FAIRFIELD, Iowa, October 17, 2018 — The flash estimate for the Barclay CTA Index, compiled by BarclayHedge, indicates a 0.19% loss in September. Year to date, the Index is down 1.53%.
“The US economy continues to strengthen in spite of pervasive trade war fears and continued Fed monetary tightening, while other countries have chosen to keep their rates low,” says Sol Waksman, founder and president of BarclayHedge.
“These contradictory monetary policies have created unpredictable crosscurrents and trend changes in futures prices.”
Eight of Barclay’s managed futures indices had losses in September, while only one had a gain.
Cryptocurrency Traders gave up 2.68%, the MPI Barclay Elite Systematic Traders Index lost 0.62%, Systematic Traders were down 0.56%, Agriculturals Traders lost 0.37%, and the Diversified Traders Index gave up 0.44%.
The Discretionary Traders Index had the only gain in September, achieving a 0.22% return.
The BTOP50 Index, which is composed of the largest CTAs open to new investment, had an estimated 0.08% gain in September, but was down 2.31% for the year.
Through September, six of Barclay’s Managed Futures indices have losses, while three have gains.
The Cryptocurrency Traders Index is down 49.39% for the year, with seven months of losses nullifying two months of gains. Financial and Metals Traders have lost 3.49%, Diversified Traders are down 2.71%, and the Systematic Traders Index has given up 2.48%.
On the positive side, Currency Traders have gained 3.86% in 2018, the Discretionary Traders Index is up 1.88%, and Agricultural Traders have a 0.87% return.
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