Managed Futures

Over the years of meeting emerging managers I have found a common theme among them. They often believe when they start a money management firm, investors will automatically find them…

As investors look to diversify their investment portfolio, one option is trading of derivative contracts, including futures and options on futures.  However, as the normal investor may not have much…

We at Sugar Creek Investment Management, LLC believe that capturing fundamental alpha in agriculture requires in-depth knowledge about the underlying commodities, such as how they are produced, priced, traded, and…

Trading is difficult. If it was easy, everyone would do it. To excel at trading is even that much harder. Successfully competing against some of societies’ smartest and most ambitious…

The last few years have been a very challenging playing field to navigate.  As a CTA one has to wear multiple hats while trying to grow a business. While our…

In late January 2014 the National Futures Association (“NFA”) announced to its membership they were: “…reviewing the current regulatory structure applicable to Commodity Pool Operator (“CPO”) and Commodity Trading Advisor (“CTA”)…