Tracking CTAs since 1994
Tracking CTAs since 1994
Principal(s): Adam Rude
Strategy: Systematic / Global Macro / Diversified
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Veerpoint Capital's ContraCOT Program is a fully systematic global macro futures trading strategy that leverages the CFTC's Commitments of Traders ("COT") data to gauge market positioning and pinpoint favorable risk-reward opportunities when Speculators are over-concentrated. Proprietary technical analysis is employed to confirm moves and trade against (or "Contra" to) the Speculators, yielding a strategy uncorrelated to both traditional assets and other CTAs. The program executes trades in a diversified basket of 40+ domestic financial and commodity markets including equity indices, currencies, interest rates, energies, metals, grains & oilseeds, meats, softs, and the VIX.
Key Strategy Tenets
Strategically Contrarian: Exploits over-concentrated positioning from market speculators
Systematically Traded: A structured, tested, and repeatable approach that removes emotion
Ideas-Driven Framework: Inputs and assumptions grounded in explainable ideas, minimizing overfitting risk
Diversified and Multi-Directional: Trades are taken on both the long and short side of over 40 diversified domestic markets
Risk Management First: Volatility-adjusted position sizing and risk management is applied before the trade is entered
Disciplined Profit Management: Trades showing losses are given less leeway than those showing a profit
The ContraCOT program employs a strict risk management framework which includes the following:
- Volatility-based stop loss orders* are set at the execution of every trade and known prior to execution
- Liquidity screening is applied on all markets traded to ensure liquid markets are entered to reduce slippage
- Consistent risk allocation is employed, based on a systematic positioning model
- Leverage in accounts are continually monitored, ensuring efficient margin usage
Range of Margin Usage: 0% to 35%
Average Risk per Trade: 100bps of Nominal Trading Level (3% Margin Usage per Trade on Average)
Average Positions held at once: 3.5
Max Positions held at once: 8
Average trade duration: 7 days (Average profitable trade: 12 days | Average losing trade: 4 days)
*The placement of contingent orders, such as a ‘‘stop-loss’’ order, will not necessarily limit your losses to the intended amounts, since market conditions may make it impossible to execute such orders
Adam Rude, Principal & CEO of Veerpoint Capital, has been developing trading systems for the last decade. He began designing the ContraCOT strategy in 2021 and started trading it in his proprietary account in Oct 2022. In Jan 2025, he launched Veerpoint Capital and welcomed his first client in May 2025. Mr. Rude graduated summa cum laude from the University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh with a double major in Finance and Economics, where he also pitched for the university’s baseball team.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | ROR | Max DD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18.13% | -5.52% | -1.54% | 11.42% | 5.37% | 12.28% | 0.87% | 1.30% | 48.03% | -6.97% | ||||
| 2024 | 8.21% | 8.06% | 3.40% | 9.18% | 15.71% | 5.99% | 23.47% | 5.21% | 2.03% | 1.29% | 2.15% | -8.24% | 103.69% | -8.24% |
| 2023 | -11.33% | -5.48% | 12.30% | 1.46% | -27.62% | 24.60% | -3.24% | -10.16% | 5.57% | -12.91% | 14.62% | 14.33% | -9.79% | -31.16% |
| 2022 | 3.64% | -2.98% | 5.07% | 5.65% | -2.98% | |||||||||
| Years | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 YTD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROR | 5.65% | -9.79% | 103.69% | 48.03% |
| Max DD | -2.98% | -31.16% | -8.24% | -6.97% |
PAST PERFORMANCE DOES NOT GUARANTEE FUTURE SUCCESS. IN SOME CASES MANAGED ACCOUNTS ARE CHARGED SUBSTANTIAL COMMISSIONS AND ADVISORY FEES. THOSE ACCOUNTS SUBJECT TO THESE CHARGES, MAY NEED TO MAKE SUBSTANTIAL TRADING PROFITS JUST TO AVOID DEPLETION OF THEIR ASSETS. EACH COMMODITY TRADING ADVISOR ("CTA") IS REQUIRED BY THE COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION ("CFTC") TO ISSUE TO PROSPECTIVE CLIENTS A RISK DISCLOSURE DOCUMENT OUTLINING THESE FEES, CONFLICTS OF INTEREST AND OTHER ASSOCIATED RISKS. A HARD COPY OF THESE RISK DISCLOSURE DOCUMENTS ARE READILY AVAILABLE BY CLICKING ON EACH CTA'S "REQUEST DISCLOSURE DOCUMENT" BUTTON.
THE FULL RISK OF COMMODITY FUTURES, OPTIONS AND FOREX TRADING CAN NOT BE ADDRESSED IN THIS RISK DISCLOSURE STATEMENT. NO CONSIDERATION TO INVEST SHOULD BE MADE WITHOUT THOROUGHLY READING THE DISCLOSURE DOCUMENT OF EACH OF THE CTAS IN WHICH YOU MAY HAVE AN INTEREST. REQUESTING A DISCLOSURE DOCUMENT PLACES YOU UNDER NO OBLIGATION AND EACH DOCUMENT IS PROVIDED AT NO COST. THE CFTC HAS NOT PASSED UPON THE MERITS OF PARTICIPATING IN ANY OF THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMS NOR ON THE ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF THE DISCLOSURE DOCUMENTS. OTHER DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS ARE REQUIRED TO BE PROVIDED TO YOU BEFORE AN ACCOUNT MAY BE OPENED FOR YOU.
PAST PERFORMANCE IS NOT NECESSARILY INDICATIVE OF FUTURE RESULTS. PROSPECTIVE CLIENTS SHOULD NOT BASE THEIR DECISION ON INVESTING IN THIS TRADING PROGRAM SOLELY ON THE PAST PERFORMANCE PRESENTED. ADDITIONALLY, IN MAKING AN INVESTMENT DECISION, PROSPECTIVE CLIENTS MUST ALSO RELY ON THEIR OWN EXAMINATION OF THE PERSON OR ENTITY MAKING THE TRADING DECISIONS AND THE TERMS OF THE ADVISORY AGREEMENT INCLUDING THE MERITS AND RISKS INVOLVED.
AUTUMN GOLD CTA INDEXES ARE NON-INVESTABLE INDEXES COMPRISED OF THE CLIENT PERFORMANCE OF CTA PROGRAMS INCLUDED IN THE AUTUMN GOLD DATABASE AND DO NOT REPRESENT THE COMPLETE UNIVERSE OF CTAS. INVESTORS SHOULD NOTE THAT IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO INVEST IN THESE INDEXES.
