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TRADING PROGRAM
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.
CCI
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 CCI considers itself to be primarily a spread
trader in agricultural commodities should in no way be taken
to mean that it considers itself limited to this area. CCI
does trade, and will continue to trade, outright positions
in agricultural commodities.
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.
Accounts
are traded in a proportional fashion with no increase in
diversification as a result of larger account size. Positions
are taken on the basis of $100,000 multiples such that,
for example, a $500,000 account would contain five times
the number of contracts in the minimum $100,000 account.
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 30% of the original investment, CCI
will recommend that the Client either close the account
or deposit additional funds.
CCI
will trade account sizes starting at US $100,000.
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