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ARB Asset Management, LLC - Systematic Behavorial Global Macro

Principal(s): Adam Passaglia, Amnon Baazov, & Mark Downing
Strategy: Systematic Macro / Diversified
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Investment Restrictions: 4.7 Exempt - QEPs Only++

Statistics & Program Information

Jan Return -0.25%	Worst Drawdown ⁽²⁾ -4.37%	Minimum Investment $5,000,000
YTD Return -0.25%	Losing Streak ⁽³⁾ -3.52 %	AUM⁽⁵⁾ $50,000,000
Annualized CROR ⁽¹⁾ 7.73	Sharpe Ratio ⁽⁴⁾ 0.72	Calmar Ratio ⁽⁶⁾ N/A

Trading Methodology 100% Systematic	Style Sub-Categories Pattern Recognition Volatility Quantitative	Trading Style 100% Quantitative
Market Sector 14% Stock Indices 14% Currencies 14% Financials 14% Metals 14% Energies 14% Agriculturals 14% Crypto Futures	Holding Period 100% Short Term	Sector Global Contracts Futures Options

Start Date Jan-2024	Currency US Dollars	Margin ⁽⁷⁾ 10-25%
New Money Yes	AUM ⁽⁵⁾ $50,000,000	Management Fee 2.00%
Min Investment $5,000,000	Annualized CROR ⁽¹⁾ 7.73	Incentive Fee 20.00%
Fund Minimum $0	Losing Streak ⁽³⁾ -3.52 %	Other Fees None
Notional Funds No	Worst Drawdown ⁽²⁾ -4.37 %	Avg Comm ⁽⁸⁾ $0.00
NFA Member Yes	Sharpe Ratio ⁽⁴⁾ 0.72	Max Comm ⁽⁹⁾
NFA Number 0532191	Calmar Ratio ⁽⁶⁾ N/A	Round Turns ⁽¹⁰⁾ 9,000

Starting Date: Jan-2024	Currency: US Dollars
Open to New Investors: Yes	Current Assets: $50,000,000
Open to US Investors: Yes	Annualized CROR: 7.73%
Minimum Fund Investment: $0	Worst Monthly Drawdown: -4.37
Minimum Managed Account: $5,000,000	Current Losing Streak: -3.52 %
Domocile:	Calmar: N/A
Subscriptions: N/A	Sharpe Ratio: 0.72
Redemptions: N/A	US Attorney: Not Listed
Lock Up: N/A	Offshore Attorney: Not Listed
Hurdle Rate: N/A	Administrator: Not Listed
Administraton Fee: 0.00%	Prime Broker: Not Listed
Management Fee: 2.00%	Auditor: Not Listed
Incentive Fee: 20.00%	NFA Member: Yes
Other Fees: None	FINRA Member: No
	Other Memberships: None

Type of Fund: Futures Fund Single Advisor Fund	Domicile:	Strategy: Global Macro

Correlations: AG CTA Index: 0.288 AG Systematic CTA Index: 0.187

P - Proprietary Trading Results * C - Client Trading Result * P&C - Combines Client & Proprietary Trading Results (the accounting notes will identify the time frame for each. 1. Rates of Return: Rate of Returns are calculated from the start date of each program. Usually returns are calculated based on the Annual Compounded Rate of Return method. In some cases returns have been calculated on a Non-Compounded basis. This would occur when a Manager trades based on account unit rather than on account equity. The Annualized Compounded Rate of Return ("Annualized CROR") represents the compounded rate of return or each year or portion thereof presented. It is computed by applying successively respective monthly rate of return for each month beginning with the first month of that period. The Annual Rate of Return ("Annual ROR") is the annualized Mean Return. 2. The Worst Peak-to-Valley Drawdown ("Worst Drawdown") is defined as the greatest cumulative percentage decline in net asset value due to losses sustained by the trading program during any period in which the initial net asset value is not equaled or exceeded by a subsequent asset value. 3. Start & End Dates: Indicates the Start and End Dates of the Worst Peak-to-Valley Drawdown. 4. The Current Losing Streak ("Losing Streak") represents the extent of the Advisor's current drawdown. 5. Annualzied Standard Deviation is one way to look at consistency of returns. It measures the degree by which the monthly returns vary from the average (mean) return. 6. Downside Deviation is a measure of downside volatility. It only considers those monthly performance results that are less than the monthly Minimum Acceptable Rate of Return. 7. The Sharpe Ratio is a risk-adjusted ratio that rewards consistency of returns. Traders are penalized for volatility regardless of whether it is on the up or downside. The Sharpe Ratios is calculated using a 1% risk-free rate of return. 8. The Sortino Ratio is a risk-adjusted ratio. The higher the number the better. Results are dependent upon the Minimum Acceptable Rate of Return (currently set at 5%. 9. The Sterling Ratio is a risk-adjusted return measurement calculated by dividing the Annualized Compound ROR by the Average Yearly Maximum Drawdown less an arbitrary 10%. The Sterling Ratio is normally calculated using the last 36 months of data. 10. The Calmar Ratio represents the historical amount gained for each dollar risked. A higher number is better. Unless otherwise denoted the Calmar Ratio is calculated by dividing the 36 month Annualized Compounded ROR by the 36 month Peak to Valley Drawdown. Traders with less than 36 months of data or a negative Calmar Ratio will be indicated by N/A. 11. The Omega Function accounts for the non-normal distributions of returns and takes into account the investor's preferences for loss and gain. Omega is computed directly from the returns distribution and measures the total impact of the moments instead of each one of them individually. 12. Minimum Investment represents the minimum account size. 13. Assets Under Management ("AUM") represents the current nominal assets traded by the Manager. 14. The Number of Winning Months represents the months with positive return. 15. The Number of Losing Months represents the months with negative return. 16. The Percentage of Winning Months represents the % of winning months. 17. Margin to Equity ("Margin") represents the average margin as a percent of a fully funded account. 18. Round Turns per Million ("Round Turns") represent the average number of round turns that would be generated in a $1,000,000 account. 19. Average Commission ("Avg Comm") represents the average commission rate of the composite track record. A higher or lower commission rate would increase or decrease the performance accordingly. 20. Maximum Commisions ("Max Comm") is the Maximum Round Turn Rate allowable by the Manager.

Trading Description:

The fully systematic strategy targets opportunities in Equity Index, Fixed Income, Energies, Metals, Currencies, Agriculturals, and Crypto futures contracts. Assets in general exhibit periods of panic buying and selling caused by a herd mentality. Al multi-dimensional set of proprietary quantitative models are employed to describe and measure the psychological behavior in its early stages. Market neutral signals are aggregated and translated to extract alpha from impending price moves.

Saleem Mahjub, Portfolio Manager
Saleem began his trading career at Tradelink in 2005 after graduating from the University of Illinois with a degree in mechanical engineering, and first found success in the Chicago prop trading world. Relying on his background of engineering and software development, he started creating the framework of the quantitative models that would become the Systematic Behavioral Global Macro strategy. His belief in a disciplined and systematic approach have been reaffirmed through various market cycles, including the 2008-2009 Financial crisis, the zero interest rate policy (ZIRP) markets of the 20-teens, and the market volatility induced in 2020 by COVID lockdowns. With more than a decade of experience as a systematic trader, spanning numerous market regimes, Saleem has developed a deep insight into the discovery of alpha, realistic back testing procedures, robust portfolio creation and efficient risk management. His consistent risk-adjusted results combined with his approach to risk management have made him a valuable asset to the ARB team.

Statistical Pattern Recognition

The SBGM strategy, using as much historical data as possible, looks for anomalies that indicate a herd mentality is forming in a given underlying market.
Numerous sub-strategies (currently 13), each looking for these outlier herd indicators in their own way, are fed into a decision engine that uses the composite results to generate potential trade signals.
The trade decision engine uses the input from the sub-strategies to generate a consolidated trade signal. Inherent in that signal is direction, strength (conviction), and sizing (risk).
Individual trades are all short-term in nature, ranging from minutes to a few days, and in rare cases more than weeks.
During the modeling phase, the stability and quality of the underlying sub-strategies are analyzed over a long period of time, with the goal being to optimize each signal schema with respect to various performance metrics like sharpe, sortino, max drawdown, etc.

Risk Strategy:

Background:

ARB's Principals include:
Adam Passaglia, Managing Partner: As co-founder of ARB Trading Group, Mr. Passaglia has overseen ARB's business beyond proprietary trading to create a vertically integrated financial services company. He led ARB's expansion into broker / dealer services, IB services, trading execution and risk management software, alternative asset management, and hedge fund services. Mr. Passaglia started his trading career in 2000 at a proprietary firm in Frankfurt, Germany and was soon hailed by Futures Magazine as one of the most consistent disciplined traders in Europe. He holds a B.A. in Finance from the University of Illinois.

Amnon Baazov, Managing Partner: Mr. Baazov, as a founding partner of ARB Trading Group, has led the firm's automated algorithmic trading division since 2009. He has overseen the creation and implementation of numerous automated trading strategies, covering multiple asset classes and statistical approaches. Mr. Baazov started his trading career in 1996 focusing on interest rate differentials. He holds a B.A. in International Finance from HEC Montreal.

Mark Downing, Chief Operating Officer: Mark is responsible for overseeing the launch of ARB AM funds and strategies. Prior to joining ARB, he served as COO of a Chicago based hedge fund with $150m AUM. Mark also previously traded interest rate options as a market maker for both his own proprietary firm as well as for a leading institutional market maker starting in 2006. He holds a B.S. in Finance and Computer Information Systems from Indiana University Kelley School of Business.

Accounting Notes:

Proprietary Results from January 2024.
For live returns from January 2020 to Dec 2023 please contract [email protected]. These results are based on results for SMA clients. It should be noted that neither ARB Asset Management nor the Strategy's portfolio manager owns these returns.

Performance

Proprietary Results from January 2024.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	ROR	Max DD
2025	-0.25%												-0.25%	-0.25%
2024	-1.40%	1.63%	2.18%	-1.42%	4.38%	-2.03%	6.76%	1.15%	0.80%	-3.39%	-1.01%	1.14%	8.68%	-4.37%

Annual Performance

Years	2024	2025 YTD
ROR	8.68%	-0.25%
Max DD	-4.37%	-0.25%

PAST PERFORMANCE DOES NOT GUARANTEE FUTURE SUCCESS. THERE IS A RISK OF LOSS IN FUTURES TRADING.

VAMI, Assets under Management & Worst Drawdown

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Monthly Returns

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++Qualified Eligible Investors Only:

A Qualified Eligible Person must meet the following two requirements: 1) the investor must first be an accredited investor. The most common ways for this are to either have a net worth of $1,000,000 or more OR an annual income of $200,000 or more for the last two years OR, combined with a spouse, $300,000 per year for two years, 2) the investor must meet an additional portfolio requirement, which is having $4,000,000 in securities holdings OR the person must have on deposit with a Futures Commission Merchant at least $400,000 in exchange-specified initial margin and option premiums, and required minimum security deposit for retail forex transactions).

Exemptions:

PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM THE COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION IN CONNECTION WITH THE ACCOUNTS OF QUALIFIED ELIBIBLE PERSONS, THIS BROCHURE OR ACCOUNT DOCUMENT IS NOT REQUIRED TO BE, AND HAS NOT BEEN, FILED WITH THE COMMISSION. THE COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION DOES NOT PASS UPON THE MERITS OF PARTICIPATING IN A TRADING PROGRAM OR UPON THE ADEQUANCY OR ACCURACY OF THE COMMODITY TRADING ADVISOR DISCLOSURE. CONSEQUENTLY, THE COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION HAS NOT REVIEWED OR APPROVED THIS TRADING PROGRAM OR THIS BROCHURE OR ACCOUNT DOCUMENT.

RISK DISCLOSURE

PAST PERFORMANCE IS NOT NECESSARILY INDICATIVE OF FUTURE RESULTS.

THIS MATTER IS INTENDED AS A SOLICITATION FOR MANAGED FUTURES. THE RISK OF TRADING COMMODITY FUTURES, OPTIONS AND/OR FOREIGN EXCHANGE ('FOREX') IS SUBSTANTIAL. THE HIGH DEGREE OF LEVERAGE ASSOCIATED WITH COMMODITY FUTURES, OPTIONS AND FOREX CAN WORK AGAINST YOU AS WELL AS FOR YOU. THIS HIGH DEGREE OF LEVERAGE CAN RESULT IN SUBSTANTIAL LOSSES, AS WELL AS GAINS. YOU SHOULD THEREFORE CAREFULLY CONSIDER WHETHER SUCH TRADING IS SUITABLE FOR YOU IN LIGHT OF YOUR FINANCIAL CONDITION. IF YOU ARE UNSURE YOU SHOULD SEEK PROFESSIONAL ADVICE. AN INVESTOR MUST READ AND UNDERSTAND THE CTA’S CURRENT DISCLOSURE DOCUMENT BEFORE INVESTING. THERE ARE NO GUARANTEES OF PROFIT NO MATTER WHO IS MANAGING YOUR MONEY.

PAST PERFORMANCE DOES NOT GUARANTEE FUTURE SUCCESS. IN SOME CASES MANAGED ACCOUNTS ARE CHARGED SUBSTANTIAL COMMISSIONS AND ADVISORY FEES. THOSE ACCOUNTS SUBJECT TO THESE CHARGES, MAY NEED TO MAKE SUBSTANTIAL TRADING PROFITS JUST TO AVOID DEPLETION OF THEIR ASSETS. EACH COMMODITY TRADING ADVISOR ("CTA") IS REQUIRED BY THE COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION ("CFTC") TO ISSUE TO PROSPECTIVE CLIENTS A RISK DISCLOSURE DOCUMENT OUTLINING THESE FEES, CONFLICTS OF INTEREST AND OTHER ASSOCIATED RISKS. A HARD COPY OF THESE RISK DISCLOSURE DOCUMENTS ARE READILY AVAILABLE BY CLICKING ON EACH CTA'S "REQUEST DISCLOSURE DOCUMENT" BUTTON.

THE FULL RISK OF COMMODITY FUTURES, OPTIONS AND FOREX TRADING CAN NOT BE ADDRESSED IN THIS RISK DISCLOSURE STATEMENT. NO CONSIDERATION TO INVEST SHOULD BE MADE WITHOUT THOROUGHLY READING THE DISCLOSURE DOCUMENT OF EACH OF THE CTAS IN WHICH YOU MAY HAVE AN INTEREST. REQUESTING A DISCLOSURE DOCUMENT PLACES YOU UNDER NO OBLIGATION AND EACH DOCUMENT IS PROVIDED AT NO COST. THE CFTC HAS NOT PASSED UPON THE MERITS OF PARTICIPATING IN ANY OF THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMS NOR ON THE ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF THE DISCLOSURE DOCUMENTS. OTHER DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS ARE REQUIRED TO BE PROVIDED TO YOU BEFORE AN ACCOUNT MAY BE OPENED FOR YOU.

PAST PERFORMANCE IS NOT NECESSARILY INDICATIVE OF FUTURE RESULTS. PROSPECTIVE CLIENTS SHOULD NOT BASE THEIR DECISION ON INVESTING IN THIS TRADING PROGRAM SOLELY ON THE PAST PERFORMANCE PRESENTED. ADDITIONALLY, IN MAKING AN INVESTMENT DECISION, PROSPECTIVE CLIENTS MUST ALSO RELY ON THEIR OWN EXAMINATION OF THE PERSON OR ENTITY MAKING THE TRADING DECISIONS AND THE TERMS OF THE ADVISORY AGREEMENT INCLUDING THE MERITS AND RISKS INVOLVED.

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