Kettera Strategies Heat Map - February 2023
February was generally a good month for systematic trend followers. The key performance drivers appeared to be the opposite of what worked in January
Kettera Strategies Heat Map - January 2023
Long-term trend programs were mixed to negative in January, where performance was largely depending on exposure to fixed income and short-term rates
Kettera Strategies Heat Map - December 2022
Industrial specialists were positive in December, led by strong returns in energy trading, particularly nat gas traders with short-biased exposures
Kettera Strategies Heat Map - November 2022
Long term trend following strategies suffered a large “give back” month in November. There was a substantial and broad-based reversal in trends across all asset classes
Kettera Strategies Heat Map October 2022
Most systematic trend programs suffered some degree of setback in October in the equity index markets, due to short positions carried over from late September
Kettera Strategies Heat Map September 2022
Long Term trend followers enjoyed yet another solid month of strong trending markets, perhaps one of the best months in years
Kettera Strategies Heat Map August 2022
A good month for systematic trend managers
Kettera Strategies Heat Map July 2022
July markets saw broad-based trend reversals across nearly all sectors
Kettera Strategies Heat Map June 2022
The more profitable trend following programs appeared to emphasize short fixed income and short equities indices positions
Kettera Strategies Heat Map April 2022
FX specialists experienced one of their best months in years, as sharp trends emerged as G10 central banks all took different paths on monetary policies
Kettera Strategies Heat Map February 2022
Long commodities positioning, particularly in grains and crude markets, were by far the best performers for most longer-term trend programs during the month
Kettera Strategies Heat Map January 2022
Quant macro, systematic trend following begin the year strongly
Kettera Strategies Heat Map December 2021
Metals strategies with long exposures to precious and or base metals performed well, either by straight directional bets or spreads
Kettera Strategies Heat Map November 2021
Longer-term systematic trend strategies were hit hard by reversals at the end of the month
Kettera Strategies Heat Map October 2021
October’s theme was that there really wasn’t a theme for longer term trend followers
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