Growth of $1,000 VAMI and Monthly Return
Trading Description, Risk Strategy & Background
The Crisis Alpha Overlay Program trades VIX futures as a dedicated source of crisis alpha — returns that arrive when the rest of a portfolio is under pressure. Most protection strategies share a common failing: they cost money continuously and pay off rarely, so the cumulative bleed between crisis events can exceed what the protection returns when it finally works. CAO is built to solve that.
CAO is driven by the same volatility-regime signals the Advisor has used in its flagship Volatility Trading Program, which has traded client accounts since January 30, 2017 — interpreted differently here. Where the flagship program reduces exposure to step aside from market stress, CAO reverses its positioning to seek profit from it.
In normal conditions the program holds short volatility positioning along the VIX futures curve, seeking to build account value and offset the carrying cost that undermines most protection strategies. When the Advisor's measures — the level and trajectory of the volatility surface, spot volatility, and the portfolio's sensitivity to it — indicate developing market stress, the program exits that positioning and shifts to long volatility, targeting sustained volatility expansions rather than brief spikes. As conditions normalize after the peak of the event, the program rotates back. The conditional structure is itself the risk management: protection is funded by the strategy's behavior between events rather than by a standing drag on client capital. Positions are sized with reference to the capital that would remain under stressed scenarios, and the Advisor reserves the right to trade E-mini S&P 500 futures during periods of stress or illiquidity to hedge macro exposures. \r\n\r\nLong volatility positioning can lose value if an anticipated stress event fails to develop or reverses quickly, the timing of the shift may prove early or late, and the program is concentrated in a single, highly volatile market sector. Substantial losses remain possible.
Andrew P. Haleen is the sole principal, founder, and managing member of AP Futures, LLC, an Illinois CTA registered with the CFTC and an NFA member since December 2016. He has traded volatility products since 2002 and VIX futures since 2013, and launched the firm's first program, the Volatility Trading Program, for client accounts in 2017. Earlier, Mr. Haleen was a Vice President in High Yield Credit Sales & Trading at BNP Paribas in New York, working with institutional clients across the high-yield cash, CDS, and CDX option markets. He earned his MBA with Honors from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, with concentrations in Analytic Finance and Econometrics & Statistics, and presented research on credit-default-swap pricing and its predictive value for equity markets in Eugene Fama's Ph.D.-level course.
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | ROR (YTD) | Max DD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | -1.26% | -1.50% | -4.15% | 5.12% | 3.07% | 3.08% | 4.12% | -6.78% | ||||||
| 2025 | 0.09% | 0.85% | 2.92% | 3.89% | N/A |
Track Record Compiled By: In-House
Accounting Notes: Account structure. Separately managed accounts held in the client’s own name at the FCM of their choosing. Full transparency, daily visibility, no commingling. Up to 1% management, assessed monthly. Up to 20% incentive, calculated quarterly on net new profits, subject to a high-water mark. Management fees are deducted before any incentive fee is earned, and prior losses carry forward until fully recovered brokerage fees. No per-trade commission charged by the Advisor. Negotiated rate of $1.25 per contract through Hughes & Company LLC. Performance is unaudited.
A Portion of this Performance is Based on Proprietary Trading
| Year | Yearly Return | Max DD |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4.12% | -6.78% |
| 2025 | 16.48% | N/A |
Risk Disclosure
THIS MATTER MAY BE INTENDED AS A SOLICITATION FOR MANAGED FUTURES. THE RISK OF TRADING COMMODITY FUTURES, OPTIONS, FOREIGN EXCHANGE ('FOREX') AND/OR CRYPTOCURRENCIES IS SUBSTANTIAL. THE HIGH DEGREE OF LEVERAGE ASSOCIATED WITH COMMODITY FUTURES, OPTIONS AND FOREX CAN WORK AGAINST YOU AS WELL AS FOR YOU. THIS HIGH DEGREE OF LEVERAGE CAN RESULT IN SUBSTANTIAL LOSSES, AS WELL AS GAINS. YOU SHOULD THEREFORE CAREFULLY CONSIDER WHETHER SUCH TRADING IS SUITABLE FOR YOU IN LIGHT OF YOUR FINANCIAL CONDITION. IF YOU ARE UNSURE YOU SHOULD SEEK PROFESSIONAL ADVICE. AN INVESTOR MUST READ AND UNDERSTAND THE CTA’S CURRENT DISCLOSURE DOCUMENT BEFORE INVESTING. THERE ARE NO GUARANTEES OF PROFIT NO MATTER WHO IS MANAGING YOUR MONEY.
PAST PERFORMANCE DOES NOT GUARANTEE FUTURE SUCCESS. IN SOME CASES MANAGED ACCOUNTS ARE CHARGED SUBSTANTIAL COMMISSIONS AND ADVISORY FEES. THOSE ACCOUNTS SUBJECT TO THESE CHARGES, MAY NEED TO MAKE SUBSTANTIAL TRADING PROFITS JUST TO AVOID DEPLETION OF THEIR ASSETS. EACH COMMODITY TRADING ADVISOR ("CTA") IS REQUIRED BY THE COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION ("CFTC") TO ISSUE TO PROSPECTIVE CLIENTS A RISK DISCLOSURE DOCUMENT OUTLINING THESE FEES, CONFLICTS OF INTEREST AND OTHER ASSOCIATED RISKS.
THE FULL RISK OF COMMODITY FUTURES, OPTIONS AND FOREX TRADING CAN NOT BE ADDRESSED IN THIS RISK DISCLOSURE STATEMENT. NO CONSIDERATION TO INVEST SHOULD BE MADE WITHOUT THOROUGHLY READING THE DISCLOSURE DOCUMENT OF EACH OF THE CTAS IN WHICH YOU MAY HAVE AN INTEREST. REQUESTING A DISCLOSURE DOCUMENT PLACES YOU UNDER NO OBLIGATION AND EACH DOCUMENT IS PROVIDED AT NO COST. THE CFTC HAS NOT PASSED UPON THE MERITS OF PARTICIPATING IN ANY OF THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMS NOR ON THE ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF THE DISCLOSURE DOCUMENTS. OTHER DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS ARE REQUIRED TO BE PROVIDED TO YOU BEFORE AN ACCOUNT MAY BE OPENED FOR YOU.
PAST PERFORMANCE IS NOT NECESSARILY INDICATIVE OF FUTURE RESULTS. PROSPECTIVE CLIENTS SHOULD NOT BASE THEIR DECISION ON INVESTING IN THIS TRADING PROGRAM SOLELY ON THE PAST PERFORMANCE PRESENTED. ADDITIONALLY, IN MAKING AN INVESTMENT DECISION, PROSPECTIVE CLIENTS MUST ALSO RELY ON THEIR OWN EXAMINATION OF THE PERSON OR ENTITY MAKING THE TRADING DECISIONS AND THE TERMS OF THE ADVISORY AGREEMENT INCLUDING THE MERITS AND RISKS INVOLVED.
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