June was a good month for the Trend Following Wizards, with all funds but one returning positive numbers, with a handful in double-digit territory, including a 27% return for the highest performance. The monthly return average over +5% takes the YTD figure back in the black. Please see below for full results:

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The month of May was negative overall for the Wizards and turned the performance for the year in the red too. Please find the full results below:

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Both the year and the month of April for the Wizards is mixed. No big trend (with no pun intended). Some are up, some are down… April was generally negative while the year is overall positive (slightly only). Full details below for each Wizard:

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A lot of red in the March column for the Wizards, with a fairly strong negative average return. The YTD performance is still positive overall with just over a handful of funds being negative too. Below are the full results as of end March 2016:

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February brought good results for the trend following wizards. Continuing the momentum initiated in January, the index is now up 6.49% for the year and nearly all funds show positive returns for the month. Please find full results below:

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The Trend Following Wizards started the year very well. Nearly all managers had a positive return for January and the overall result is fairly strong at +3.47% average. Please find below the full results:

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Negative 2015 year for our Trend Following Wizards collective. The month of December tipped the index in the red, as well as 5 wizards being in double-digit losses for the year. Full results below:

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The Trend Following Wizards had a good month of November. Just short of lifting the index in the black for the Year-To-Date performance though. The few funds in negative double-digit territory (two around -20%) are surely weighing down on the overall result. Please see the full results below:

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Red October again this year for the Wizards and their trend following strategy. All but one of the funds/CTAs tracked here posted negative returns for last month, with a few YTD numbers well in double-digit negative territory. Both the collective monthly and YTD performance are around the -3% mark. Below are the full results as […]

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A near-perfect month for the Wizards. Only one fund is down in September and the collective average performance is +2.52%, taking the index close to break-even for 2015 with the YTD number at -0.55%. See detailed results below

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The August numbers for the Wizards are negative and late for August. I was waiting for one of my source websites to update a couple of funds, but the data is still not out. This would most likely not have changed the overall trend, which was quite clearly negative in August. A few funds managed […]

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A strong up month for the Trend Following Wizards, which would take the aggregate performance just above break-even for the year if it was not for a strong down performer. Check the detailed results below.

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Big negative month for the Trend Following Wizards who posted a collective performance of -4.7%. The performance is now negative for 2015, at -3.85%. Please see full results below:

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Mixed results, slightly negative for the month but slightly positive for the year. This is, in a nutshell, the summary for the Wizards as of end of May. Detailed results below:

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Negative April across the board for all the Wizards but one. A fairly strong down month too at -4.23%, taking the YTD performance closer to neutral, but still positive at +1.33% Organisation / Fund Return YTD * AUM ** Abraham Trading1 -5.19% -0.50% $278M Altis Partners2 -3.87% 6.18% $306M Aspect Capital3 -9.69% -2.48% $4,800M Beach […]

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A couple of late reporting funds this month, but here is the update for March’s Wizards performance. A fairly positive month to increase the yearly gains.

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Not a great month. Neither for the Wizards or for this blog, with such a long delay publishing this month’s report. Apologies for reporting the February figures so close to… April. For various reasons I was unable to get to this earlier than now. Here it is finally. A negative return, but only slightly. This […]

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Good start of the year for the Wizards, who started the year with a collective +5.63% in January. Please see below for full individual results.

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Collectively, the Wizards added another good month to an already very good 2014 (the come-back year for trend following). A near-100% of positive results for the year, with an average just shy of +25% and a handful of strong performers. Average return for December: +3.56% Full results below:

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One of the best months of the year for our Trend Following Wizards. Not so surprisingly after the strong performance of the State of Trend Following Index (nearing +10% return for November). The overall return for the Wizards was +6.80% for the month with the YTD performance just a fraction off the typical 20% threshold […]

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