsch Trading LLC | Discretionary Trading Program | Discretionary, Fundamental, Sector Specialist | $100,000 |
| Doherty Advisors LLC | KBD Program *QEP* | Discretionary, Relative Value, Sector Specialist | $10,000,000 |
| Dormouse Limited | Futures Program *QEP* | Systematic, Diversified, Quantitative | $1,000,000 |
| Dreiss Research Corporation | Global Diversified Program *QEP* | Systematic, Diversified, Trend-Following | $1,000,000 |
| Dynamica Global Investments LLC | Dynamica Energy Trading Strategy *QEP* | Discretionary, Quantitative, Sector Specialist | $500,000 |
| Eckhardt Trading Company | Evolution Strategies *QEP* | Systematic, Diversified, Trend-Following | $20,000,000 |
| EMC Capial Advisors LLC | Alpha Program *QEP* | Systematic, Diversified, Multi-Strategy | $5,000,000 |
| Emil Van Essen LLC | Global Tactical Allocation Program *QEP* | Systematic, Diversified, Quantitative | $2,000,000 |
| Emil Van Essen LLC | Long-Short Commodity Program *QEP* | Systematic, Trend-Follwoing, Sector Specialist | $1,000,000 |
| Emil Van Essen LLC | L/S Commodity Program - Accelerated *QEP* | Systematic, Medium-Term, Sector Specialist | $200,000 |
| Emil Van Essen LLC | Multi-Strategy Program *QEP* | Systematic, Multi-Strategy, Sector Specialist | $4,000,000 |
| Emil Van Essen LLC | Spread Trading Program *QEP* | Discretionary, Multi-Strategy, Sector Specialist | $3,000,000 |
| Fort LP | Global Contrarian Program *QEP* | Systematic, Diversified, Trend-Following | $5,000,000 |
| Four Seasons Commodities Corporation | Hawkeye Spread Program | Discretionary, Fundamental, Sector-Specialist | $500,000 |
| Gamma Capital LLC | Gamma Global Macro *QEP* | Systematic, Diversified, Global Macro | $600,000 |
| Goldman Management Inc | Stock Index Futures *QEP* | Discretionary, Fundamental, Sector-Specialist | $500,000 |
| Greenwave Capital Management LLC | Flagship Plus *QEP* | Discretionary, Fundamental, Sector-Specialist | $3,000,000 |
| Greenwave Capital Management LLC | Flagship Plus 2X *QEP* | Discretionary, Fundamental, Sector-Specialist | $1,500,000 |
| HPX Financial LLC | Old School Program *QEP* | Discretionary, Fundamental, Sector Specialist | $100,000 |
| Incline Investment Management LLC | Crystal Bay Ubitrend *QEP* | Systematic, Diversified, Trend-Following | $250,000 |
| Kronos Management LLC | EMMA Program | Discretionary, Short-Term, Sector Specialist | $500,000 |
| Linnis LLC | OBIG Linnis One *QEP* | Systematic, Fundamental, Global Macro | $500,000 |
| M&R Capital LLC | Discretionary Futures Trading Program | Discretionary, Fundamental, Sector Specialist | $100,000 |
| MarketCipher Partners LLC | MarketCipher SmartData *QEP* | Systematic, Diversified, Multi-Strategy | $1,000,000 |
| Meliora Capital SA | Commodity Absolute Return Program *QEP* | Systematic, Short-Term, Sector Specialist | $1,000,000 |
| Metolius Capital LLC | Diversified Systematic Global Macro *QEP* | Systematic, Diversified, Global Macro | $4,000,000 |
| Neptune Investing LLC | Navigator Program | Systematic, Short-Term, Sector Specialist | $100,000 |
| Northern Capital Partners LLC | Spread Program | Systematic, Diversified, Spread Trading | $500,000 |
| Numeri Capital Management Inc | Numeri Intraday Program *QEP* | Systematic, Short-Term, Sector Specialist | $500,000 |
| NWOne LLC | Quantitative Strategy | Systematic, Fundamental, Sector Specialist | $350,000 |
| Obrien Investment Group LLC | OBIG Discrectionary Global Macro *QEP* | Discretionary, Diversified, Global Macro | $2,000,000 |
| Obrien Investment Group LLC | OBIG Quantitative Global Macro *QEP* | Systematic, Diversified, Global Macro | $3,000,000 |
| Opus Futures, LLC | Advanced Ag Trading Program | Systematic, Global Macro, Sector Specialist | $100,000 |
| Orion Capital Advisors Inc | Beta Opportunity Strategy | Discretionary, Fundamental, Sector Specialist | $150,000 |
| Paskewitz Asset Management LLC | Contrarian S&P 500 Stock Index Program *QEP* | Systematic, Technical, Sector Specialist | $1,000,000 |
| Persistent Capital Management | Global Diversified Program *QEP* | Systematic, Diversified, Trend-Following | $1,000,000 |
| Pier Trading Company LLC | Altum Strategy | Systematic, Diversified, Trend-Following | $200,000 |
| Praus Capital Management LLC | PCM Quant Program | Systematic, Short-Term, Diversified | $200,000 |
| ProfitScore Capital Management Inc | Long/Short US Equity Program *QEP* | Systematic, Short-Term, Sector Specialist | $10,000,000 |
| ProfitScore Capital Management Inc | Long/Short US Treasury Program *QEP* | Systematic, Short-Term, Sector Specialist | $10,000,000 |
| Pysede Trading LLC | Vega Program | Systematic, Short-Term, Multi Strategy | $50,000 |
| Q Capital Management LLC | Diversified Managed Futures Program *QEP* | Systematic, Diversified | $10,000,000 |
| Quantica Capital AG | Managed Futures *QEP* | Systematic, Diversified, Trend-Following | $5,000,000 |
| Quantitative Investment Management | Global Program *QEP* | Systematic, Diversified, Multi-Strategy | $20,000,000 |
| Quantor Capital LLC | Core Strategy *QEP* | Systematic, Diversified, Risk Parity | $3,000,000 |
| Rcube Asset Management SAS/td> | AI for Capital *QEP* | Systematic, Short-Term, Trend-Following | $1,000,000 |
| Red Rock Capital LLC | Commodity Long-Short | Systematic, Directional, Sector Specialist | $500,000 |
| Red Rock Capital LLC | Systematic Global Macro | Systematic, Global Macro, Trend-Following | $500,000 |
| Revolution Capital Management | Alpha Program *QEP* | Systematic, Diversified, Multi-Strategy | $5,000,000 |
| Rosetta Capital Management LLC | Macro Program *QEP* | Discretionary, Fundamental, Diversified | $50,000 |
| Rosetta Capital Management LLC | Rosetta Trading Program *QEP* | Discretionary, Fundamental, Sector Specialist | $100,000 |
| Sandpiper Asset Management LLC | Sandpiper Global Macro Strategy *QEP* | Systematic, Diversified, Trend-Following | $1,000,000 |
| SCT Capital Management | AQT Program *QEP* | Systematic, Short-Term, Diversified | $10,000,000 |
| Sector Arc Advisors LLC | Global Lean Hog Ag Strategy | Discretionary, Fundamental, Sector Specialist | $250,000 |
| Sigma Advanced Capital Management | Global Advanced Spread Program | Discretionary, Diversified, Multi-Strategy | $200,000 |
| Soaring Pelican LLC | Soaring Pelican Diversified S&P Program | Systematic, Short-Term, Sector Specialist | $100,000 |
| Soaring Pelican LLC | Soaring Pelican Hybrid Program | Systematic, Short-Term, Sector Specialist | $175,000 |
| Soaring Pelican LLC | Soaring Pelican Sector Program | Systematic, Short-Term, Sector Specialist | $100,000 |
| Southwest Managed Investments LLC | Global Diversified Program | Systematic, Diversified, Trend-Following | $200,000 |
| SpreadEdge Capital LLC | Diversified Seasonal Spread Program | Discretionary, Diversified, Spread Trading | $100,000 |
| Spring Valley Asset Management LLC | Tactical Trend Portfolio *QEP* | Systematic, Diversified, Multi-Strategy | $1,000,000 |
| Tanyard Creek Capital LLC | Livestock Trading Program *QEP* | Discretionary, Fundamental, Sector Specialist | $200,000 |
| Teza Capital Management LLC | Systematic Macro Program *QEP* | Systematic, Diversified, Multi-Strategy | $10,000,000 |
| Teza Capital Management LLC | Tactical Futures Program *QEP* | Systematic, Diversified, Multi-Strategy | $10,000,000 |
| Third Street Ag Investments LLC | Fundamental Discretionary Ag Program *QEP* | Discretionary, Fundamental, Sector Specialist | $500,000 |
| Tiverton Trading Inc | Discretionary Macro Program *QEP* | Discretionary, Diversified, Global Macro | $2,000,000 |
| Trident Capital Management LLC | Systematic Global Macro *QEP* | Systematic, Diversified, Global Macro | $3,000,000 |
| Typhon Capital Management LLC | Plutus Grain Program *QEP* | Discretionary, Fundamental, Sector Specialist | $250,000 |
| Typhon Capital Management LLC | Proteus Dynamic Volatility Program *QEP* | Systematic, Sector Specialist | $250,000 |
| Typhon Capital Management LLC | Vulcan Metals Strategy *QEP* | Discretionary, Fundamental, Sector Specialist | $10,000,000 |
| Typhon Capital Management LLC | Zephyrus Livestock Program *QEP* | Discretionary, Fundamental, Sector Specialist | $500,000 |
| Vergho Asset Management LLC | Kinematics Program *QEP* | Systematic, Short-Term, Diversified | $1,000,000 |
| Warrington Asset Management LLC | Tactical Program | Discretionary, Fundamental, Sector Specialist | $2,000,000 |
| WaveFront Global Asset Management | Global Investment Program *QEP* | Systematic, Diversified, Trend-Following | $2,000,000 |
| Westcay LLC | Tropicals Program | Discretionary, Fundamental, Sector Specialist | $250,000 |
| White Indian Trading Company Ltd | 24 | Systematic, Diversified, Multi-Strategy | $250,000 |
| White Indian Trading Company Ltd | Alternative Hedge | Systematic, Diversified | $250,000 |
| White Indian Trading Company Ltd | Alternative Hedge Natural Gas Program | Systematic, Sector Specialist | $250,000 |
| White Indian Trading Company Ltd | Chickasaw Program | Systematic, Diversified, Multi-Strategy | $250,000 |
| White Indian Trading Company Ltd | Concord Program | Systematic, Diversified, Multi-Strategy | $250,000 |
| White Indian Trading Company Ltd | STAIRS Program | Systematic, Counter Trend, Sector Specialist | $250,000 |
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