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Ahead Capital Management, LLC - Global Macro Tactical Opportunities

Principal(s): Anton Barinov
Strategy: Global Macro / G5 Equity & Bond Indexes, Currencies, Commodities
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Investment Restrictions: 4.7 Exempt - QEPs Only++
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Statistics & Program Information

Mar Return 1.58%	Worst Drawdown ⁽²⁾ -10.07%	Minimum Investment $1,000,000
YTD Return 3.16%	Losing Streak ⁽³⁾ -0.20 %	AUM⁽⁵⁾ $10,223,592
Annual CROR ⁽¹⁾ 14.49	Sharpe Ratio ⁽⁴⁾ 0.96	Calmar Ratio ⁽⁶⁾ 2.45

Trading Methodology 100% Discretionary	Style Sub-Categories Fundamental Event Drive Trend Reversals	Trading Style 100% Trend Following
Market Sector 25% Stock Indices 10% Currencies 40% Financials 10% Metals 10% Energies 5% Softs	Holding Period 100% Short Term	Sector Global Contracts Futures Options

Start Date Mar-2020	Currency US Dollars	Margin ⁽⁷⁾
New Money Yes	AUM ⁽⁵⁾ $10,223,592	Management Fee 0.00%
Min Investment $1,000,000	Annual CROR ⁽¹⁾ 14.49	Incentive Fee 20.00%
Fund Minimum $0	Losing Streak ⁽³⁾ -0.20 %	Other Fees None
Notional Funds Yes	Worst Drawdown ⁽²⁾ -10.07 %	Avg Comm ⁽⁸⁾ $1.80 Round Turn +fees
NFA Member Yes	Sharpe Ratio ⁽⁴⁾ 0.96	Max Comm ⁽⁹⁾
NFA Number 0556742	Calmar Ratio ⁽⁶⁾ 2.45	Round Turns ⁽¹⁰⁾ 650

Starting Date: Mar-2020	Currency: US Dollars
Open to New Investors: Yes	Current Assets: $10,223,592
Open to US Investors: Yes	Annual CROR: 14.49%
Minimum Fund Investment: $0	Worst Monthly Drawdown: -10.07
Minimum Managed Account: $1,000,000	Current Losing Streak: -0.20 %
Domocile:	Calmar: 2.45
Subscriptions: N/A	Sharpe Ratio: 0.96
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: 0.00%	Auditor: Not Listed
Incentive Fee: 20.00%	NFA Member: Yes
Other Fees: None	FINRA Member: No
	Other Memberships: None

Type of Fund:	Domicile:	Strategy:

Track Record Prepared By: Compliance Supervisors

Correlations: AG CTA Index: 0.093 AG Discretionary CTA Index: 0.029

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 Annual Compound Rate of Return ("Annual 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 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, Risk Strategy & Background

Trading Description

The strategy pursues tactical opportunities in G5 equity and sovereign bond indexes, as well as currencies and commodities.

We focus on turning points in market narratives, as well as trades around important macro events
The strategy is directional and is concentrated on 1-2 themes at a time
Investment decisions factor in economic fundamentals, price action, investor sentiment and positioning, as well as potential price catalysts

The strategy is designed so that it could be profitable in any market conditions. Our focus on dynamic interplay between macro events and market narrative has allowed us to be flexible and control downside.
As a result, the strategy performed well during COVID crisis (Mar 2020), war in Ukraine crisis (Feb 2022), inflation crisis (2022), US banking crisis (Mar 2023) and other moments of rapid market turnarounds.
The Manager believes that their strategy can provide a good diversification to a portfolio of a qualified investor.

Risk Strategy

Risk Management Framework

The maximum portfolio drawdown is set at 10% NAV
Trades in an attempt to keep losses within 1.5% of NAV in case stop-loss is hit
Stop-losses are set based on expected volatility of an instrument
Option strategies are implemented to protect the portfolio against an unexpected
The portfolio is monitered around the clock since team members are based in different time zones

Risk management was tightened in Q3 2021 to reflect expectations of growing economic uncertainty and market volatility. As part of that, trading became more catalyst-oriented with smaller trade sizes. As a result, portfolio volatility decreased substantially.

Background

Ahead Capital Management LLC (“AC”) is a Global Macro investment firm, based in West Palm Beach, Florida, USA. Mr. Anton Barinov (39) was previously a Director and Head of TMT at Renaissance Capital, an emerging markets bank.

Accounting Notes:

As of Nov 30, 2023, Anton Barinov maintained discretionary authority over 15 client accounts all of which were qualified as accounts of family and friends. Since March 2020, Anton Barinov has been operating pursuant to Section 4m (1) of the Commodity Exchange Act whereby an exemption from CTA registration exists for a person that has not furnished commodity trading advice to more than 15 persons and does not hold himself out generally to the public as a CTA.

The net portfolio returns and AuM represent those of one client that executed power of attorney with Anton Barinov, with NAV of $10,0m as of Nov 30, 2023.

Net portfolio returns were calculated by Compliance Supervisors International Inc. (CSI) net of pro-forma performance fee of 20% based on monthly statements, independently obtained by CSI from a broker.

Risk management was tightened in Q3 2021 to reflect expectations of growing economic uncertainty and market volatility. As part of that, trading became more catalyst-oriented with smaller trade sizes. As a result, portfolio volatility decreased substantially.

Performance

ProForma performance adjusted for a 20% incentive fee.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	ROR	Max DD
2024	3.36%	-1.75%	1.58%										3.16%	-1.75%
2023	1.19%	-1.34%	1.83%	-2.57%	2.82%	3.11%	3.35%	0.86%	0.85%	2.04%	1.23%	-1.03%	12.85%	-2.57%
2022	4.89%	2.65%	-0.60%	-1.82%	0.64%	2.72%	1.14%	0.31%	1.74%	-3.12%	2.72%	1.08%	12.78%	-3.12%
2021	0.71%	-0.72%	-0.35%	-0.30%	0.53%	1.79%	-0.10%	-5.57%	-1.04%	16.94%	0.68%	6.81%	19.33%	-6.65%
2020			5.86%	-2.88%	1.53%	-0.77%	-0.55%	-5.81%	1.17%	-3.02%	16.34%	0.15%	10.92%	-10.07%

Annual Performance

Years	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024 YTD
ROR	10.92%	19.33%	12.78%	12.85%	3.16%
Max DD	-10.07%	-6.65%	-3.12%	-2.57%	-1.75%

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 $2,000,000 in securities holdings OR $200,000 in margin on deposit with a Futures Commission Merchant OR a combination of the two (for example, $1,000,000 in securities and $100,000 in margin).

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.

AUTUMN GOLD CTA INDEXES ARE NON-INVESTABLE INDEXES COMPRISED OF THE CLIENT PERFORMANCE OF CTA PROGRAMS INCLUDED IN THE AUTUMN GOLD DATABASE AND DO NOT REPRESENT THE COMPLETE UNIVERSE OF CTAS. INVESTORS SHOULD NOTE THAT IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO INVEST IN THESE INDEXES.

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