FAIRFIELD, Iowa, February 24, 2017 — Managed futures traders lost 0.73% in January according to the Barclay CTA Index compiled by BarclayHedge.
Seven of Barclay’s eight CTA indices lost ground in January. The Diversified Traders Index was down 1.20%, Systematic Traders lost 0.87%, Currency Traders were down 0.51%, and Financial/Metals Traders gave up 0.33%.
“Profits from the continuing rally in global stock markets were not enough to overcome losses resulting from trend reversals in energy, US Dollar weakness, and sharply rising European yields,” says Sol Waksman, founder and president of BarclayHedge.
The only managed futures strategy with a gain in January was the Agricultural Traders Index, which was up 0.22%.
The Barclay BTOP50 was down 1.44% in the first month of 2017, after losing 4.44% in 2016.
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