E-Forex_UK_April

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What sort of investors are you seeking to attract?
Our current clientele consists mainly of High Net
Worth (HNW) individuals and independent Asset
Managers. However, one of our long-term targets is
to attract institutional investors. In order to reach this
target we need to grow our asset base at a reasonable
time. We are convinced that the FX market will attract
investors and that from an asset allocation point of
view the market share will increase over the coming
years.
In what ways do you go about achieving minimum
draw-downs and asymmetrical risk-return
characteristics?
Our main focus lies on risk- and money management
and not on achieving the maximum possible returnJannis Nitsios
with the highest risk involved. We are very risk-
averse traders and trade on multiple time-frames
Meaning we are systematic traders with a pure from intraday to swing trading.The models use a
technical approach. We do not rely on any volatility ﬁlter which ensures the correct weightings
fundamentals, news or any macroeconomic events. between the different time layers.Thus, we adapt
our risk parameters / risk per trade according toWhat currency products does Symate Capital offer
market volatility between the multiple time-frames.to investors?
Furthermore our proprietary momentum indicator
signals pretty fast if momentum is vanishing. If theWe offer to our investors the opportunity to gain FX
indicator signals a loss in momentum we might closeexposure, either via managed accounts or directly
out the trade soon after opening it and wait for thevia our ﬁrst fund which is called ‘Symate G-7 L/S
next entry signal where risk / reward is in our favor.currency fund’.The aim is to grow the current asset
base and strengthen our product offering by adding
How do you balance your trading between technicalmore funds to our SPC structure.The vision is to
and systematic methodologies?have a complementary product offering and to trade a
portfolio of strategies which offer true diversiﬁcation. Our trading is 100% technical. We trade purely off
the charts and look for patterns on the price itself,
but also on our proprietary indicators. In
order to get rid of the noise during
major fundamental
Patrick Haag
|164 april 2010 e -FOREX
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