presentation - forexperf corporation ib eng - march
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FOREXPERF CORPORATION AG
SEEKING TO GENERATE PROFITS
BY
CAPITAL PRESERVATION AND STEADY PERFORMANCECAPITAL PRESERVATION AND STEADY PERFORMANCE
• PRESERVE WEALTH
• GENERATE CAPITAL GROWTH UNDER ALL MARKET CONDITIONS
• ACCESS TO CAPITAL AT ALL TIMES
OBJECTIVES
• TRADING YOUR SEGREGATED ACCOUNT WITH DISTINCTION
• NO MANAGEMENT FEES
• PERFORMANCE FEE ONLY WITH HIGH WATERMARK
PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT• The traders rely on their experience in
managing total risk.
• Absolute Performance is an investment philosophy that aims at remaining at the surface level described in Chart 1.
• Active Forex trading is an absolute investment strategy that will compound above the equities and bonds market in the
TRADING PHILOSOPHY
COMPOUNDING AND DRAWDOWNS
•Risk Management perspectives :
- Benchmark-driven investment process =>
risk is defined as tracking risk
- Absolute investment process => risk is
defined as total risk
•Managing Tracking risk : unhedged participation in
any boom/bust sequence
•Managing Total risk : reducing risk when the return
opportunity set s changes to the participants above the equities and bonds market in the coming 5 years. E.g. 1000 to 1500 basis points above the risk-free rate.
• Capital will not evaporate in the interim.
• Expectation for risk adjustment returns is much higher and less volatile than equities.
• An absolute return approach is part of our active asset management principles.
opportunity set s changes to the participants
disadvantage
•The philosophy and culture resulting from this
differentiation is our main pillar for trading
CONTROLLED VERSUS UNCONTROLLED
EXPOSURE TO RISK
Managing total risk means having a higher compounding
rate of return with lower downside risk
APPROACH TO RISK MANAGEMENT
Controlled total risk: Lower downside swings
(and hence lower overall volatility), higher
compound rate of return.
participants have positive utility from
compounding capital and negative utility from
large absolute financial losses.
Uncontrolled total risk: Erratic swings on both
sides (positive as well as negative), hence lower
compound rate of returns. compound rate of returns.
Asymmetry: Largest drawdown come from
Equities (light blue line), i.e. lower
compounding, while lowest returns for Active
Trading Entities (dark blue) are not lower than
equities. Active Trading Entities have a higher
compounding rate of return, since Active
Trading Entities are managing downside risk in
a controlled fashion.
METHODOLOGY (1/2)
Our Forex Managed Account Program employs a short-
term, opportunistic currency trading strategy in the G10
spot foreign exchange market.
It combines an integrated discretionary trading
methodology with a proprietary semi-systematic trading
system, advanced risk management and market-adaptive
money-management techniques.
Our decisions rely on in-depth research and sensible
decision-making processes based on probabilities. We
follow a discretionary investment methodology where
discipline, judgment and experience are also factors to
develop and monitor our trading strategy. We have been
developing a proprietary multi-factor trading technique
containing the categories below:
1. entry/exit rules with formulas and conditions
(it is the simplest step)We employ behavioral finance, probabilities and chaos
theory using market and technical analysis for timing:
prices and charts patterns, battery of indicators,
psychological resistance, support levels of prices and
markets data such as price volatility and volume.
(it is the simplest step)
2. reversals
3. risk-management
4. profit targeting
5. profit management
6. money management
7. position management
RISK-MANAGEMENT & MONEY-MANAGEMENT
CONTROLLED VERSUS UNCONTROLLED EXPOSURE TO RISK
Our pillars:
• Diversified and dynamic trade allocation methodology
• Limited leverage 1:1 to 1:15
• Average margin levels within a 3%-10% range
METHODOLOGY (2/2)
VOLATILITY & PERFORMANCE TARGETS
Delivering low volatility and low drawdown with results
that are uncorrelated to traditional assets such as bonds,
equities, indices and/or both traditional and alternative
funds
Overview:
• Discretionary Trading methodology revolves around
three key axes: Fundamental, Quantitative and • Favoring intraday movements, with low exposure,
predefined stops to limit risk and trailing stops technique to protect profits
• Positions rarely kept overnight
• Constant placement of stop-losses, monitoring of stops, profit-stops adjustment and profit-taking targets
• Maximal daily drawdown set at -0.5% to -0.7%* tolerance per day on multiple positions (not on single trade)
three key axes: Fundamental, Quantitative and
Technical, used in synergy.
• Manual trade entry supported by state-of-the art
computerized tools for analysing and monitoring our
trade ideas and our positions
• No transaction costs enable full transparency and
allow for real-time risk profile vs. performance profile
measurement
• Volatility target below 5%
FOREXPERF CORPORATION: Wanting what the market wants vs. forecasting
We have developed a methodology based on investment discipline and strict money management for long-term. We assess current market conditions to define a clear money management plan, based on scenarios with probabilities. We use rational tools, not to forecast “the future” in a deterministic and linear fashion, but to envision many different possible future outcomes, to estimate their probabilities and to monitor the correctness of our decisions.
OPERATIONAL SETUP – ONE MASTER
ACCOUNT
Trades sent by FX broker to the Depositary BankTrades booked with FX broker
Trades sent by FX broker to the Depositary BankAllocated per account by FX brokerTrades booked with FX broker
Depositary BankTop-tier Regulated EU bank (HSBC)
Segregation of clients’assets
Profit allocation according
to respective accounts’ size
Depositary BankTop-tier Regulated EU bank (HSBC)
Segregation of clients’assets
Profit allocation according
to respective accounts’ size
Sub-account 1Sub-account 2
Sub-account 3
participant 1
participant 2
participant 3
HOW DOES IT WORK?
Via Limited Power Of Attorney (LPOA), Forexperf Corporation
is only granted management of participants’ accounts via a
Master Account with Institutional trading features and advantages
on execution, pricing, spread
•Besides, the regulated FX broker will ensure that:•Besides, the regulated FX broker will ensure that:
•Each participant is provided with her segregated account hosted
by the FX Broker’s Depositary Bank (top-tier EU regulated
bank)
•Each participant has secured web-access to her account
•Money transfers, either deposit or withdrawal, can only be made
by the participant on her account (as per LPOA)
TRADERS PROFILE (1/2)
- JEAN-MARC BLOCH
2000-2010: Independent Asset Manager/Advisor – Alchemy Managers Ltd - to financial structures – to funds of funds setup and management,designed tailored made primary market structured products with SocGen CIB, Asset Advisor to life insurance dedicated funds,Proprietary Trader on indices and currency markets. Designed quantitative model for allocation on Lyxor Managed Accounts platform.
1999-2000: Global Senior Technical Analyst at UBS AG in London, Associate Director, Active Advisory Team on global Equities,Indices and Currencies. Generated advanced trading tactics on global Equities,Indices and Forex to internal clients within UBS group (Warburg, Brinson, Private Banking).
1997-1999: Sales Support at BLOOMBERG L.P. in London and in the Benelux, Technical Analyst Specialist & Sales Support servicing Banks,Investment Funds and Corporate trading desks / proprietary trading such as at IKEA, STORA, TRACTEBEL, PETROFINA, CLT-UFAInvestment Funds and Corporate trading desks / proprietary trading such as at IKEA, STORA, TRACTEBEL, PETROFINA, CLT-UFA
1997: Futures Trader: set up and operated a trading desk for SOLARIS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, a proprietary trading firm based in Paris;whose founder joined Commodities Corp. (an elite trading structure owned by Goldman Sachs ) in Monaco in 1997
1996 : Currency Trader for FRANKWELL INVESTMENT in San Francisco. He was on Major Currencies: Swiss Franc, Deutschemark, Sterling, Yen.
1995: Market Maker Assistant on Equity & Index Options for the SBF-MONEP SA, the Options Exchange in Paris,where he started his career in financial markets.
1993: graduated from French Business School, ESIAE in Paris, obtained a BSc degree in Finance,major in Investment Banking and Capital Markets,with a thesis on hedging strategies for corporate treasurers (ELF, Pechiney, Saint Gobain, Aerospatiale).
TRADERS PROFILE (2/2)
- DIDIER MORIN
2007- 2011: French CPA (Commissaire aux Comptes - Expert-Comptable – Paris)Independent Fund Director / Fund Consultant in Luxembourg – at :ME Business Solutions ( since October 2011)
Laven Financial Services (2010-11)
MDO Services (2007-10)
Consulting on funds and management company setup, corporate governance, risk management and investment compliance forConsulting on funds and management company setup, corporate governance, risk management and investment compliance forregulated investment scheme.Independent Director for investment management companies and regulated funds domiciled in Luxembourg.Liaising with Depositary banks and Fund Administration services for operational setup and compliance/risk monitoring.Risk manager for alternative funds and Luxembourg based regulated management companies:-Financial and risk reporting to the Luxembourg regulator (CSSF).
Programmer on C++ (automated trading signal).Proprietary Trader on Forex.
2005-2007: Senior Auditor for KPMG Luxembourg - Audit of financial entities (funds, management company, holdings). Proprietarytrader on CFDs and Futures (CAC 40 only).
2001-2003: Senior Auditor for AACE (Paris) - focused on auditing small and listed companies (real estate, commercial entities).
2001: Junior Accountant for Mazard & Guérard S.A., French leading accounting and auditing firm
2001: graduated from a French Business School, ICS Bégué in Paris
• Diversification from all other traditional investments such as equities and bonds
• Program working on the biggest liquidity in the world
• Higher return expectation than traditional assets of traditional funds
• Maximum downside risk is controlled and limited
FOREXPERF CORPORATION
FOREX MANAGED ACCOUNTS BENFITS
• Fully transparency, account accessible 24/7 at Forex broker
• You may access your account at any time
• You may transfer funds in or out any time you choose, you solely have control on your funds
and their transfers
• All trades are listed in real time
FOREXPERF CORPORATION
FOREX MANAGED ACCOUNTS CONDITIONS
• Minimum Investment: USD/EUR 50,000
• Regulation: FX Broker regulated internationally
• Forexperf Corporation’s contractual relationship is Limited Power of
Attorney (LPOA) implying no right to transfer your funds, only trading /
giving orders to your account
• Liquidity / Transparency: Daily / 24-7• Liquidity / Transparency: Daily / 24-7
• No Signup fees / No Entry fees / No Exit fees: 0 / 0/ 0
• Management fees: 0% per annum
• Performance fees ONLY : 30% with high watermark / calculated monthly
independently by FX broker
• No Hard lock up - no redemption period
• No hidden fees or commission - no accounting fees
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only. It contains observations and comments of a preliminary
nature which are made on the basis of unverified information
and on limited due diligence by Forexperf Corporation. No
representation is made or assurance given that such
statements, views, projections or forecasts are correct.
DISCLAIMER
No part of this presentation may be reproduced, stored in a
retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means,
including photocopying or recording, without the written
permission of Forexperf Corporation .
Forexperf Corporation AG is a Société Anonyme set up under
the laws of Switzerland with capital of CHF 100,000 having its
registered office at c/o Juris Treuhand AG, Industriestrasse 47,
6300 Zug, and registered under trade registry number CH-
170.3.036.525-2
Past results are not necessarily indicative of future results, as
returns may vary according to market conditions.
statements, views, projections or forecasts are correct.
Trading foreign exchange on margin carries a high level of risk,
and may not be suitable for all investors. The high degree of
leverage can work against you as well as for you. Before
deciding to invest in foreign exchange you should carefully
consider your investment objectives, level of experience, and
risk appetite. The possibility exists that you could sustain a loss
of some or all of your initial investment and therefore you should
not invest money that you cannot afford to lose. You should be
aware of all the risks associated with foreign exchange trading,
and seek advice from an independent financial advisor if you
have any doubts. No “safe” trading system has ever been
devised, and no one can guarantee profits or freedom from loss.
In fact, no one can even guarantee to limit the extent of losses.