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Comhla LLC - Safara ES

Principal(s): John Bannan & Anne Marie Heinrichs
Strategy: Systematic / Cycles / Pattern Recognition / Micro or E Mini Futures
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Statistics & Program Information

Mar Return -4.32%	Worst Drawdown ⁽²⁾ -14.89%	Minimum Investment $100,000
YTD Return 1.49%	Losing Streak ⁽³⁾ -5.40 %	AUM⁽⁵⁾ $225,085
Annual CROR ⁽¹⁾ 3.81	Sharpe Ratio ⁽⁴⁾ 0.24	Calmar Ratio ⁽⁶⁾ N/A

Trading Methodology 100% Systematic	Style Sub-Categories Contrarian Pattern Recognition Quantitative Long Short Algorithmic Cycles	Trading Style 100% Proprietary Cycles
Market Sector 100% Stock Indices	Holding Period 100% Short Term	Sector US Contracts Futures

Start Date May-2022	Currency US Dollar	Margin ⁽⁷⁾ 10-15%
New Money Yes	AUM ⁽⁵⁾ $225,085	Management Fee 0
Min Investment $100,000	Annual CROR ⁽¹⁾ 3.81	Incentive Fee 25%
Fund Minimum $0	Losing Streak ⁽³⁾ -5.40 %	Other Fees 0
Notional Funds Yes	Worst Drawdown ⁽²⁾ -14.89 %	Avg Comm ⁽⁸⁾ $25
NFA Member Yes	Sharpe Ratio ⁽⁴⁾ 0.24	Max Comm ⁽⁹⁾ $25
NFA Number 0547412	Calmar Ratio ⁽⁶⁾ N/A	Round Turns ⁽¹⁰⁾ 2,000

Starting Date: May-2022	Currency: US Dollar
Open to New Investors: Yes	Current Assets: $225,085
Open to US Investors: Yes	Annual CROR: 3.81%
Minimum Fund Investment: $0	Worst Monthly Drawdown: -14.89
Minimum Managed Account: $100,000	Current Losing Streak: -5.40 %
Domocile:	Calmar: N/A
Subscriptions: N/A	Sharpe Ratio: 0.24
Redemptions: N/A	US Attorney: Not Listed
Lock Up: N/A	Offshore Attorney: Not Listed
Hurdle Rate: N/A	Administrator: Not Listed
Administraton Fee: 0.00%	Prime Broker: Not Listed
Management Fee: 0.00%	Auditor: Not Listed
Incentive Fee: 0.00%	NFA Member: Yes
Other Fees: 0	FINRA Member: No
	Other Memberships: None

Type of Fund:	Domicile:	Strategy:

Track Record Prepared By: http://www.compliancesupervisors.com

Correlations: AG CTA Index: 0.180 AG Systematic CTA Index: 0.198

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

Trading Description, Risk Strategy & Background

Trading Description

The Safara ES Program is a fully systematic system whereby system signals are predetermined by a computer and executed by the Advisor manually. The trading program is always in the market, either long or short. The strategy is based on extensive cycle research, finding repeating patterns in the market and taking positions to profit from them. The strategy originates from ComhlaTech Limited. ComhlaTech is a predictiveâ€analytics and pattern recognition technology company operating out of Waterloo, Ontario.

Risk Strategy

The Advisor will trade 1 Eâ€Mini S&P 500 futures contract per $100,000 and 1 Micro Emini S&P 500 futures contract for each additional $10,000 in the trading account up to $200,000, in which case the Advisor will begin trading 2 Eâ€Mini S&P 500 contracts. Should the initial $100,000 have a losing trade resulting for example in losses of$10,000, then the Advisor will switch to trading 9 micro Eâ€mini S&P 500 contracts. The Advisorâ€™s trading program exclusively trades one type of contract in the US futures markets and is expected to carry trades overnight.

Background

John Bannan Principal, CEO and Trader
John P. Bannan ("Mr. Bannan") co-founded the Advisor in November 2021 and is a 50% owner of the Advisor. Mr. Bannan became a listed principal of the Advisor on April 27, 2022, and a registered associated person of the Advisor on the same date. Mr. Bannan will serve as the Advisor's trading principal. Specifically, he will be responsible for making trading decisions for all accounts that have granted power of attorney to the Advisor. Prior to forming the Advisor, Mr. Bannan co-founded and serves as the Chief Investment Officer ("CIO") of ComhlaTech Limited in May 2020. ComhlaTech Limited is a predictive-analytics and pattern recognition technology company operating out of Waterloo, Ontario. Currently, ComhlaTech Limited is focused on using its technology to assist investors in making informed investment decisions and reduce their risk.

Mr. Bannan is actively engaged in the research and development of the predictive technology that is the backbone of the Comhla strategies John uses for his trading personally and for the Advisor. Following his degree from Glasgow Caledonian University in retail management in June 1997, Mr. Bannan worked as a Market Analyst at McCurrach UK, Ltd. a multiservice field consulting group, in the United Kingdom from July 1997 to July 2003. After leaving McCurrachs, Mr. Bannan worked as a self-employed trader. He invested a large amount of time and money on his own trading education and has built algorithms on multiple trading platforms.

Mr. Bannan co-founded the stock market education website and service, HowDoITradeStocks.com ("HDITS") in June 2011 with his wife and partner Anne Marie Heinrichs, and focused his efforts on educating new traders and providing follow-my-trades services until the launch in May 2020 of ComhlaTech Limited in 2020, a company collectively started by Bannan and Heinrichs. Mr. Bannan has developed a loyal following of retail and professional traders through HDITS and many of these clients followed him to ComhlaTech Limited.

In May 2020, howdoitradestocks.com was closed to facilitate the opening of ComhlaTech Limited. ComhlaTech Limited is a predictive-analytics and pattern-recognition financial technology company operating out of Waterloo, Ontario. licensing its intellectual property. Beyond trading for ComhlaTech Limited, Mr. Bannan does trade for his own futures trading account, and as one of many advisors for the World Cup Advisor service. WorldCupAdvisor.com provides a trading solution for many investors, identifying talented professional futures traders and enabling subscribers to seamlessly mirror their live trading. These are not managed accounts. Records pertaining to WorldCupAdvisor.com trading, along with the written policies relating to such trading, can be found on the WorldCupAdvisor.com webpage.

Mr. Bannan currently trades futures for his own account. Mr. Bannan reserves the right to continue trading for his own account in the future while the Advisor manages Client accounts. The proprietary trading records and written policies related to such trading will be made available to Clients following the same rules and procedures allowed for inspection of client performance records and only upon written request and during normal business hours.

Anne Marie Heinrichs - Principal and COO
Anne Marie Heinrichs co-founded the Advisor in November 2021 along with Mr. Bannan. Ms. Heinrichs is a 50% owner of the Advisor. Ms. Heinrichs became a principal of the Advisor on October 18, 2022. In her capacity of Chief Operating Officer of the Advisor, Ms. Heinrichs is responsible for day-to-day operations and recordkeeping and support the Advisor's trading principal, John Bannan.

Ms. Heinrichs has been actively involved in serving as the Chief Executive Office ("CEO") of ComhlaTech Limited since May 2020. Currently, ComhlaTech Limited is focused on using its technology to assist investors in making informed investment decisions and reduce their risk. It is the systems developed at ComhlaTech that are used by the Advisor.

Performance

Monthly Performance Since May 2022 (A Portion of this Performance is based on Proprietary Trading)

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	ROR	Max DD
2024	3.30%	2.68%	-4.32%										1.49%	-4.32%
2023	-0.96%	3.79%	-1.68%	1.07%	5.32%	-6.45%	-2.72%	0.98%	-0.73%	-6.31%	7.69%	1.71%	0.71%	-14.53%
2022					-2.38%	-9.19%	4.47%	9.15%	5.50%	6.49%	-8.96%	1.67%	5.12%	-11.35%

Annual Performance

Years	2022	2023	2024 YTD
ROR	5.12%	0.71%	1.49%
Max DD	-11.35%	-14.53%	-4.32%

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

VAMI, Assets under Management & Worst Drawdown

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RISK DISCLOSURE

PAST PERFORMANCE IS NOT NECESSARILY INDICATIVE OF FUTURE RESULTS.

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

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

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

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

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