DISCLOSURE
DOCUMENT
of
COMMODITY CAPITAL INC.
Office:
233
Via Villena
(760)
632-1905
THE COMMODITY
FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION HAS NOT PASSED UPON THE MERITS OF PARTICIPATING IN
THIS TRADING PROGRAM NOR HAS THE COMMISSION PASSED ON THE ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY
OF THIS DISCLOSURE DOCUMENT.
The date of this disclosure document is
December, 18th 2009
RISK DISCLOSURE STATEMENT
THE
RISK OF LOSS IN TRADING COMMODITIES CAN BE SUBSTANTIAL. YOU SHOULD THEREFORE CAREFULLY
CONSIDER WHETHER SUCH TRADING IS SUITABLE FOR YOU IN LIGHT OF YOUR FINANCIAL
CONDITION. IN CONSIDERING WHETHER TO TRADE OR AUTHORIZE SOMEONE ELSE TO TRADE
FOR YOU, YOU SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE FOLLOWING:
(1) IF YOU PURCHASE A COMMODITY OPTION YOU MAY
SUSTAIN A TOTAL LOSS OF THE PREMIUM AND
OF ALL TRANSACTIONS COSTS.
(2) IF YOU PURCHASE OR SELL A COMMODITY
FUTURE OR SELL A COMMODITY OPTION YOU MAY SUSTAIN A TOTAL LOSS OF THE INITIAL
MARGIN FUNDS AND ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDS THAT YOU DEPOSIT WITH YOUR BROKER TO
ESTABLISH OR MAINTAIN YOUR POSITION. IF
THE MARKET MOVES AGAINST YOUR POSITION, YOU MAY BE CALLED UPON BY YOUR BROKER
TO DEPOSIT A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF ADDITIONAL MARGIN FUNDS, ON SHORT NOTICE IN
ORDER TO MAINTAIN YOUR POSITION. IF YOU
DO NOT PROVIDE THE REQUIRED FUNDS WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME, YOUR POSITION MAY
BE LIQUIDATED AT A LOSS, AND YOU WILL BE LIABLE FOR ANY RESULTING DEFICIT IN
YOUR ACCOUNT.
(3) UNDER CERTAIN MARKET CONDITIONS YOU MAY
FIND IT DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE TO LIQUIDATE A POSITION. THIS CAN OCCUR, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN THE MARKET
MAKES A LIMIT MOVE.
(4) THE PLACEMENT OF CONTINGENT ORDERS BY
YOU OR YOUR TRADING ADVISOR, SUCH AS A STOP-LOSS OR STOP-LIMIT ORDER, WILL
NOT NECESSARILY LIMIT YOUR LOSSES TO THE INTENDED AMOUNTS, SINCE MARKET
CONDITIONS MAY MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO EXECUTE SUCH ORDERS.
(5) A SPREAD POSITION MAY NOT BE LESS
RISKY THAN A SIMPLE LONG OR SHORT POSITION.
(6) THE HIGH DEGREE OF LEVERAGE THAT IS
OFTEN OBTAINABLE IN COMMODITY TRADING CAN WORK AGAINST YOU AS WELL AS FOR
YOU. THE USE OF LEVERAGE CAN LEAD TO
LARGE LOSSES AS WELL AS GAINS.
IN
SOME CASES, MANAGED COMMODITY ACCOUNTS ARE SUBJECT TO SUBSTANTIAL CHARGES FOR
MANAGEMENT AND ADVISORY FEES. IT MAY BE
NECESSARY FOR THOSE ACCOUNTS THAT ARE SUBJECT TO THESE CHARGES TO MAKE
SUBSTANTIAL TRADING PROFITS TO AVOID DEPLETION OR EXHAUSTION OF THEIR ASSETS.
THIS DISCLOSURE DOCUMENT CONTAINS, ON PAGE 10, A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION OF EACH FEE TO
BE CHARGED TO YOUR ACCOUNT BY THE COMMODITY TRADING ADVISOR.
THIS
BRIEF STATEMENT CANNOT DISCLOSE ALL THE RISKS AND OTHER SIGNIFICANT ASPECTS OF
THE COMMODITY MARKETS. YOU SHOULD THEREFORE CAREFULLY STUDY THIS DISCLOSURE
DOCUMENT AND COMMODITY TRADING BEFORE YOU TRADE, INCLUDING THE DESCRIPTION OF
THE PRINCIPAL RISK FACTORS OF THIS INVESTMENT, ON PAGES 4 AND 5.
YOU SHOULD ALSO BE AWARE THAT THIS COMMODITY
TRADING ADVISOR MAY ENGAGE IN TRADING FOREIGN FUTURES OR OPTIONS CONTRACTS.
TRANSACTIONS ON MARKETS LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING MARKETS
FORMALLY LINKED TO A UNITED STATES MARKET MAY BE SUBJECT TO REGULATIONS WHICH
OFFER DIFFERENT OR DIMINISHED PROTECTION. FURTHER, UNITED STATES REGULATORY
AUTHORITIES MAY BE UNABLE TO COMPEL THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE RULES OF REGULATORY
AUTHORITIES OR MARKETS IN NON-UNITED STATES JURISDICTIONS WHERE YOUR
TRANSACTIONS MAY BE EFFECTED. BEFORE YOU TRADE, YOU SHOULD INQUIRE ABOUT ANY
RULES RELEVANT TO YOUR PARTICULAR CONTEMPLATED TRANSACTIONS AND THE FIRM WITH
WHICH YOU INTEND TO TRADE FOR DETAILS ABOUT THE TYPES OF REDRESS AVAILABLE IN
BOTH YOUR LOCAL AND OTHER RELEVANT JURISDICTIONS.
THIS COMMODITY TRADING
ADVISOR IS PROHIBITED BY LAW FROM ACCEPTING FUNDS IN THE TRADING ADVISORS NAME
FROM A CLIENT FOR TRADING COMMODITY INTERESTS.
YOU
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
The
Company..................................................................................................... 1
Principals
and Background................................................................................. 1
Litigation............................................................................................................ 2
The
Trading Programs................................................................................... 2,3,4
Principal
Risk Factors
4,5
Conflict
of Interest.......................................................................................... 5,6
Allocation
of Trades
.....6
Trading
for Own Account................................................................................... 6
Account
Funding.......................................................................................... 6,7,8
Special
Disclosure for Notionally-Funded Accounts.......................................... 9
Expenses
of the CTA........................................................................................ 10
FCM and
IB...................................................................................................... 10
Give-up
Fees.................................................................................................... 10
FCM
Disclosure
.11-16
Marketing
Agreements and Fee-sharing
.17
Past
Performance (Agricultural Commodities Trading Program)...................... .17
Capsule
of Past Performance (Agricultural Commodities Trading Program) 18,19
Past
Performance (Inflation Protector Trading Program).................................. .20
Capsule
of Past Performance (Inflation Protector Trading Program)............ 21,22
Other
Requirements................................................................................... .......23
Advisory
Agreement
.24-27
Information Request......................................................................................... 28
Disclosure Document
Receipt........................................................................... 28
Fee Payment
Authorization............................................................................... 29
Limited
Power of Attorney............................................................................... 30
Letter
of Commitment...................................................................................... 31
Pages
left blank for client notes etc
.......32-34
THE COMPANY
Commodity Capital, Inc.
(hereafter referred to as CCI) is a
Mr. Hawkins is the
President of CCI. Ms. Jill Hawkins (wife of Mr. Mark R. Hawkins) is the
Secretary and Treasurer of CCI.
CCI was formed for the
purpose of managing trading accounts in Futures Contracts and options on
Futures Contracts.
CCI is a Member of the
National Futures Association (NFA) and is registered as a Commodity Trading
Advisor (CTA) with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The NFA
membership was effective as of April 2nd 1986 and the CFTC registration was
effective as of October 12th, 1984.
Mr. Hawkins is
registered with the CFTC as both an Associated Person (effective March 28th,
1991) and Principal of CCI (effective October 12th 1984). Mr. Hawkins is an
Associate Member of the NFA (effective March 28th, 1991).
The Advisor first
intends to use this document on December
18th, 2009
Ms. Hawkins is
registered with the CFTC as both an Associated Person (effective January
8th, 1993) and Principal of CCI (effective April 25th 1989).
Ms. Hawkins is an Associate Member of the NFA (effective January 8th,
1993).
The office of CCI is located at:
233 Via
Encinitas
Telephone Number: (760) 632-1905
PRINCIPALS
AND BACKGROUND
Mr. Mark R. Hawkins
graduated from
From October 1976 to December 1978, Mr.
Hawkins was employed by the Continental Grain Company in
From January 1979 until
June 1984, Mr. Hawkins worked for the Louis Dreyfus Corporation in
Since July 1984, Mr.
Hawkins has operated Commodity Capital and CCI. Past performance information
for CCI is presented on pages 17 through 22 of this document.
Ms. Jill Hawkins
graduated from
From August 1979 until
October 1984, Ms. Hawkins traded cash grain and soybean markets for the Louis
Dreyfus Corporation of
From October 1984 until
November 1988, Ms. Hawkins was employed by the Allenberg Cotton Company as
manager of its operations on the floor of the New York Cotton Exchange. Ms.
Hawkins was registered as a Floor Broker of the New York Cotton Exchange from
September 1985 until March 1990. The
primary business of Allenberg was cotton merchandising .
In November 1988, Ms. Hawkins joined
Ms. Hawkins has performed her functions
on a part-time basis from October 19th, 1992 to the current date.
From October 1992 until July 1993 Ms.
Hawkins was employed as an investment advisor by the Prudential Equity Group. The
primary business of Prudential was investment management. Ms. Hawkins was
registered as an AP of Prudential from December 1992 until she withdrew the
registration in July of 1993.
From August 1993 until July 20th
2009 Ms. Hawkins was employed by the Charles Schwab Corporation as an
investment advisor. The primary business of Charles Schwab was investment
management.
As of the current date, Ms. Hawkins
continues to perform her functions with CCI.
LITIGATION
There are no pending or threatened
legal proceedings against CCI or its principals.
There has never been any material
administrative, civil or criminal action of any kind against CCI or its
principals.
THE TRADING PROGRAMS
This Disclosure Document is offering two trading
programs managed by CCI
The Agricultural Commodities Trading
Program (or ACTP) strives for capital appreciation through trading speculatively
in Commodities, Commodities Futures Contracts, and options on Commodities
Futures Contracts. All such contracts which CCI trades are traded on regulated
exchanges. Generally speaking, the margin to equity ratio for accounts traded
by CCI is in the 5% to 15% range.
CCI will employ trading strategies
developed by Mr. Hawkins. Decisions will
not be made by employing any specific rigid technical trading system, but
rather will be a result of Mr. Hawkins continuous assessment of the
implications of the fundamental factors pertinent to each particular market.
Essentially, CCI is continuously
updating projections of the supply/demand outlook for each commodity. CCI will then interpret this information and
make a judgment as to the extent to which this information is reflected in the
existing price structure.
The ACTP focuses on the agricultural
commodities and is primarily a spread trader. Spread trading involves taking a
long position in one futures contract against a short position in another futures
contract. Spreading can be conducted
between commodities, between markets, and between different delivery months of
the same commodity. Mr. Hawkins
considers his primary task in correctly anticipating spread movements, to be a
prediction of the expected relationship between cash and futures markets for
each time period and for each commodity.
Once this assessment has been made, CCI will make a judgment as to what
it considers will be the relative demand for a given futures delivery month
relative to some earlier or subsequent period.
CCI seeks situations where its judgment of the expected relationship
between delivery periods is not reflected in the existing market price
structure.
The fact that the ACTP primarily trades
spreads in agricultural commodities should in no way be taken to mean that the
program is limited to this area. CCI does trade, and will continue to
trade, outright positions in agricultural commodities in the ACTP program.
CCI does trade, and will continue to
trade, options on agricultural commodity futures. CCI does not adhere to any
specified entry or exit rules when initiating or liquidating positions. Rather,
CCI constantly evaluates and reevaluates the market and makes an assessment of
the degree to which CCI should be participating in each particular individual
position.
CCI will trade account sizes starting
at US $250,000 in the ACTP . Generally speaking, accounts are traded in
a proportional fashion with no increase in diversification as a result of
larger account size. Most
positions are taken on the basis of
$250,000 multiples such that, for example, a $500,000 account would contain
twice the number of contracts contained in the minimum $250,000 account. There
may be occasions when CCI varies the nature or scale of a trade for account
sizes that are not multiples of US $250,000. On such occasions, accounts that
are not exact multiples of $250,000 may be either over-leveraged or
under-leveraged relative to those accounts that are exact multiples of
$250,000. An example of such a situation would be when CCI judges that the risk
parameters of a particular trade would not be suitable for, say, a $250,000
account. In such a situation, CCI may seek a close proxy for the particular
position however, such a proxy trade might not be available and if it was, the
risk/reward profile of the trade chosen would likely be different when compared
with trades in those accounts that are traded as multiples of the US $250,000
increment. CCI retains the right to neither seek nor utilize such proxy trades.
From time to time, CCI will permit its
managed accounts to [make or] take delivery of the cash product underlying the
futures contract. In these instances,
the managed account will be charged with the cost of delivery, including
storage, insurance and the full futures contract price. The delivered cash
commodity will be held for appreciation and resold depending on market
conditions.
The Client should consider this as a
long-term investment. If an account declines by 25% of the original investment,
CCI will recommend that the Client either close the account or deposit
additional funds.
The Inflation Protector Trading Program (or
IPTP) strives for capital appreciation through trading speculatively in
Commodities Futures Contracts, and options on Commodities Futures Contracts.
All such contracts which CCI trades are traded on regulated exchanges.
Generally speaking, the margin to equity ratio for accounts traded by CCI is in
the 5% to 15% range.
The IP program is specifically designed
to take advantage of inflationary pressures that may affect commodity prices,
interest rates and the relative value of the U.S. Dollar.
It is CCIs judgment, that the
combination of global central bank monetary policies and government fiscal
stimulus may create an inflationary environment for U.S. Dollar denominated
commodities and could also put upward pressure on U.S. interest rates as well
as downward pressure on the U.S. Dollar.
The IPTP selects long positions from a
variety of possible commodity contracts and may also trade short positions in
U.S. interest rate futures and also short positions in the U.S. Dollar.
The trading program will employ
strategies developed by Mr. Hawkins. Trade selection will be a synthesis of a
variety of factors including fundamental, technical and seasonal elements.
The program can be viewed as an
actively managed approach to capitalizing on the potential for any upward
pressure affecting commodity prices. As such, CCI will not be passively holding
a basket of commodities seeking long-term appreciation but rather will be
opportunistically selecting long commodity positions (as well as short interest
rate and short U.S, Dollar positions), that, in the judgment of CCI, offer
favorable risk vs. reward characteristics.
CCI will also trade options positions
as part of the IP Trading Program.
CCI will trade account sizes starting
at US $500,000 in the IPTP program. Accounts are traded in a
proportional fashion with no increase in diversification as a result of larger
account size. Most positions are taken on the basis of $500,000 multiples such
that, for example, a $ 1,000,000 account would contain twice the number of
contracts contained in the minimum $500,000 account. There may be occasions
when CCI varies the nature or scale of a trade for account sizes that are not
multiples of US $500,000. On such occasions, accounts that are not exact
multiples of $500,000 may be either over-leveraged or under-leveraged relative
to those accounts that are exact multiples of $500,000. An example of such a situation would be when
CCI judges that the risk parameters of a particular trade would not be suitable
for, say, a $500,000 account. In such a
situation, CCI may seek a close proxy for the particular position, however,
such a proxy trade might not be available and if it was, the risk/reward
profile of the trade chosen would likely be different when compared with trades
in those accounts that are traded as multiples of the US $500,000 increment.
CCI retains the right to neither seek nor utilize such proxy trades.
The Client should consider this as a
long-term investment. If an account declines by 25% of the original investment,
CCI will recommend that the Client either close the account or deposit
additional funds.
PRINCIPAL
RISK FACTORS
There are a variety of risk factors
associated with an investment in CCIs trading programs. Some of these risks
are associated with any commodity trade (including CCIs programs) and there
are also some risks that are specific to an investment with CCI.
a) Trading of commodity interests is
speculative and volatile.
Commodity prices are highly volatile.
Price movements of the contracts that CCI trades are influenced by, among other
things, changing supply and demand relationships, weather, governmental policy
changes, geopolitical factors and emotions of the marketplace. CCI specializes
in trading agricultural products (in the ACTP), the prices of which are
particularly sensitive to weather events such as droughts, floods and freezes.
CCI will trade these markets on a purely speculative basis and no assurance can
be given that CCIs trading will result in profitable trades or that CCI will
not incur substantial losses. Each time CCI makes a trade the advisor makes an
assessment of the likely future volatility of the particular instrument in
question. If CCI under‑estimates the potential volatility of an
instrument, any losses incurred will be greater than CCI anticipated when
initiating the trade.
b) Commodity trading is highly
leveraged.
The low margin deposits normally
required in commodity trading (typically between 2% and 15% of contract value) permit
an extremely high degree of leverage. A relatively small price movement may
result in immediate and substantial losses to the client. As with other
leveraged investments, any trade may result in losses in excess of the amount
invested. CCI is primarily a spread trader and spreads are also subject to the
low margin deposit requirements which permit a high degree of leverage.
c) The markets traded by the advisor
may be illiquid.
Most
d) Correlation among instruments.
Since the ACTP specializes in trading one market segment (agriculturals) the
advisor has to constantly assess the potential degree of correlation among the
instruments traded. If CCI is holding several positions at the same time, an
accurate forecast of inter-correlation
is a key issue in determining the risk of the portfolio and therefore the risk
to the client. The IPTP program is expressly intended to capitalize on upward
movement in commodity prices and downward movement in U.S. interest rate
futures and the U.S Dollar. The instruments held in the IPTP program are likely
to be significantly correlated.
e)
Risks pertaining to trading of foreign futures
Since CCI occasionally trades foreign
futures the client might be subject to some risks specific to foreign futures
trading. These risks include the possible adverse affect from currency
fluctuations on instruments not denominated in U.S. dollars as well as the fact
that foreign exchanges may be subject to regulations that offer different or
diminished protection to the client relative to
f)
Risks pertaining to trading of options
CCI
trades options and such transactions carry a high degree of risk. CCIs trading
in options may include strategies such as selling (or writing) options,
buying options and trading in options spreads. Options purchased may expire worthless in
which case the investment will suffer a total loss of the initial purchase
price and the transactions costs paid. Selling options (also known as
granting or writing options is a strategy that has unlimited risk.
Assessment of risk in options trading is particularly complex because the value
of the option is not only affected by changes in the value of the underlying
instrument but is also affected by the degree of volatility in a market.
g)
A participating clients Futures Commission Merchant (FCM) may fail.
Under
CFTC regulations, FCMs are required to maintain customers assets in a
segregated account. If a participating FCM fails to do so, the customer may be
subject to a risk of loss of those funds on deposit with the FCM in the event
of the FCMs bankruptcy. In addition, under certain circumstances, such as the
inability of another customer of the FCM or the FCM itself to satisfy
substantial deficiencies in such other
customers account, a CCI client may be subject to a risk of loss of funds on
deposit with the FCM even if such funds are properly segregated. In the case of
any such bankruptcy or customer loss, a client may recover, even in respect of
property specifically traceable to the client, only a pro rata share of all
assets available for distribution to all of the FCMs customers.
h)
Client-stipulated restrictions might affect the rate of return of an account
If
a Client stipulates that certain trades may not be taken on that Clients
behalf, the rate of return of that account might be affected. An example would
be a case where a Client stipulates that no positions may be taken in the
Clients account in a spot position in the delivery period.
CONFLICT OF
INTEREST
CCI advises more than one client, and the principals of CCI
may trade for their own accounts. In
such circumstances a conflict of interest may arise because speculative
position limits imposed by various exchanges and the CFTC allow a CTA to
control only a limited number of contracts in any one commodity. Therefore, CCI is potentially subject to a
conflict among the interests of all the accounts it advises which are competing
for shares of that limited number of contracts.
Furthermore, in these circumstances, there is a potential conflict
between the individual clients interest in maintaining a larger position in a
specific commodity and CCIs interest in maintaining a smaller position in an
individual clients account in order to provide positions in the specific
commodity to other accounts under management and to the principals' accounts.
There is also a potential conflict of interest inherent in
the rotation system used by CCI to allocate trades among accounts. Accounts of
the principals of CCI are treated identically to client accounts which means
that there will be times when accounts held by the principals of CCI receive
favorable prices relative to client accounts.
Neither
the Advisor nor its principal benefit directly or indirectly from a clients
choice of a particular Futures Commission Merchant and/or introducing broker.
ALLOCATION
OF TRADES
The vast majority of CCIs trades are
executed on exchanges that have established an Average Price System (APS) with
respect to multi-price fills. Commodity Capital Inc. has developed a daily
rotation procedure to address the circumstances in which the APS does not
fulfill our requirements.
A rotation sheet is prepared monthly
which creates a queue of accounts and these accounts move up one step in the
queue each day with the prior days first account going to the back of the
queue. Fills are then allocated according to this rotation with the first
account in the list receiving the most favorable fill and so on down the line.
In the case of a partial fill the first account in the list will be filled
first and so on. There are circumstances in which a client may wish to receive
the least favorable fills. An example of this would be a case where a client is
an employee of an FCM executing the trade and where that FCM has a policy that
requires employees to receive the least favorable prices. CCI does not currently trade any such FCM
employee accounts.
TRADING
FOR OWN ACCOUNT
The principals of
CCI may, from time to time, trade for their own accounts. As of the date of
this disclosure document, the principals of CCI are directing two proprietary
accounts held in the names of Mark R. Hawkins and Jill Hawkins.
The records of trades and any written
policies related to such trading for the principals of CCI would be made
available for inspection at the office of CCI at the request of any prospective
or existing client. The records of other client accounts managed by CCI are not
available for inspection due to their confidential nature.
CCI currently holds a trading account
in its own name. The records of this account and any written policies related
to such trading are available for inspection at the office of CCI at the
request of any prospective or existing client.
ACCOUNT
FUNDING
In executing the Commodity Advisory
Agreement (page 24) the client must indicate the size of the account to
be managed by CCI. The Commodity Advisory Agreement also requires the client to
state the amount of actual funds (margin qualifying assets) to be deposited
with the broker. The Client must also designate whether they choose to be
invested in the AC Trading Program or the IP Trading Program. CCI requires
clients who designate account sizes in excess of the actual funding level, who
are not notionally funding their account, to execute a Letter of Commitment (see
page 31) indicating the source and confirming the availability of other
funds, if any, in an amount which, when added to the amount deposited in the
trading account, equals the designated account size.
Clients
may request that CCI trade their accounts with a degree of leverage relative to
the sum of their deposited and Letter of Commitment funds. Prospective clients
should consider carefully the effects of leverage when so-called notional
funds are employed. The rate of return for an account that is not fully-funded
(i.e., at inception the account does not contain actual funds equal to the
agreed-upon trading level of the account) is inversely proportional to the
actual rate of return based on the percentage level of funding. For example,
consider an account which has actual funds equal to the agreed-upon trading
level which experiences a 10% loss for a particular period: if that same
account had actual funds equal to 50% of the agreed upon trading level during
that period, the loss for that period would be 20%. Likewise, if that account
had actual funds equal to 30% of the agreed-upon trading level, the loss for
that period would be 33.33%. Of course, if an account which has actual funds
equal to the agreed-upon trading level has a 10% gain for a particular period,
the gain would be 20% if the account had actual funds equal to 50% of the
agreed-upon trading level, 25% if the account had actual funds equal to 40% of
the agreed-upon trading
level,
and 33.33% if the account had actual funds equal to 30% of the agreed-upon
trading level. The table below contains a matrix displaying the impact upon
rates of return that results from employing notional funds.
CONVERSION
OF FULLY FUNDED RATE OF RETURN TO ACTUAL RATE OF RETURN
FULLY FUNDED RATE OF RETURN
-40% -30% -20% -10% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40%
ACTUAL RATE OF RETURN
100% -40% -30% -20% -10% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40%
90% -44% -33% -22% -11% 0% 11% 22% 33% 44%
80% -50% -38% -25% -13% 0% 13% 25% 38% 50%
70% -57% -43% -29% -14% 0% 14% 29% 43% 57%
60% -67% -50% -33% -17% 0% 17% 33% 50% 67%
50% -80% -60% -40% -20% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80%
40% -100% -75% -50% -25% 0% 25% 50% 75% 100%
30% -133% -100% -67% -33% 0% 33% 67% 100% 133%
20% -200% -150% -100% -50% 0% 50% 100% 150% 200%
10% -400% -300% -200% -100% 0% 100% 200% 300% 400%
The management fees payable to CCI (more
fully described on page 10) are based upon the designated account size selected
by the client rather than the funds deposited with the broker or committed through
a Letter of Commitment. Clients whose accounts are partially funded, i.e.
where actual funds are less than the nominal trading level of the account, will
pay management fees at a higher rate as a percentage of actual funds than
clients whose accounts are fully funded. For example, a client account with 50%
of its trading level in actual funds and a stated management fee of 3% per
annum will pay management fees, based on actual funds of 6% per annum. The
following table illustrates possible management fees as a percentage of actual funds (rounded to the
nearest one tenth of one percent). However, depending on an accounts exact
level of funding, the fees may be higher or lower than the ranges set forth
below.
OF ACTUAL FUNDS
FOR FULLY FUNDED ACCOUNTS
Level of Funding 3% 4%
Management Fee as
a % of Actual Funds
100% 3.0% 4.0%
90% 3.3% 4.3%
80% 3.7% 5.0%
70% 4.2% 5.7%
60% 5.0% 6.7%
50% 6.0% 8.0%
40%
7.5% 10.0%
30% 10.0% 13.3%
20% 15.0% 20.0%
10% 30.0% 40.0%
If
a prospective client plans to partially fund an account, instead of providing
full funding, such prospective client should interpolate the management fee
information in the preceding table to the level of leverage the client
contemplates using, so that the client is fully aware of the management fees to
be paid as a percentage of actual account equity.
Upon
account opening, the client is instructed to establish, in writing, the nominal
trading level. The nominal trading level will not be affected by cash
additions/withdrawals or net performance. Changes in the nominal trading
level will only be made upon written instruction by the client.
SPECIAL DISCLOSURE
FOR NOTIONALLY-FUNDED ACCOUNTS
YOU SHOULD REQUEST YOUR
COMMODITY TRADING ADVISOR TO ADVISE YOU OF THE AMOUNT OF CASH OR OTHER ASSETS
(ACTUAL FUNDS) WHICH SHOULD BE DEPOSITED TO THE ADVISORS TRADING PROGRAM FOR
YOUR ACCOUNT TO BE CONSIDERED FULLY-FUNDED. THIS IS THE AMOUNT UPON WHICH THE
COMMODITY TRADING ADVISOR WILL DETERMINE THE NUMBER OF CONTRACTS TRADED IN YOUR
ACCOUNT AND SHOULD BE AN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT TO MAKE IT UNLIKELY THAT ANY FURTHER
CASH DEPOSITS WOULD BE REQUIRED FROM YOU OVER THE COURSE OF YOUR PARTICIPATION
IN THE COMMODITY TRADING ADVISORS PROGRAM.
YOU ARE REMINDED THAT
THE ACCOUNT SIZE YOU HAVE AGREED TO IN WRITING, THE NOMINAL ACCOUNT SIZE, IS
NOT THE MAXIMUM POSSIBLE LOSS THAT YOUR ACCOUNT MAY EXPERIENCE.
YOU SHOULD CONSULT THE
ACCOUNT STATEMENTS RECEIVED FROM YOUR FUTURES COMMISSION MERCHANT IN ORDER TO
DETERMINE THE ACTUAL ACTIVITY IN YOUR ACCOUNT, INCLUDING PROFITS, LOSSES AND
CURRENT CASH EQUITY BALANCE. TO THE EXTENT THAT THE EQUITY IN YOUR ACCOUNT IS
AT ANY TIME LESS THAN THE NOMINAL ACCOUNT SIZE YOU SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE
FOLLOWING:
(1) ALTHOUGH YOUR GAINS AND LOSSES, FEES AND COMMISSIONS MEASURED
IN DOLLARS WILL BE THE SAME, THEY WILL BE GREATER WHEN EXPRESSED AS A
PERCENTAGE OF ACCOUNT EQUITY.
(2) YOU MAY RECEIVE MORE FREQUENT AND LARGER MARGIN CALLS.
(3) THE DISCLOSURES WHICH ACCOMPANY THE PERFORMANCE TABLE MAY BE
USED TO CONVERT THE RATES OF RETURN (RORS) IN THE PERFORMANCE TABLE TO THE
CORRESPONDING RORS FOR PARTICULAR PARTIAL FUNDING LEVELS.
EXPENSES OF THE CTA
CCI charges a
management fee based on the Net Account Equity and an incentive fee based on
performance.
The management fee is
one-quarter of one percent (1/4%) per month of the Net Account Equity at the
close of business on the last business day of each month payable monthly in
arrears. The Net Account Equity is the
initial account size designated by the client and indicated in Section 1 on the
Advisory Agreement, plus the cumulative Gain/Loss from Commodity Trading,
plus interest earned in the account (if any), less management and incentive
fees paid or payable (if any). The Gain/Loss from Commodity Trading is the
net realized gain/loss from closed and completed commodity transactions (after
brokerage commissions) plus the increase/decrease in the value of the open
positions at the end of each month (without reduction for commissions which
would be incurred by closing such open positions). Increases or decreases in the size of the
account during the month as a result of decisions by the client (additions to
or withdrawals from the account) are charged or credited on a pro rata basis.
The incentive fee is
calculated and payable monthly or quarterly in arrears at twenty-three percent
(23%) of New Net Profits. New Net Profit is defined as the excess of the
cumulative Gain/Loss from Commodity Trading, less management and incentive fees
paid, over the highest past value of that cumulative Gain/Loss from Commodity
Trading at any prior monthly or quarterly period (i.e., it is new profit). In the event of subsequent losses, the
monthly incentive fee would not be charged until there are New Net
Profits. The incentive fee shall not be
rebated by virtue of subsequent losses. All fees will be billed by CCI with the
billing sent directly to the broker to be paid out of a clients account unless
the client specifies otherwise. The client is free to choose between making
incentive fee payments on a monthly or quarterly basis.
CCI may charge other
client accounts greater or lesser fees than those described above.
Clients will be charged
by the FCM and/or IB for all commissions and/or expenses arising from
transactions exercised in the administration of the account.
FCM
AND IB
Each client must open
an account with a Futures Commission Merchant (FCM) and may elect to choose an
Introducing Broker (IB) to introduce the account to the FCM. The client is free
to select an FCM (and IB, if applicable) provided that the following criteria
are met:
1) The round-turn
commission rate must be competitive in the judgment of CCI.
2) The FCM, (and IB, if
applicable) must not be subject to any material civil, administrative, criminal
or disciplinary proceeding, order or judgment that could impair its ability to
function.
3) The FCM (and IB, if
applicable) must be able to execute trades in a timely and accurate manner and
have a reputation in the industry for dealing with its customers in a fair and
equitable manner in the opinion of CCI.
GIVE-UPS
Currently, CCI executes its trades by
placing orders at an FCM who then executes the trades and gives them up to
other FCMs in those cases where the executing broker is not also the FCM with
whom the client has opened the account. The executing broker receives a fee
(currently ranging from $1.25-$2.00 per contract) for each trade given-up. The
clients account will be charged the amount of the give-up fee by the executing
broker.
The FCMs currently used by CCI for
execution services are UBS, MF Global and R.J. OBrien. . There are no current
actual conflicts of interest and CCI is unaware of any potential conflicts of
interest pertaining to CCIs relationship with any of the aforementioned FCMs.
The three FCMs currently employed by
CCI for execution purposes have each provided some disclosure language to be
incorporated into CCIs disclosure document and this language is presented
below.
MF Global Inc.
MF Global Inc. (MFG) is registered
under the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended, as a futures commission merchant
and a commodity pool operator, and is a member of the National Futures
Association in such capacities. In addition, MFG is registered with the
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority as a broker-dealer. MFG was formerly known as Man Financial Inc.
(MFI) until the change of name to MFG was effected on July 19, 2007. MFG is a member of all major U.S. futures
exchanges and most major U.S. securities exchanges. MFGs main office is located at 717 Fifth
Avenue, 9th Floor, New York, New York 10022-8101. MFGs telephone number at such location is
(212) 589-6200.
At any given time, MFG is involved in
numerous legal actions and administrative proceedings, which in the aggregate,
are not, as of the date of this Memorandum and/or Disclosure Document
(Memorandum), expected to have a material effect upon its condition, financial
or otherwise, or to the services it will render to the Partnership. There have been no administrative, civil or
criminal proceedings pending, on appeal or concluded against MFG or its
principals within the five years preceding the date of this Memorandum that MFI
would deem material for purposes of Part 4 of the Regulations of the Commodity
Futures Trading Commission (the CFTC), except as follows:
In May, 2006, MFI was sued by the
Receiver for Philadelphia Alternate Asset Fund (PAAF) and associated entities
for common law negligence, common law fraud, violations of the Commodity
Exchange Act and RICO violations (the Litigation). In December, 2007, without admitting any
liability of any party to the Litigation to any other party to the Litigation,
the Litigation was settled with MFI agreeing to pay $69 million, plus $6
million of legal expenses, to the Receiver, in exchange for releases from all
applicable parties and the dismissal of the Litigation with prejudice. In a related action, MFI settled a CFTC
administrative proceeding (In the Matter of MF Global, f/k/a Man Financial
Inc., and Thomas Gilmartin) brought by the CFTC against MFI and one of its
employees for failure to supervise and recordkeeping violations. Without admitting or denying the allegations,
MFI agreed to pay a civil monetary penalty of $2 million and accepted a cease
and desist order. MFI has informed the
General Partner, the Trading Advisor and the Placement Agent that the
settlements referenced above will not materially affect MFG or its ability to
perform as a clearing broker.
On February 20, 2007, MFI also settled a
CFTC administrative proceeding (In the Matter of Steven M. Camp and Man
Financial Inc., CFTC Docket No. 07-04) in which MFI was alleged to have
failed to supervise one of its former associated persons (AP) who was charged
with fraudulently soliciting customers to open accounts at MFI. The CFTC alleged that the former AP
misrepresented the profitability of a web-based trading system and of a
purported trading system to be traded by a commodity trading advisor. Without admitting or denying the allegation,
MFI agreed to pay restitution to customers amounting to $196,900.44 and a civil
monetary penalty of $120,000. MFI also
agreed to a cease and desist order and to strengthen its supervisory system for
overseeing sales solicitations by employees in connection with accounts to be
traded under letters of direction in favor of third party system providers.
On March 6, 2008, and thereafter, 5
virtually identical proposed class action securities suits were filed against
MFGs parent, MF Global Ltd. (MF Global), certain of its officers and
directors, and Man Group plc. These suits have now been consolidated into a
single action. The complaints seek to
hold defendants liable under §§ 11, 12, and 15 of the Securities Act of 1933 by
alleging that the registration statement and prospectus issued in connection
with MF Globals initial public offering in July 2007, were materially false
and misleading to the extent that representations were made regarding MF Globals risk management policies,
procedures and systems. The allegations are based upon MF Globals disclosure
of $141.5 million in trading losses incurred in a single day by an AP in his
personal trading account, which losses MFG was responsible to pay as an
exchange clearing member.
In connection with the incident
involving the trading losses referenced above, the CFTC issued a formal order of investigation naming
MFG and the AP. The CFTC, in coordination with the Chicago Mercantile Exchange
(CME), has been collecting documentation and taking depositions of MFG
employees. This investigation is ongoing and it is not yet certain what actions
the CFTC and/or the CME might take. MF Global has established an accrual of
$10.0 million to cover potential CFTC civil monetary penalties in this matter
and the two CFTC matters referred to below. This is MFGs best estimate at this
time and there is no
assurance that the $10.0 million accrual
will be sufficient for these purposes or that the CFTC will not require
remedial measures. No accrual has been made for the CME matter.
In May 2007, MFG and two of its
employees received what is commonly referred to as a Wells notice from the
staff of the Division of Enforcement of the CFTC. The notice relates to two
trades MFG executed in 2004 for a customer and reported to NYMEX. The notice
indicates that the Division of Enforcement is considering recommending to the
CFTC that a civil proceeding be commenced against MFG and the two employees, in
which the CFTC would assert that MFG and the two employees violated
Section 9(a)(4) of the Commodity Exchange Act, which generally prohibits
any person from willfully making any false, fictitious, or fraudulent
statements or representations, or making or using any false writing or document
knowing the same to contain any false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement to a
board of trade. The Division of Enforcement staff contends that MFG and the
individuals presented or participated in the submission of information to NYMEX
that falsely represented the dates on which the trades in question occurred.
MFG and the individuals dispute these contentions. It is not yet certain what
action the CFTC will take, but see the reference to a $10.0 million accrual
above.
On August 28, 2009, BMO instituted suit
against MFG and our former broker, Joseph Saab (as well as a firm named
Optionable, Inc. and five of its principals or employees), in the United States
District Court for the Southern District of New York. In its complaint,
BMO asserts various claims against all defendants for their alleged
misrepresentation of price quotes to BMOs Market Risk Department (MRD) as
independent quotes when defendants knew, or should have known, that David Lee,
BMOs trader, created the quotes which, in circular fashion, were passed on to
BMO through our broker, thereby enabling Lee substantially to overvalue his
book at BMO. BMO further alleges that MFG and Saab knew that Lee was
fraudulently misrepresenting prices in his options natural gas book and aided
and abetted his ability to do so by our actions in sending price indications to
the BMO MRD, and substantially assisted Lees breach of his fiduciary duties to
BMO as its employee. The facts underlying this action also relate to the
on-going CFTC natural gas price information investigation described above in
CFTC Natural Gas Price Information Investigation. The Complaint seeks
to hold all defendants jointly and severally liable and, although it does not
specify an exact damage claim, it claims CAD 680.0 million (approximately
$635.9 million) as a pre-tax loss for BMO in its natural gas trading, and
claims that it would not have paid brokerage commissions to us (and
Optionable), would not have continued Lee and his supervisor as employees at
substantial salaries and bonuses, and would not have incurred substantial legal
costs and expenses to deal with the Lee mispricing. This litigation is in its
very earliest stages. No provision for losses has been recorded in connection
with this matter.
Additionally, MFG is currently
cooperating in an investigation conducted by a New York County Grand Jury in
conjunction with the U.S. Attorneys Office in the Southern District of New
York, with which the CFTC and the SEC are also involved. The investigation
centers around trading by a market making energy trader at Bank of Montreal
(BMO) who allegedly mismarked his book. An MFG broker did business with the BMO
trader, and used bid and offer prices for forward OTC trades the BMO trader
sent to him as a basis for prices which the MFG broker disseminated to MFGs
customers, including BMO, as price indications that reflected a consensus. MFG
has been told that neither MFG nor the broker are targets of the Grand Jury
investigation. In connection with this
investigation, MFG has been served by the CFTC with a Wells notice in
anticipation of civil charges against the broker under the anti-fraud
provisions of CFTC Regulation 33.10 and MFG with derivative liability for the
brokers actions. It is not yet certain what action the CFTC may take against
MFG or the broker, but see the reference to a $10.0 million accrual above.
In or about
October 2003, the Company uncovered an apparent fraudulent scheme conducted by
third parties unrelated to the Company that may have victimized a number or its
clients. CCPM, a German Introducing
Broker, introduced to the Company all the clients that may have been
victimized. An agent of CCPM, Michael
Woertche (and his confederates), apparently engaged in a Ponzi scheme in which
allegedly unauthorized transfers from and trading in accounts maintained at the
Company were utilized to siphon money out of these accounts, on some occasions
shortly after they were established. The
Company was involved in two arbitration proceedings relating to these CCPM
introduced accounts. The first
arbitration involved claims made by two claimants before a NFA panel. The second arbitration involves claims made
by four claimants before a FINRA panel.
The claims in both arbitrations are based on allegations that the
Company and an employee assisted CCPM in engaging in, or recklessly or
negligently failed to prevent, unauthorized transfers from, and trading in,
accounts maintained by the Company.
Damages sought
in the NFA arbitration proceeding were approximately $1,700,000 in compensatory
damages, unspecified punitive damages and attorneys fees in addition to the
rescission of certain deposit agreements.
The NFA arbitration was settled for $200,000 as to one claimant and a net of
$240,000 as to the second claimant during fiscal 2008. Damages sought in the FINRA proceeding were
approximately $6,000,000 in compensatory damages and $12,000,000 in punitive damages. During the year ended March 31, 2009, the
FINRA arbitration was settled for an aggregate of $800,000.
MFG was named as a
co-defendant in an action filed in Florida State Court by Eagletech
Communications Inc. (Eagletech) and three of its alleged shareholders against
21 defendants, including banks, broker-dealers and clearing brokers, as well as
100 John Doe defendants or their nominee entities. The complaint alleges that
the defendants engaged in a criminal conspiracy designed to manipulate the
publicly traded share price of Eagletech stock. Plaintiffs seek unspecified
compensatory and special damages, alleging that Man Group PLC d/b/a Man
Financial Inc participated in the conspiracy by acting as a clearing broker
for a broker-dealer that traded in Eagletech stock. The complaint asserts
claims under RICO, the Florida Securities and Investor Protection Act, the
Florida Civil Remedies for Criminal Practices Act and a related negligence
claim. On May 9, 2007, defendants filed a notice removing the State Court
action to Federal Court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §1441(a). On October 2,
2007, Plaintiffs filed a first amended complaint in the Federal Court action
asserting additional claims against Man Financial Inc under Florida common law,
including civil conspiracy, conversion and trespass to chattels. On
February 26, 2008, the financial institution defendants, including MF
Global Inc., filed a motion to dismiss seeking dismissal of all claims asserted
in the amended complaint on the ground that the claims are barred by the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act (PSLRA) and preempted by the federal
securities laws. On June 27, 2008, the Court partially granted the motion,
holding that the federal RICO claims are barred by the PSLRA and dismissing the
RICO claims with prejudice. The Court declined to exercise supplemental
jurisdiction over the state law claims and remanded those claims to the Florida
State Court. On July 25, 2008, plaintiffs filed a notice of appeal of the
Courts June 27, 2008 decision to the United States Court of Appeals for
the Eleventh Circuit but subsequently withdrew its appeal. MFG is unsure of
whether plaintiffs will pursue the State Court action. Since the case is in its
earliest stages, it is difficult to determine exposure, if any. MFG intends to
vigorously defend this matter. No provision for losses has been recorded in
connection with this litigation.
In December 2007, the
Company, along with four other futures commission merchants (FCMs), were
named as defendants in an action filed in the United States District Court in
Corpus Christi, Texas by 47 individuals who were investors in a commodity pool
(RAM I LLC) operated by Renaissance Asset Management LLC. The complaint alleges
that MFG and the other defendants violated the Commodity Exchange Act and
alleges claims of negligence, common law fraud, violation of a Texas statute
relating to securities fraud and breach of fiduciary duty for allegedly failing
to conduct due diligence on the commodity pool operator and commodity trading
advisor, having accepted executed trades directed by the commodity trading
advisor, which was engaged in a fraudulent scheme with respect to the commodity
pool, and having permitted the improper allocation of trades among accounts.
The plaintiffs claim damages of $32.0 million, plus exemplary damages, from all
defendants. All of the FCM defendants moved to dismiss the complaint for
failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted. Following an initial
pre-trial conference, the court granted plaintiffs leave to file an amended complaint.
On May 9, 2008, plaintiffs filed an amended complaint in which plaintiffs
abandoned all claims except a claim alleging that the FCM defendants aided and
abetted violations of the Commodity Exchange Act. Plaintiffs now seek $17.0
million in claimed damages plus exemplary damages from all defendants. MFG
filed a motion to dismiss the amended complaint which was granted by the court
and appealed by the plaintiffs. The case is at its earliest stages so it is not
possible to determine our exposure, if any. In any event, MFG intends to
vigorously defend this matter. No provision for losses has been recorded in
connection with this litigation.
The Liquidation Trustee
(Trustee) for Sentinel Management Group, Inc. (Sentinel) sued the Company
in June 2009 on the theory that our withdrawal of $50.2 million within 90 days
of the filing of Sentinels bankruptcy petition on August 17, 2007 is a
voidable preference under Section 547 of the Bankruptcy Code and,
therefore, recoverable by the Trustee, along with interest and costs. MFG
believes there are substantial
defenses available to us and
MFG intends to resist the Trustees attempt to recover those funds from us. In
addition, to the extent the Trustee recovered any funds from us, MFG would be
able to assert an offsetting claim in that amount against the assets available
in Sentinels bankruptcy case. The matter is in its early stages and litigation
has just commenced. No provision for losses has been recorded in connection
with this claim.
In May 2009, investors in a
venture set up by Nicholas Cosmo sued Bank of America and MFG, among others, in
the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, alleging
that MFG, among others, aided and abetted Cosmo and related entities in a Ponzi
scheme in which investors lost $400 million. MFG has made a motion to dismiss
which is currently pending before the court. The litigation is in its earliest
stages. MFG believes we have meritorious defenses and intend to vigorously
defend this matter. No provision for losses has been recorded in connection
with this matter.
In the late spring of 2009,
the Company was sued in Oklahoma State Court by customers who were substantial
investors with Mark Trimble and/or Phidippides Capital Management. Trimble and
Phidippides may have been engaged in a Ponzi scheme. Plaintiffs allege that MFG
materially aided and abetted Trimbles and Phidippides violations of the
anti-fraud provisions of the Oklahoma securities laws and they are seeking
damages in excess of $0.01 million each. MFG made a motion to dismiss which
was granted by the court. Plaintiffs have appealed. MFG believes we have
meritorious defenses and intend to vigorously defend this matter. No provision
for losses has been recorded in connection with this matter.
The Company and MF Global
Market Services LLC (Market Services) are currently involved in litigation
with a former customer of Market Services, Morgan Fuel & Heating Co.,
Inc. (Morgan Fuel) and its principals, Anthony Bottini, Jr., Brian Bottini
and Mark Bottini (the Bottinis). The litigations arise out of trading losses
incurred by Morgan Fuel in over-the-counter derivative swap transactions, which
were unconditionally guaranteed by the Bottini principals.
MF Global Market Services
LLC v. Anthony Bottini, Jr., Brian Bottini and Mark Bottini, FINRA
No. 08-03673. On October 6, 2008, Market Services commenced an
arbitration against the Bottinis before the Financial Industry Regulatory
Authority (FINRA) to recover $8.3 million, which is the amount of the debt
owed to Market Services by Morgan Fuel after the liquidation of the swap
transactions. Each of the Bottinis executed a guaranty in favor of Market
Services personally and unconditionally guaranteeing payment of the obligations
of Morgan Fuel upon written demand by Market Services. Market Services asserted
a claim of breach of contract based upon the Bottinis failure to honor the
guarantees.
Morgan Fuel v. MFG and
Market Services, FINRA No. 08-03879. On October 21, 2008, Morgan Fuel
commenced a separate arbitration proceeding before FINRA against MFG and Market
Services. Morgan Fuel claims that MFG and Market Services caused Morgan Fuel to
incur approximately $14.2 million in trading losses. Morgan Fuel seeks recovery
of $5.9 million in margin payments that it allegedly made to Market Services
and a declaration that it has no responsibility to pay Market Services for the
remaining $8.3 million in trading losses. Morgan Fuel contends that MFG and
Market Services should not have allowed Morgan Fuel to enter into, or maintain,
the swap transactions. The Supreme Court of New York for the County of New York
has temporarily stayed the arbitration commenced by Morgan Fuel on the ground
that there is no agreement to arbitrate. The motion for a permanent stay was
denied and MFG has appealed that decision.
The
Bottinis asserted a third-party claim against Morgan Fuel, which in turn
asserted a fourth-party claim against MFG, Market Services and Steven Bellino
(an MFG employee) in the arbitration proceeding commenced by Market Services. A
motion to stay the fourth-party was also denied and MFG has appealed that
decision as well.
It is difficult at this
stage to determine exposure, if any. In any event, MFG intends to vigorously
defend this matter. No provision for losses has been recorded in connection
with this matter.
On December 12, 2008, MFG settled three
CME Group disciplinary actions involving allegations that on a number of
occasions in 2006 and 2007, MFG employees engaged in impermissible pre-execution
communications in connection with trades
executed on the e-cbot electronic trading platform, withheld customer orders
that were executable in the market for the purpose of soliciting, and brokering
contra-
orders and crossed orders on the e-cbot
trading platform without allowing for the minimum required exposure period
between the entry of the orders. MFG was also charged with failing to properly
supervise its employees in connection with these trades. Without admitting or
denying any wrongdoing, MFG consented to an order of a CME Business Conduct
Committee Panel which found that MFG violated legacy CBOT Rule 504.00 and Regulations 480.10 and 9B.13 and 9B.13(c) and
ordered MFG to pay a $400,000 fine, cease and desist from similar conduct and, in
consultation with CME Market regulation Staff, enhance its training practices
and supervisory procedures regarding electronic trading practices.
MFG acts only as clearing broker for the futures accounts to be traded pursuant to this Memorandum and as such is paid commissions for executing and clearing trades. MFG has not passed upon the adequacy or accuracy of this Memorandum and will not act in any supervisory capacity with respect to the General Partner of the commodity pool or to the Commodity Trading Advisor, as the case may be, nor participate in the management of the General Partner or of the commodity pool or of the Trading Advisor. Therefore, prospective investors should not rely on MFG in deciding whether or not to participate in the commodity pool or the trading program of the Trading Advisor.
R.J. OBrien
Founded in
1914, R.J. OBrien & Associates, LLC (RJO) is a privately owned
Futures Commission Merchant (FCM). RJO is one of the oldest and best
known independent futures brokerage firms in the
industry.
RJO is a founding member of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, a full clearing member
of the Chicago Board of Trade, New York Mercantile Exchange, the New York Board
of Trade, the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) and the Dubai Mercantile Exchange
and a member of Eurex AG and Euronext.Liffe.
Due to its size
and complexity of operations, RJO is occasionally involved in
litigation. However, there have been no material civil, administrative,
or criminal proceedings pending, on appeal, or concluded against RJO or its
principals in the past five years.
UBS
UBS Securities LLC (UBS Securities)
principal business address is
UBS
Securities is the defendant in two purported securities class actions pending
in District Court of the Northern District of Alabama, brought by holders of
stocks and bonds of HealthSouth, captioned
In re HealthSouth Corporation Stockholder, No. CV-03-BE-1501-S
and In re HealthSouth Corporation Bondholder Litigation, No. CV-03-BE-1502-S. Both complaints assert liability under the Securities Act of
1934.
UBS Securities has been responding to
investigations by the SEC and the United States Attorneys Office for the
Eastern District of New York regarding UBSs valuation of U.S. mortgage-backed
securities and derivatives, and compliance with public disclosure rules. These investigations are ongoing.
On June 27, 2007, the Securities Division
of the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (Massachusetts Securities Division) filed an administrative complaint
(the "Complaint") and notice of adjudicatory proceeding against
UBS Securities LLC, captioned In The Matter of UBS Securities, LLC, Docket No.
E-2007-0049, which alleges, in sum and substance, that UBS Securities has been
violating the Massachusetts Uniform Securities Act ("the "Act")
and related regulations by providing the advisers for certain hedge funds with
gifts and gratuities in the form of below market office rents, personal loans
with below market interest rates, event tickets, and other perks, in order to
induce those hedge fund advisers to increase or retain their level of prime
brokerage fees paid to UBS Securities.
The Complaint seeks a cease and desist order from conduct that violates
the Act and regulations, to censure UBS
Securities, to require UBS Securities to
pay an administrative fine of an unspecified amount, and to find as fact the
allegations of the Complaint.
On June 26, 2008, the Massachusetts
Securities Division filed an administrative complaint and notice of
adjudicatory proceeding against UBS Securities and UBS Financial Services, Inc.
(UBS Financial), captioned In the Matter of UBS Securities, LLC and UBS Financial
Services, Inc., Docket No. 2008-0045, which alleged that UBS Securities and UBS
Financial violated the Act in connection with the marketing and sale of auction
rate securities.
On July 22, 2008, the Texas State
Securities board filed an administrative proceeding against UBS Securities and
UBS Financial captioned the Matter of the Dealer Registrations of UBS
Financial Services, Inc. and UBS Securities LLC, SOAH Docket No. 312-08-3918,
SSB Docket No. 08-IC04, alleging violations of the anti-fraud provision of
the Texas Securities Act in connection with the marketing and sale of auction
rate securities.
On July 24, 2008 the New York Attorney
General (NYAG) filed a complaint in Supreme Court of the
State of New York against UBS Securities
and UBS Financial captioned State of New York v. UBS
Securities LLC and UBS Financial Services,
Inc., No. 650262/2008, in connection with UBSs marketing
and sale of auction rate securities. The complaint alleges violations of the
anti-fraud provisions of New York state statutes and seeks a judgment ordering
that the firm buy back auction rate securities from investors at par,
disgorgement, restitution and other remedies.
On August
8, 2008, UBS Securities and UBS Financial reached agreements in principle with
the SEC, the NYAG, the Massachusetts Securities Division and other state
regulatory agencies represented by the North American Securities Administrators
Association (NASAA) to restore liquidity to all remaining clients holdings
of auction rate securities by June 30, 2012.
On August 20, 2008, the Texas proceeding was dismissed and
withdrawn. On October 2, 2008, UBS
Securities and UBS Financial entered into a final consent agreement with the
Massachusetts Securities Division settling all allegations in the Massachusetts
Securities Divisions administrative proceeding against UBS Securities and UBS
Financial with regards to the auction rate securities matter. On December 11, 2008, UBS Securities and UBS
Financial executed an Assurance of Discontinuance in the auction rate
securities settlement with the NYAG. On the same day, UBS Securities and UBS
Financial finalized settlements with the SEC.
On August 14, 2008 the New Hampshire Bureau
of Securities Regulation filed an administrative action against UBS Securities
relating to a student loan issuer, the New Hampshire Higher Education Loan
Corp. (NHHELCO). The complaint alleges
fraudulent and unethical conduct in violation of
Further, UBS Securities, like most full
service investment banks and broker-dealers, receives inquiries and is
sometimes involved in investigations by the SEC, FINRA, NYSE and various other
regulatory organizations, exchanges and government agencies. UBS Securities
fully cooperates with the authorities in all such requests. UBS Securities
regularly discloses to the FINRA arbitration awards, disciplinary action and
regulatory events. These disclosures are
publicly available on the FINRAs website at www.finra.org. Actions
with respect to UBS Securities futures commission merchant business are
publicly available on the website of the National Futures Association (http://www.nfa.futures.org/).
UBS Securities will act only as clearing
broker for CCI and as such will be paid commissions for executing and clearing
trades on behalf of CCI. UBS Securities
has not passed upon the adequacy or accuracy of this
Document. UBS Securities neither will act in any
supervisory capacity with respect to CCI
nor participate in the management of CCI.
MARKETING
AND FEE-SHARING
CCI has entered into, and may in the
future continue to enter into, fee-sharing arrangements whereby an entity might
be compensated by CCI in return for attracting investment funds to CCIs
trading program.
PAST
PERFORMANCE
The capsule performance record for the Agricultural
Commodities Trading Program (ACTP) presented on page 18 and 19 reflects
the composite of all ACTP accounts directed by CCI during the period covered by
the capsule.
The results set forth on pages 18 and
19 are not indicative of the results which may be achieved by new accounts
since past results are not determinative of future results. Fees charged to a particular account may differ
from fees charged to other accounts. Variations in the level of fees charged
will affect the performance characteristics of each account.
Brokerage commissions charged to the
accounts have varied. Commissions vary
as a function of account size and are
dependent on the result of the client's negotiations with the Futures Commission
Merchant or Introducing Broker involved.
The lowest round-turn rate charged to any account has been $5.96, the
highest rate has been $20.02. The level of commissions paid will have a direct
effect on account performance.
Accordingly, individual accounts included in this composite table may have had
more or less favorable results. The
performance of individual accounts also may vary from the composite performance
due to the size of the investment, the date the account started trading, and
the length of time the account was open.
Variations
in the level of fees charged to accounts have not been sufficient to cause a
material impact on the rates of return experienced by each account.
Past
performance is not necessarily indicative of future results
Capsule for the ACTP
(Agricultural Commodities Trading Program)
As of
December 18th, 2009
Name of CTA Commodity Capital Inc.
Name of
Trading Program Agricultural Commodities Trading Program
Inception
of trading of the ACTP by Commodity Capital Inc. July 1984
Inception
of trading by Commodity Capital July 1984
Total assets managed by CCI
(Actual): $2,226,772
Total assets managed by CCI pursuant
to the specified program (Actual):
$2,226,772
Total Assets managed by CCI
(Nominal): $2,500,000
Total assets managed by CCI pursuant
to the specified program (Nominal): $2,500,000
Largest
monthly drawdown**
Past five years and year to date: Feb
08 - 4.34%
Since inception of trading: Oct 95 -14.18%
Largest
peak-to-valley drawdown**
Past five years and year to
date: Nov
04-Feb 06
-11.76%
Since inception of trading: Mch
87-Jan 88 -23.28%
Number of
accounts managed:
1
Number of
accounts closed with a profit:
Past five years and year to
date: 4
Since inception of trading: 24
Range of returns experienced by
profitable accounts:
Past five years and year to
date:
+5.74% to
+7.73%
Since inception of trading: +0.72% to +123.45%
Number of
accounts closed with a loss:
Past five years and year to date: 1
Since inception of trading: 14
Range of returns experienced by
unprofitable accounts:
Past five years and year to
date: -1.35% (one unprofitable account closed
during the period)
Since inception of
trading:
-1.25% to -17.54%
Commodity Capital Inc. Agricultural
Commodities Trading Program
Monthly and annual rates of return*
|
|
2009 |
2008 |
2007 |
2006 |
2005 |
2004 |
|
Jan |
-1.64% |
0.58% |
0.92% |
-1.08% |
-0.72% |
3.94% |
|
Feb |
1.52% |
-4.34% |
1.03% |
-2.46% |
-2.88% |
2.03% |
|
Mar |
-0.31% |
-1.05% |
-2.19% |
1.99% |
0.43% |
-0.39% |
|
Apr |
0.92% |
0.50% |
-0.07% |
-0.73% |
0.50% |
0.61% |
|
May |
1.47% |
0.61% |
-1.64% |
4.52% |
-2.81% |
-0.16% |
|
Jun |
0.51% |
0.09% |
8.61% |
-1.46% |
1.32% |
0.85% |
|
Jul |
0.66% |
-3.50% |
-0.11% |
0.85% |
-2.25% |
-2.20% |
|
Aug |
-0.51% |
0.45% |
1.15% |
0.75% |
-2.21% |
1.58% |
|
Sep |
0.39% |
-0.65% |
-0.34% |
1.29% |
-0.57% |
1.48% |
|
Oct |
-0.78% |
1.85% |
-0.85% |
-1.10% |
2.08% |
0.93% |
|
Nov |
-0.84% |
-0.14% |
-3.58% |
1.46% |
-1.45% |
1.86% |
|
Dec |
|
-0.18% |
1.74% |
-0.50% |
-0.06% |
-0.14% |
|
Annual |
1.35% |
-5.80% |
4.25% |
3.38% |
-8.42% |
10.76% |
Rates of return are computed on the basis
of the aggregate of the nominal account sizes.
**
"Drawdown" is defined as losses experienced by a trading
program or an account over a specified period.
PAST
PERFORMANCE
The capsule performance record for the
Inflation Protector (Trading Program (IPTP) presented on pages 21 and 22
reflects the performance of a single proprietary account traded by CCI. This account commenced as a $300,000 account
but became a $500,000 account as of Oct 1, 2009 because CCI has determined that
$500,000 should be the minimum account size traded in the IPTP.
The results set forth on pages 21 and
22 are not indicative of the results which may be achieved by new accounts
since past results are not determinative of future results. The performance
data reflects a management fee of 3% per annum (1/4% per month) and an
incentive of 23% (payable quarterly, but accrued monthly). Fees charged to a
particular account may differ from fees charged to other accounts. Variations
in the level of fees charged will affect the performance characteristics of
each account.
Brokerage commissions charged to
accounts may vary. Commissions vary as a
function of account size and are
dependent on the result of the client's negotiations with the Futures
Commission Merchant or Introducing Broker involved. Commissions charged to the proprietary
account depicted on pages 21 and 22 ranged from $9.58 to $12.36 per round-turn
depending on the instrument traded. The performance of individual accounts also
may vary from the composite performance due to the size of the investment, the
date the account started trading, and the length of time the account was open.
Past
performance is not necessarily indicative of future results
the
performance below represents proprietary funds only. as of DECEMBER 18th
2009 cci is not managing any non-proprietary funds in the inflation protector
trading program
Capsule for the IPTP (Inflation
Protector Trading Program)
As of
December 8th 18th,
2009
Name of CTA Commodity Capital Inc.
Name of
Trading Program Inflation Protector Trading Program
Inception
of trading of the IPTP by Commodity Capital Inc. April 2009
Inception
of trading by Commodity Capital
July 1984
Total assets managed by CCI pursuant
to the specified program (Nominal): $508,880
Largest
monthly drawdown**
Past five years and year to
date: -0.03% (Oct 2009)
Since inception of trading: -0.03% (Oct 2009
Largest
peak-to-valley drawdown**
Past five years and year to
date: -0.03% Sep 2009-Oct 2009
Since inception of trading: -0.03%
Sep 2009- Oct 2009
Number of
accounts managed: 1
Number of
accounts closed with a profit:
Past five years and year to date: 0
Since inception of trading: 0
Range of returns experienced by profitable
accounts:
Past five years and year to
date: +11.27%
Since inception of trading: +11.27%
Number of
accounts closed with a loss:
Past five years and year to date: 0
Since inception of trading: 0
Range of returns experienced by
unprofitable accounts:
Past five years and year to
date: There
have been no unprofitable accounts to date.
Since inception of
trading:
Commodity Capital Inc. Inflation Protector
Trading Program
Monthly and annual rates of return*
|
|
2009 |
|
Jan |
|
|
Feb |
|
|
Mar |
|
|
Apr |
0.10% |
|
May |
4.00% |
|
Jun |
0.05% |
|
Jul |
1.66% |
|
Aug |
0.01% |
|
Sep |
3.14% |
|
Oct |
-0.03% |
|
Nov |
1.91% |
|
Dec |
|
|
Annual |
11.27% |
*
Rates of return are computed on the basis of the nominal account size of the
proprietary account traded by CCI.
** "Drawdown" is defined as losses
experienced by a trading program or an account over a specified period.
Incentive fees are calculated using the accrual method.
OTHER
REQUIREMENTS
Each Client must sign
the following documents:
1) Commodity Advisory
Agreement;
2) Information Request
and Acknowledgment of receipt of Disclosure Document;
3) Fee payment
authorization;
4) Limited Power of Attorney;
5) Letter of Commitment.
COMMODITY CAPITAL INC.
ADVISORY AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT FOR ADVISORY SERVICES is
made and entered into this_________day of_________, 20_____, by and between
CCI, hereinafter referred to as the advisor and
_____________________________________________________ hereinafter referred to
as the client.
THIS AGREEMENT
IS ENTERED INTO BASED UPON THE FOLLOWING REPRESENTATIONS:
The client represents that he has
speculative capital for the principal purpose of investing in commodities,
commodity futures contracts (including physical commodities delivered against
futures contracts) and options on commodity futures contracts, and any other
items which are presently, or may hereafter become, the subject of commodity
futures contract trading (hereinafter called Commodity Interests), and has
been informed and is fully cognizant of the possible high risks associated with
such investments. The client should also
be prepared to commit the funds for at least one year in order to provide for a
period of adequate evaluation.
IT
IS MUTUALLY AGREED THAT:
1. The client instructs CCI to trade an
account size of $ _______________ on his behalf. This designated account size
is made up of the following amounts:
a)
Deposited funds and/or securities in the amount of $ _______________ , placed
on deposit with
_______________ hereinafter called the
broker.
b)
Letter of Commitment funds in the amount of $ _______________ .
c)
Notional funds in the amount of $ _______________ .
The client instructs CCI to invest the above stipulated account size in
the __________(either the Agricultural Commodities Program (ACTP)
or the Inflation Protector Program (IPTP)).
Profits
and additions will increase the nominal account size and losses or withdrawals
will reduce the nominal account size.
2. The advisor will cause commodity
interests to be bought, sold, sold short, spread, and will have exclusive
authority to issue all necessary instructions to the broker. All such transactions shall be for the
account and risk of the client.
3. The advisors services are not
rendered exclusively for the client, and the advisor shall be free to render
similar services to others.
4. This agreement shall remain in
effect until terminated by the receipt of written notice of either party to the
other. The advisor or client may terminate
this agreement for any reason upon such notice.
Upon termination of this agreement, the open positions and subsequent
management of the account shall be the sole responsibility of the client.
5. The client may add to or withdraw
funds from his account as long as the accounts equity remains above the
advisors minimum required account size.
The client agrees to notify the advisor in writing, in advance, of such
additions and withdrawals.
6. The clients Account shall be
charged for all commissions and / or expenses arising from transactions
exercised in the administration of the Account.
7. The client agrees to inform the
advisor immediately if he is dissatisfied with the advisors decisions or
actions, or if he is dissatisfied with the brokers handling of the account.
8. The advisors recommendations and
authorizations shall be for the account and risk of the client. The advisor makes no guarantee that any of
his services will result in a profit to the client. The client has
discussed the risks of futures trading
with the broker and understands those risks.
The client assumes the responsibility for losses that may be incurred.
9.
The client agrees to execute a limited trading authorization with his broker
authorizing the advisor to enter orders for Commodity Interests for the
clients account.
10.
The advisor charges a management fee based on the Net Account Equity (defined
below) and an incentive fee based on performance. The management fee is one-quarter percent
(1/4%) per month of the net account equity at the close of business on the last
business day of each month payable monthly in arrears. The net account equity is the initial deposit
established by the client and indicated in Section 1 on the advisory agreement,
plus the cumulative Gain/Loss from Commodity Trading, plus interest earned in
the account (if any), less management and incentive fees paid or payable (if
any). The Gain/Loss from Commodity
Trading is the net realized gain/loss from closed and completed commodity
transactions (after brokerage commissions) plus the increase/decrease in the
value of the open positions at the end of each month (without reduction for
commissions which would be incurred by closing such open positions). Increases or decreases in the size of the
account during the month as a result of decisions by the client (additions to
or withdrawals from the account) are charged or credited on a pro rata basis.
The
incentive fee is calculated and payable monthly in arrears at twenty-three
(23%) of New Net Profits. New Net
Profit is defined as the excess of the cumulative Gain/Loss from Commodity
Trading less management and incentive fees over the highest past value of that
cumulative Gain/Loss from Commodity Trading at any prior monthly period (i.e.,
it is new profit). In the event of
subsequent losses, the monthly incentive fee would not be charged until there
are New Net Profits. The monthly
incentive fee shall not be rebated by virtue of subsequent losses. All fees will be billed by the advisor with
the billing sent directly to the broker to be paid out of a clients account
unless the client specifies otherwise.
11.
The client agrees to authorize the broker to make payments from the clients
account to the advisor in compensation for services as set forth in this
agreement.
12.
The client acknowledges that he has read a copy of the advisors disclosure
document including the risk disclosure statement. The advisor makes no guarantee that any of
its services will result in a profit or will not result in a loss for the
client.
Trading
in commodity futures contracts is acknowledged to be speculative, involving
high degree of risk, high leverage and frequently is an illiquid investment
that is subject to and influenced by Government policies, actions, reports and
weather conditions. The client
understands that the advisors level of past performance cannot be guaranteed
to continue and that the advisor and its employees and agents shall not be
liable to the client except by reason of acts or omissions due to bad faith,
misconduct or gross negligence.
13. ARBITRATION
AGREEMENT
Any
and all controversies arising out of or relating to this agreement, or any
other agreement, or the breach thereof, to any of my accounts, with, or to
transactions made on my behalf by, CCI and/or its employees and/or agents,
shall be resolved by arbitration in accordance with the rules, then in effect,
of the National Futures Association, the American Arbitration Association or
the contract market, if available, on which the transaction giving rise to the
dispute was executed, or could have been executed.
At
such time as I, (the client), may notify CCI of my intention to submit a claim
to arbitration, or at such time as CCI may notify me of its intention to submit
a claim to arbitration, I will have the opportunity to elect a forum for
conducting the proceedings.
Within ten business
days after CCI receives my notice of intention to arbitrate or at the time CCI
notifies me of its intention to arbitrate, CCI will provide me with a list of
the organizations specified above and a copy of their arbitration rules. I
shall within 45 days of receipt of said list notify CCI of my election of a
forum. If I fail to make such an election, CCI will then have the right to
select the forum of its choice.
Choice of Forum. Any action
arising from or relating to this agreement which cannot be arbitrated,
including the validity of any subsections of this section of this agreement,
shall be instituted and maintained in the United States District Court for the
Southern District of California or a Court of the County of San Diego,
California.
Governing Law. This
agreement and any disputes arising hereunder shall be interpreted and construed
under, and be governed by, the local, internal laws of the State of California
as such laws are applied to any act or agreement entered into in California,
between California residents and performed entirely within California, and not
the conflict laws of the State of California.
CCI
will pay any incremental fees which may be assessed by the chosen forum for
provision of a mixed panel to decide the claim, unless the arbitrators in the
particular proceeding determine that I have acted in bad faith in initiating or
conducting that proceeding.
I
understand that aspects of claims or grievances that are not subject to the
reparation procedure (i.e., do
not constitute a violation of the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended, or rules
thereunder) may be immediately submitted to arbitration. I understand further
that if I seek reparations under Section 14 of the Act and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission
declines to institute reparation proceedings, all claims or grievances will be
subject to this arbitration agreement.
THREE FORUMS EXIST FOR THE RESOLUTION OF COMMODITY
DISPUTES; CIVIL COURT LITIGATION,
REPARATIONS AT THE COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION (CFTC) AND ARBITRATION
CONDUCTED BY A SELF-REGULATORY OR OTHER PRIVATE ORGANIZATION.
THE CFTC RECOGNIZES THAT THE OPPORTUNITY TO SETTLE DISPUTES
BY ARBITRATION MAY IN SOME CASES PROVIDE MANY BENEFITS TO CUSTOMERS, INCLUDING
THE ABILITY TO OBTAIN AN EXPEDITIOUS AND FINAL RESOLUTION OF DISPUTES WITHOUT
INCURRING SUBSTANTIAL COSTS. THE CFTC
REQUIRES, HOWEVER, THAT EACH CUSTOMER INDIVIDUALLY EXAMINE THE RELATIVE MERITS
OF ARBITRATION AND THAT YOUR CONSENT TO THIS ARBITRATION AGREEMENT BE
VOLUNTARY.
BY SIGNING THIS AGREEMENT, YOU: (1) MAY BE WAIVING YOUR
RIGHT TO SUE IN A COURT OF LAW: AND (2) ARE AGREEING TO BE BOUND BY ARBITRATION
OF ANY CLAIMS OR COUNTERCLAIMS WHICH YOU OR CCI MAY SUBMIT TO ARBITRATION UNDER
THIS AGREEMENT. YOU ARE NOT, HOWEVER,
WAIVING YOUR RIGHT TO ELECT INSTEAD TO PETITION THE CFTC TO INSTITUTE
REPARATIONS PROCEEDINGS UNDER SECTION 14 OF THE COMMODITY EXCHANGE ACT WITH
RESPECT TO ANY DISPUTE WHICH MAY BE ARBITRATED PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT. IN THE EVENT THAT A DISPUTE ARISES, YOU WILL
BE NOTIFIED IF CCI INTENDS TO SUBMIT THE DISPUTE TO ARBITRATION. IF YOU BELIEVE A VIOLATION OF THE COMMODITY
EXCHANGE ACT IS INVOLVED AND IF YOU PREFER TO REQUEST A SECTION 14
REPARATIONS PROCEEDING BEFORE THE CFTC, YOU WILL HAVE 45 DAYS FROM THE DATE
OF SUCH NOTICE IN WHICH TO MAKE THAT ELECTION.
YOU
NEED NOT SIGN THIS ARBITRATION AGREEMENT TO OPEN AN ACCOUNT WITH CCI.
(See
17 CFR 180.1-180.5)
Clients
Signature________________________ Joint Partys
Signature_________________________
Date:__________________________________
Date:_______________________________________
14. In the event that any provisions of
this agreement are invalid for any reason whatsoever, all other conditions and
provisions of the agreement shall, nevertheless, remain in full force and
effect.
15.
This agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties, and no
modifications or amendments of this Agreement shall be binding unless in
writing and signed by the participants hereto.
16.
I acknowledge that I have received a copy of the disclosure document of CCI, dated
December 18th 2009 describing the trading program pursuant to which
my account will be directed.
IN WITNESS HEREOF, the parties have
executed this agreement as of the day and year written herein.
______________________________________________
Signature(s)
of client(s)
BY:
_______________________________ ___________________________________________
Mark R. Hawkins Signature(s) of client(s)
_______________________
Account Executive
_______________________
Brokerage Firm Client(s)
Address: ______________________________________
Brokerage Firm Branch Office Address: ________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________
NOTE: PLEASE COMPLETE THE INFORMATION REQUIRED ON
PAGES 28, 29, 30 and 31.
INFORMATION REQUEST
and
DISCLOSURE
DOCUMENT RECEIPT
CCI
233
Via Villena,
Encinitas
(760)
632-1905
Gentlemen:
I. Information
Request (for individuals, including individuals
opening joint accounts, only). I
understand that the following information is requested by CCI to provide
information as to my suitability for engaging in futures trading but failure to
provide such information will not disqualify me from opening an account.
1 .Name:____________________________________________________________________________
2. Approximate Age :
_________________________________________________________________
3. Address:__________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
4. Principal Occupation or Business:
___________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
5. My current estimated annual income
is: ( )
under $100,000 ( ) over $ 100,000
6. My current estimated net worth is
: (
) under $1,000,000 ( ) over $1,000,000
7. My investment experience over the
last five years includes the following checked items (indicate the number and
the aggregate dollar amount invested):
Type of Number
of Aggregate Dollar
Investments Investments Amount Invested
( ) Limited Partnerships, Joint Ventures or
Syndicates (for investments or tax
shelters) ________________ $__________________
(
) Privately offered start-up companies or
venture
capital investments ________________ $__________________
(
) Other privately offered securities ________________ $__________________
(
) Options on securities, physical
commodities,
or futures contracts ________________ $__________________
(
) Publicly offered securities
(stocks, bonds) ________________ $__________________
(
)
Other______________________________
II. Acknowledgment. I acknowledge receipt of a copy of the
Disclosure Document of CCI dated______________, describing the trading program
pursuant to which my account will be directed.
Read and Acknowledged by:
Date:
______________ Client's
Signature_______________________________________________
FEE PAYMENT
AUTHORIZATION
To:_____________________
Gentlemen:
Subject
to the provisions of the Commodity Advisory Agreement of CCI (the advisor),
which the undersigned has executed, you are hereby authorized to deduct and
remit directly to the advisor such management, incentive, performance or other
fees (Fees) as the advisor requests on a monthly basis.
The
advisor will inform you of the exact amounts due on the agreed-upon payment
dates. The undersigned acknowledges and
agrees that the advisor is solely responsible for the computation of Fees and
authorizes you to rely on remittance instructions submitted by the advisor,
completely without regard to amount.
This
authorization will continue in effect until you have received written notice
terminating it from the client. Such
notice will be mailed or delivered to the advisor and to the account executive
handling this account.
Client(s) Signature(s)
___________________________________________________________________________________
Witness
________________________________________
Date
________________________________________
Clients
Address
________________________________________
________________________________________
LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
Gentlemen:
The
undersigned, ___________________________________________________________,
hereby gives and grants to CCI as his/her agent and attorney in fact, full
power and authority to buy, sell (including short sales), and trade in commodities,
commodity futures contracts, options on commodity futures contracts, and any
other items which are presently, or may hereafter become, the subject of
commodity futures contract trading, on margin
or otherwise.
This
limited power of attorney shall be a continuing one and shall remain in full
force and effect until revoked by the undersigned by a written notice addressed
and delivered to CCI.
Client(s)
Signature
_________________________________________ _____________________________________
Witness
_____________________________________
______________________________________________
LETTER OF COMMITMENT
The
undersigned, _____________________________________________________________, a
resident
of
the State of__________________________________________________, hereby
acknowledges that
he/she has committed/will commit money,
securities or other tangible property (funds) in the total
amount of
$______________________________________________ to a managed account trading
program to be directed by CCI, a
registered commodity trading advisor (CTA).
Of this total amount,
$____________shall be/has been placed
in a regulated futures commission merchant (FCM). The
balance of $____________is being/will
be held in the following non-regulated commodity account(s) held
by the FCM:
Type of
account: ___________________________________________________________
Account
number: ___________________________________________________________
The
Undersigned further acknowledges that this balance of
$_________________________will be
available at all times for transfer to
the regulated commodities account directed by this CTA until further
notice by the undersigned. The
undersigned also authorizes the CTA to cause the FCM to transfer funds
from the non-regulated commodity
capital account(s) to the regulated commodity account in amounts not
to exceed a total of
$_____________________.
In addition, the undersigned authorizes
the FCM to provide the CTA each month
with a written
statement indicating the amount of
funds, remaining in each non-regulated account, that have been
committed by this Letter of Commitment
to this CTAs trading program.
Date:_______________________
_________________________________________
Signature
Acknowledged:
__________________________________________
Commodity Trading Advisor
by:__________________________________________
Authorized Representative
Acknowledged:
_________________________________________
Futures Commission Merchant
by:_________________________________________
Authorized
Representative